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Refusenik

Izabella Tabarovsky (left), David Hirsh and Samantha Cass. Photo: Lakruwan Rajapaksha
January 30, 2026, 10:44 am
‘Be a refusenik’: students urged to channel their inner dissident
USSR-born writer Izabella Tabarovsky says ‘the new antisemitism’ is a resurfacing of Soviet-era tropes and it is vital to resist efforts to destroy Jewish pride and identity
By Beatrice Sayers
Lone Voice, The Wars of Isi Leibler, by Suzanne Rutland, is published by Gefen Books 
April 13, 2021, 9:43 am
Refuseniks campaigner Isi Leibler dies aged 86
He was one of the first to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by Jews wanting to leave the Soviet Union
By Michael Daventry
Then Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres welcomes Natan Sharansky as he lands in Israel straight from his release in 1986 
September 24, 2020, 4:18 pm
Natan Sharansky: ‘Millions of people were on hunger strike with me’
Francine Wolfisz speaks to the Jewish human rights activist and former Soviet Refusenik about his new book, which reflects on a life spent fighting for others
By Francine Wolfisz
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