Yossi is a
Hebrew given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, usually a short and nickname for
Yosef (equivalent to English
Joseph). It may refer to:
People
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Abba Yossi Abba Yossi appears in a Leviticus Rabba (one of the Midrashim of Judaism) around the fourth century, in both Hebrew and Aramaic and in several sources.
Abba Yossi was at a spring in Zeitur, which appears to be in Galilee, when a female spirit appe ...
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mythology figure
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Country Yossi – American singer and radio personality
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Yossi Abu
Yossi Abu ( he, יוסי אבו; born December 7, 1977) Is an Israeli executive currently serving as the chief executive officer of Delek Drilling of the Delek corporation. In his former position he served as a professional adviser to the Minis ...
– Israeli executive officer
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Yossi Abukasis – Israeli football player
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Yossi Aharon
Yossi Aharon ( he, יוסי אהרון) is a musician and Greek bouzouki player from Tiberias, Israel.
Biography
Yossi Aharon began his musical career at an early age. He started learning music theory at the age of 3 and learned to play the bo ...
– musician and Greek bouzouki player
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Yossi Alpher – Israeli political activist
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Yossi Banai – Israeli actor, singer and playwright
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Yossi Beilin – Israeli politician (former minister in the Israeli government)
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Jose ben Halafta (aka Rabbi Yossi) –
Jewish tanna
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Yossi Ben Hanan
Aluf (res.) Yossi Ben Hanan ( he, יוסי בן-חנן) was born in Jerusalem, Mandate for Palestine in 1945. His father, served as one of the top Haganah commanders in Jerusalem.
During the Six-Day War Ben Hanan was a lieutenant, serving as th ...
– Israeli
general
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Yossi Benayoun (born 1980) – Israeli football player
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Yossi Cedar – Israeli filmmaker
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Yossi Dagan – Israeli activist
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Yossi Dahan – Israeli scholar and activist
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Yossi Ghinsberg
Yosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg ( he, יוסי גינסברג) (25 April 1959) is an Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker, now based in Byron Bay, Australia. Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story w ...
– Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker
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Yossi Green – Jewish American composer
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Yossi Harel
Yossi Harel ( he, יוסי הראל; January 4, 1918 – April 26, 2008) was the commander of the operation and a leading member of the Israeli intelligence community.
Biography
Yossi Hamburger (later Harel) and his twin brother Natan were ...
– Israeli military person
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Yossi Katz
Yossi Katz ( he, יוסי כץ, born 19 August 1949) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Labor Party and One Israel between 1992 and 2003.
Biography
Born in Haifa, Katz studied law at the Hebrew Univ ...
– Israeli politician
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Yossi Katz (geographer)
Yossi Katz is professor emeritus at the Bar-Ilan University, an expert in historical geography. His main research interests include Jewish settlement in towns and villages in the new era, settlemental, economic, political and cultural aspects ...
, Israeli professor in political geography
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Yossi Klafter - Israeli chemical physics professor, the eighth President of Tel Aviv University
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Yossi Klein Halevi
Yossi Klein Halevi ( he, יוסי קליין הלוי, born 1953) is an American-born Israeli author and journalist.
Biography
Yossi Klein Halevi was born and raised in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York in a Jewish family. His parents, Zoltan ...
– Israeli journalist and writer
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Yossi Maiman
Yossi Maiman ( he, יוסי מימן; 8 February 1946 − 9 October 2021), also known as Josef Maiman, was a German-born Israeli businessman. He was the founder and owner of the Merhav Group, and a shareholder of the East Mediterranean Gas Compa ...
– Israeli businessman
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Yossi Melman – Israeli journalist and writer
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Yossi Mizrahi
Yossi Mizrahi ( he, יוסי מזרחי, born 1953) is a retired Israeli goalkeeper and is a current manager.
Early life
Yosef (Yossi) Mizrahi was born in West Jerusalem on April 4, 1953. He grew up in Katamon and studied at Ma'aleh state relig ...
– Israeli former football player and coach
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Yosef Paritzky, commonly referred to as Yossi Paritzky – Israeli politician and attorney
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Yossi Peled – Israeli politician and general
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Yossi Sarid – Israeli politician (former minister in the Israeli government)
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Yossi Shain – Israeli scholar and politician
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Yossi Shekel
Yossi Shekel ( he, יוסי שקל, born September 24, 1984) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Ironi Ashdod.
He previously played for FC Kairat, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Nazareth Illit, Maccabi Herzliya, Hapoel Kfar Saba
Hapo ...
– Israeli football player
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Yossi Shivhon – Israeli football player
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Yossi Vardi – Israeli entrepreneur
Cinema and television
* ''
Yossi & Jagger'', a 2002 Israeli television film
* ''
Yossi'', the 2012 film sequel to ''Yossi & Jagger''
Literature
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Joseph Blumenthal (character)
Joseph Blumenthal is one of the main characters in the novel '' The Hope'' by Herman Wouk. He is more commonly known as "Yossi," and also as "Don Kishote" (Hebrew for Don Quixote). Americans call him "Joe" and Yiddish-speakers call him "Yussele." H ...
– character in ''
The Hope'' by
Herman Wouk
Hebrew-language given names
{{given name, Yossi