Avraham Fried

Avraham Fried was born in 1959 in Crown Heights

Avraham Fried was born Avraham Shabsi Hakohen Friedman on March 22, 1959, in Crown Heights. He is the youngest of 8 children. His father, Yaakov Moshe Friedman, worked as an administrator at the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights for 40 years.

He and his siblings studied in Lubavitch institutions and became Lubavitcher Hasidim. At age 9 he sang as a soloist in a Chabad children's choir led by Eli Lipsker.

Producer Sheya Mendlowitz noticed him singing at a summer camp and persuaded him to record. His first album, No Jew Will Be Left Behind, came out in 1981. He went on to make 8 albums with Mendlowitz and composer Yossi Green, and his music blends pop, rock and jazz with Jewish lyrics, including songs in Yiddish.

From 1985 he began to perform regularly in Israel, with the approval of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Some Haredi rabbis protested his concerts held without separate seating for men and women. He has also appeared in benefit concerts for HASC, including the 37th one in 2024.

He is married to Tzivia and they have 6 children. They live in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.