Fabrangen Fiddlers

The Fabrangen Fiddlers are an American Jewish folk music band. Founded in 1971, the Washington, DC-area group was the first music collective devoted to the rediscovery of Jewish folk music and the development of new Jewish liturgical folk music. The Fabrangen Fiddlers formed in 1971 as part of the Fabrangen Chavurah, one of the original chavurahs to form in the United States, as cited in The Jewish Catalog. The movement formed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as an alternative to traditional Jewish synagogues and temples. The desire was to discover a more authentic Jewish experience. The early chavurah movement was characterized by experimentation and reforging of ritual. It was in this environment in 1971 that David Shneyer, Alan...