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Isi leibler biography of alberta

          The preeminent Australian Jewish leader, he was pivotal in driving the issue of Soviet Jewry onto the international agenda.!

          Isi Leibler

          Jewish activist (1934–2021)

          Isi LeiblerAO CBE (Hebrew: איזי ליבלר‎; 9 October 1934[1] – 13 April 2021)[2] was a Belgian-born Australian-Israeli international Jewish activist.

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        2. Recipient of the Isi Leibler Prize at Deakin University for his Ph.D.
        3. The preeminent Australian Jewish leader, he was pivotal in driving the issue of Soviet Jewry onto the international agenda.
        4. Her latest books are Lone Voice: The Wars of Isi Leibler.
        5. A key figure in the World Jewish Congress, Isi Leibler had no hesitation exposing corruption in its leadership or at the Holocaust Claims.

          6. Biography

          Born in Antwerp, Belgium, Leibler was brought to Australia by his parents as an infant just before the outbreak of World War II. Leibler served as president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Chairman of the Governing Board of the World Jewish Congress.

          He was a leader in the global campaign on behalf of Soviet Jewry and played a role in the lead-up to Israeli diplomatic relations between India and China.

          Leibler and his wife moved to Israel in 1999, settling in Jerusalem.

          He wrote weekly columns in the Jerusalem Post, the Hebrew daily Israel Hayom, and on his blog Candidly Speaking from Jerusalem.[3]

          Leibler married Naomi Porush (daughter of Rabbi Dr Israel Porush[4]) in 1958, and the couple had three sons and a