What is Isi Leibler?
{{Infobox person | name = Isi Leibler | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|CBE|size=100%}} | image = Isi_Leibler.jpg | caption = Isi Leibler, 2011 | birth_date = 9 October 1934 | birth_place = [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]] | death_date = 13 April 2021 (aged 86) | death_place = [[Israel]] }} '''Isi Leibler''' {{Post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|CBE|size=100%}} (Hebrew: {{Script/Hebrew|איזי ליבלר}}; 9 October 1934<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVQaAAAAYAAJ&q=Isi+Leibler+9+Oct+.+1934|title=Who's who in Australasia and the Far East|first=Ernest|last=Kay|date=Apr 13, 1989|publisher=Melrose Press|isbn=9780948875052|access-date=Apr 13, 2021|via=Google Books}}</ref> – 13 April 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/isi-leibler-key-advocate-for-jewish-refuseniks-dies-in-israel-20210413-p57ivd.html|title=Isi Leibler, key advocate for Jewish 'refuseniks', dies in Israel|first=Tom|last=Cowie|date=Apr 13, 2021|website=The Age|access-date=Apr 13, 2021}}</ref> was a Belgian-born Australian-Israeli international Jewish activist. Leibler's activities and campaign on behalf of Soviet Jewry are documented in the book: Let my People Go: The untold story of Australia and Soviet Jews 1969 – 1989, authored by Sam Lipski and Suzanne Rutland in 2015. Leibler had senior roles in the [[World Jewish Congress]] (WJC), an umbrella organisation representing global Jewry, including Chairman of the Governing Board and Senior Vice President. Leibler was a columnist for [[The Jerusalem Post]].<ref>[https://bazonline.ch/infografik/schweiz/nie-wieder/story/22033812 Conversation ''Nie wieder!''] with Markus Sommer, [[Basler Zeitung]], November 24, 2018</ref> He was also a regular columnist for [[Israel Hayom]], the Israeli daily newspaper. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leibler, Isi}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Australian activists]] [[Category:Belgian Jews]] [[Category:Blo