Barry Liben z"l

Barry Liben, Betari, former Rosh Hanhaga Artzit and head of Camp Betar in the 1970s has passed on. He was 67. He attended the Machon L'Madrichei Chutz La'Aretz, Machzor 47, 1970-1971.

He was CEO of Tzell Travel and other affiliated travel business enterprises, having taken over the former Revisionist-sponsored travel agency in 1977.  In addition, he was the prime mover of the Israel Footbal League. He was a philanthropist, contributing to and raising funds for a variety of causes, Zionist, as the Begin Center and the Israel Community Development Foundation and others.  A biography is here.

Last year, November 2018, the Betarim who came on Aliyah got together with him:

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