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== In the arts ==
== In the arts ==
=== Art ===
=== Art ===
Chabad Hasidic artists [[Hendel Lieberman]] and Zalman Kleinman have painted a number of scenes depicting Chabad Hasidic culture, including religious ceremonies, study and prayer. Chabad artist [[Michoel Muchnik]] has painted scenes of the [[Chabad mitzvah campaigns|Mitzvah Campaigns]].<ref name="Maya Balakirsky Katz 2010"/>{{rp|156}}
Chabad Hasidic artists Hendel Lieberman and Zalman Kleinman have painted a number of scenes depicting Chabad Chasidic life, including ceremonies, study and prayer. Chabad artist Michoel Muchnik has painted scenes of the Mitzvah Campaigns.<ref name="Maya Balakirsky Katz 2010"/> Artist and shaliach [[Yitzchok Moully]] has adapted silkscreen techniques, bright colours and Jewish and Chasidic images to create a form of "Chasidic Pop Art".<ref>'Under the Black Hat' Pop Art in Jerusalem Focuses on Chassidim – Rabbi Yitzchok Moully brings spiritual and emotional depth to a new exhibit. chabad.org.</ref>
 
Artist and {{Lang|he|shaliach}} [[Yitzchok Moully]] has adapted silkscreen techniques, bright colours and Jewish and Hasidic images to create a form of "Chasidic Pop Art".<ref>[|url=chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3824604/jewish/Under-the-Black-Hat-Pop-Art-in-Jerusalem-Focuses-on-Chassidim.htm|title='Under the Black Hat' Pop Art in Jerusalem Focuses on Chassidim – Rabbi Yitzchok Moully brings spiritual and emotional depth to a new exhibit|website=chabad.org}}</ref>


=== Music ===
=== Music ===
Vocalists [[Avraham Fried]] and [[Benny Friedman (singer)|Benny Friedman]] have included recordings of traditional Chabad songs on their albums of contemporary Orthodox Jewish music. Bluegrass artist [[Andy Statman]] has also recorded Chabad spiritual melodies ({{Lang|he|niggunim}}).
Vocalists Avraham Fried and Benny Friedman have included recordings of traditional Chabad songs on their albums of contemporary Orthodox Jewish music. Bluegrass artist Andy Statman has also recorded Chabad [[niggunim]]. Reggae artist Matisyahu included portions of Chabad niggunim and lyrics with Chabad philosophical themes in some of his songs. In 2022, an Israeli theatrical company produced a Chabad-themed musical ''HaChabadnikim'' which follows two young men from [[Kfar Chabad]] who go to live in Tel Aviv. The musical runs for 140 minutes.<ref>"HaChabadnikim." ''cameri.co.il''. Accessed 12 Nov. 2023.</ref>
 
Reggae artist [[Matisyahu]] has included portions of Chabad {{Lang|he|niggunim}} and lyrics with Chabad philosophical themes in some of his songs.
 
In 2022, an Israeli theatrical company produced a Chabad-themed musical ''{{ill|HaChabadnikim|he|החבדניקים_(מחזמר)}}'' which follows two young men from [[Kfar Chabad]] who go to live in [[Tel Aviv]]. The musical runs for 140 minutes.<ref>[cameri.co.il/%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%92%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99/10899/%D7%94%D7%97%D7%91%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%9D "HaChabadnikim." ''cameri.co.il''. Accessed 12 Nov. 2023.]</ref>


=== Literature ===
=== Literature ===
In the late 1930s, Dr Fishl Schneersohn, a psychiatrist, pedagogical theorist, and descendant of the founder of Chabad authored a Yiddish novel titled ''Chaim Gravitzer: The Tale of the Downfallen One from the World of Chabad''. The novel explores the spiritual struggle of a Chabad Hasid who doubts his faith and finally finds peace in doing charitable work.<ref>[|url=ingeveb.org/texts-and-translations/chaim-gravitzer|title=חיים גראַװיצער (די געשיכטע פֿון דעם געפֿאַלענעם): פֿון דער חבדישער װעלט &#124; Chaim Gravitzer (The Tale of the Downfallen One): From the World of Chabad|website=In geveb}}</ref>
In the late 1930s, Dr Fishl Schneersohn, a psychiatrist, pedagogical theorist, and descendant of the founder of Chabad authored a Yiddish novel titled ''Chaim Gravitzer: The Tale of the Downfallen One from the World of Chabad''. The novel explores the spiritual struggle of a Chabad Hasid who doubts his faith and finally finds peace in doing charitable work.<ref>Chaim Gravitzer (The Tale of the Downfallen One): From the World of Chabad. ingeveb.org.</ref> Chabad poet Zvi Yair authored poems on Chabad philosophical topics including {{Lang|he|Ratzo V'Shov}} (spiritual yearning).
 
Novelist Chaim Potok authored a work ''My Name is Asher Lev'' in which a Chasidic teen struggles between his artistic passions and the norms of the community. The "Ladover" community is a thinly veiled reference to the Lubavitcher community in [[Crown Heights]].<ref>[|url=atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/hirsch-succeeds-with-theatrical-production-of-my-name-is-asher-lev/|title=Hirsch Succeeds with Theatrical Production of 'My Name is Asher Lev'|date=29 August 2012}}</ref><ref>[ |last=Cochrum |first=Alan Morris |title=CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: JACOB FIGURES AND THEMES IN THE NOVELS OF CHAIM POTOK |url=rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bitstream/handle/10106/5378/Cochrum_uta_2502M_10893.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=22 October 2023 |website=ResearchCommons}}</ref>
Novelist [[Chaim Potok]] authored a work ''[[My Name Is Asher Lev|My Name is Asher Lev]]'' in which a Hasidic teen struggles between his artistic passions and the norms of the community. The "Ladover" community is a thinly veiled reference to the Lubavitcher community in Crown Heights.<ref>[|url=atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/hirsch-succeeds-with-theatrical-production-of-my-name-is-asher-lev/|title=Hirsch Succeeds with Theatrical Production of 'My Name is Asher Lev'|date=29 August 2012}}</ref><ref>[ |last=Cochrum |first=Alan Morris |title=CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: JACOB FIGURES AND THEMES IN THE NOVELS OF CHAIM POTOK |url=rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bitstream/handle/10106/5378/Cochrum_uta_2502M_10893.pdf?sequence=1 |access-date=22 October 2023 |website=ResearchCommons}}</ref>
 
Chabad poet [[Zvi Yair]] has written poems on Chabad philosophical topics including {{Lang|he|Ratzo V'Shov}} (spiritual yearning).
 
The American Jewish writer and publisher, [[Clifford Meth]], wrote a short science fiction story depicting the future followers of the "70th Rebbe" of Chabad and their outreach efforts on an alien planet called Tau Ceti IV. The story is told through the eyes of a young extraterrestrial yeshiva student.<ref>[ | url=mycomicshop.com/search?TID=325901 | title=Aardwolf (1994) comic books}}</ref><ref>[|url=comicsbulletin.com/main/sites/default/files/meth/116414408594091.htm|title=Comics Bulletin - Clifford Meth: Meth Addict - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Library}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


The American Jewish writer and publisher, Richard Horowitz, wrote a memoir, The Boys Yeshiva, describing his time teaching at a Chabad yeshiva in Los Angeles.<ref>[|url=amazon.com/gp/product/B08WJN28TF?pf_rd_r=TX7RWCA3B2YC1K40SEE1&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=d1db7338-a252-4e1e-b10b-ce6107bf082a&pd_rd_w=QssvI&pd_rd_wg=4sHt7&ref_=pd_gw_unk|title=The Boys Yeshiva: A Memoir|first=Richard|last=Horowitz|via=Amazon}}</ref>
The American Jewish writer and publisher, Clifford Meth, wrote a short science fiction story depicting the future followers of the "70th Rebbe" of Chabad and their outreach efforts on an alien planet called Tau Ceti IV. The story is told through the eyes of a young extraterrestrial yeshiva student.<ref>[ | url=mycomicshop.com/search?TID=325901 | title=Aardwolf (1994) comic books}}</ref><ref>[|url=comicsbulletin.com/main/sites/default/files/meth/116414408594091.htm|title=Comics Bulletin - Clifford Meth: Meth Addict - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Library.</ref>


===Film and television===
===Film and television===
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