Chenoch Hendel Lieberman (29 March 1900
OS – 15 March 1976), born Chenoch Hendel Futerfas, was an
Orthodox
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Jewish Russian-born,
Chabad hasidic
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artist. He was the brother of the famed ''
Mashpia'' Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Futerfas Rabbi Menachem Mendel Futerfas (22 September 1907 – 2 July 1995) known informally as Reb Mendel, was a famous Chabad ''Mashpia'' and Chossid. He was a top student of the famed Mashpia, Reb Zalman Moishe HaYitzchaki.
Activities
Futerfas operated ...
. Lieberman was known in the Chabad community as ''Feter Hendel'' ("Uncle Hendel").
Biography
Hendel was born in
Pleshchenitsy,
Belarus (then part of the
Russian Empire) as Chenoch Hendel Futerfas. In 1925 he married Breina Freidman, with whom he had two daughters. Breina and the two girls were killed by a Nazi
Einsatzgruppe in 1941, in
Brahin,
Belarus, while Hendel was serving in the
Red Army.
In 1946, Hendel left the USSR using forged Polish papers; afraid that the KGB would track him down, he changed his surname to Lieberman. After short stays in
Paris and
London, in 1951 he settled in
Brooklyn,
New York
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, where he became a devoted
Hasid
Ḥasīd ( he, חסיד, "pious", "saintly", "godly man"; plural "Hasidim") is a Jewish honorific, frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods. It denotes a person who is scrupulous in his observ ...
, follower of Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Art
Hendel Lieberman's art is noted for its depiction of Jewish and Hasidic life and customs. His paintings hang in a number of museums including the
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, London's
Tate Gallery, and museums in Paris.
Legacy
The Chabad rock band ''Feter Hendel'' ("Uncle Hendel") is named after Hendel Lieberman.
"About Feter Hendel."
''FeterHendel.com''. Accessed December 17, 2014.
See also
* Michoel Muchnik
Michoel Muchnik is an artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Muchnik resides in Crown Heights, Brooklyn; his art is noted for its joyful, story book renderings of Jewish and Hasidic themes in water colors and acrylics, and f ...
* Yitzchok Moully
Yitzchok Moully (born 1979) is an Australian- American Orthodox rabbi and artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and is known for his "Chasidic Pop Art" painting style. Moully served as a Chabad emissary (''shaliach'') i ...
References
External links
ArticleBiography of Hendel Lieberman
By Joshua Dubrovsky
By Lubavitch Archives
1900 births
1976 deaths
American Hasidim
Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim
Jews from the Russian Empire
Jewish American artists
Futerfas, Hendel
Soviet emigrants to the United States
Soviet Jews
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