Liliane Ackermann

Liliane Aimée Ackermann (née Weil) (September 3, 1938 – February 3, 2007) was a French microbiologist, Jewish Community pioneer, leader, writer, and lecturer.

Liliane Ackermann was born on September 3, 1938, in Strasbourg, France, the daughter of Lucien Weil and Béatrice Haas.

Liliane and Henri Ackermann took charge in 1972 of the Youth Movement "Yeshurun" [in French written "Yechouroun"], a national religious group active all year round, and with winter and summer camps.

On February 1, 2009, at his Inauguration as Chief Rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim recalled in his speech Liliane Ackermann: "I want to express what I owe to the leaders of the youth movement Yechouroun from which I come.

On an official occasion, at the Palais de l'Elysée, in Paris, meeting the President of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, she introduced herself, listing her credentials, and concluded: "and I also educate my 7 children!".