Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Holocaust survivor (b. 1937)
Rabbi
Yisrael Meir Lau (Lev Ezra Sokol)
Title
Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Chairman of Yad Vashem
Personal
Born
Yisrael Meir Lau (Lev Ezra Sokol)
(1937-06-01) 1 June 1937 (age 86)
Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Religion
Judaism
Nationality
Israeli
Children
8 children, including David Lau
Parent(s)
Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau and Chaya Lau
Denomination
Haredi Judaism
Other
former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Residence
Tel Aviv
Yisrael (Israel) Meir Lau (Hebrew: ישראל מאיר לאו; born 1 June 1937) is a Holocaust survivor who served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003. He was previously Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel. After his tenure as chief rabbi, he was appointed chairman of Yad Vashem.
Yisrael (Israel) MeirLau (Hebrew: ישראל מאיר לאו; born 1 June 1937) is a Holocaust survivor who served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993...
Lau is the son of former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel YisraelMeirLau. David Baruch Lau was born in Tel Aviv. He is the son of Rabbi Israel Meir Lau...
(1838–1933), Polish rabbi, Halakhist and ethicist YisraelMeirLau, the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel Yitzchak Meir Alter (1798(?)–1866), Polish rabbi and founder...
that he be buried outside the cemetery. His Ashkenazi counterpart, YisraelMeirLau, called it "a desecration of God's name". Rabbi Yehuda Amital of Gush...
500 families. In 2022, an estimated 60,000 people, including Rabbis YisraelMeirLau, Yitzhak Yosef, Yitzchok Zilberstein, and Nachum Dov Brayer, attended...
to sit on a Beth Din. The current members of the council are: Rabbi David Lau—the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef—the Sephardi Chief Rabbi Rabbi...
International Advisory Board of NGO Monitor. Former Israeli Chief Rabbi, Rabbi YisraelMeirLau, partnered with Judea Pearl in the documentary With My Whole Broken...
years of internment. Subsequently assisted the Allies as a translator. YisraelMeirLau (born 1937), Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Hermann Leopoldi, Austrian...
His supporters have often compared him to his immediate predecessor, YisraelMeirLau, who was seen as having a foot in every camp, which helped him in dealing...
$100 million decade-long expansion project. In November 2008, Rabbi YisraelMeirLau was appointed chairman of Yad Vashem's council, replacing Tommy Lapid...
newspapers. His clients included Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, YisraelMeirLau, Avigdor Lieberman, and Effie Eitam. He represented two Shin Bet officers...
Zalman Shazar, Hugo Bergmann, Zvi Yehuda Kook, André Chouraqui, and YisraelMeirLau. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Makuya. Christianity and Judaism...
local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, Israel has had two chief rabbis, one Ashkenazi and one Sephardi...
when Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger visited Israel and the Chief Rabbi YisraelMeirLau publicly accused him of betraying the Jewish people. Vatican attitudes...
Vashem awarded Hammann the title of "Righteous among the Nations". YisraelMeirLau, current chairman (as of May 2010) of Yad Vashem Council, was one of...
then-President of Cyprus, Dimitris Christofias Raskin meets Rabbi YisraelMeirLau, Chairman of Yad Vashem and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, in Berlin Raskin...
240 "On rewarding with state awards of the Russian Federation" Rabbi YisraelMeirLau, A world of faith is a moral world, about German Zakharyayev, January...