Country Yossi (Yossi Toiv) קאנטרי יאסי (יאסי טויב)

Yossi (Joseph) Toiv (born January 9, 1949), known as Country Yossi, is an American Orthodox composer, singer, radio host, author and magazine publisher. Born and raised in East New York, Brooklyn, son of the well-known chazzan Chaim Toiv, he wrote Jewish parodies of country songs as a child. He studied at Yeshiva Sh'or Yoshuv under Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld and was in the group Or Chodosh in the early 1970s. He later released albums as Country Yossi and the Shteeble Hoppers, the "Kivi and Tuki" children's series, and hosts the Country Yossi Show. He composed "Little Kinderlach," adapted as the Kars4Kids jingle.