Chenoch Hendel Lieberman (29 March 1900 OS – 15 March 1976), born Chenoch Hendel Futerfas, was an Orthodox

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n-born, Chabad hasidic American artist. He was the brother of the famed '' Mashpia'' Rabbi Menachem Mendel Futerfas. Lieberman was known in the Chabad community as ''Feter Hendel'' ("Uncle Hendel").

Biography

Hendel was born in Pleshchenitsy,

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(then part of the

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) 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,

, while Hendel was serving in the

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. 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

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and

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, in 1951 he settled in

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, New York, where he became a devoted Hasid, 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.

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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 {{US-painter-1900s-stub

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