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Yisrael Meir Lau
Yisrael Lau
Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Holocaust survivor (b. 1937).
Wikipedia | Yisrael Meir Lau
Statements about
Yisrael Meir Lau
Award Received
Knight of the Legion of Honour
(April 2011 - )
Start Time
:
April 2011
Israel Prize
(2005)
Start Time
:
2005
Point in Time
:
2005
Rabbi Kook Prize for Rabbinical Literature
(1994 - )
Start Time
:
1994
Honorary Doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
(2005 - )
Start Time
:
2005
Katz Award
Presidential Medal of Distinction
Child
David Lau
Moshe Chaim Lau
Place of Birth
Piotrków Trybunalski
Date of Birth
6/1/1937
Religion or Worldview
Orthodox Judaism
Position Held
Chief Rabbinate of Israel
(1993 - 2003)
Replaces
:
Avraham Shapira
Replaced By
:
Yona Metzger
Represents
:
Ashkenazi Jews
Start Time
:
1993
End Time
:
2003
Chief Rabbi
(1979 - 1988)
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Netanya
Start Time
:
1979
End Time
:
1988
Chief Rabbi
(1988 - 1993)
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Tel Aviv
Start Time
:
1988
End Time
:
1993
Chief Rabbi
(2005 - 2017)
Applies to Jurisdiction
:
Tel Aviv
Start Time
:
2005
End Time
:
2017
Chairman of Yad Vashem
(2008 - )
Replaces
:
Tommy Lapid
Start Time
:
2008
Instance Of
Human
Image
Country of Citizenship
Israel
Occupation
Rabbi
(1971 - )
Start Time
:
1971
Non-Fiction Writer
Father
Moshe Chaim Lau
Educated At
Kol Torah
Ponevezh Yeshiva
Knesses Chizkiyahu
Relative
Binyamin Lau
Kinship to Subject
:
Nephew
Given Name
Israel
Sibling
Naphtali Lau-Lavie
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
Hebrew
Sex or Gender
Male
Member Of
Chief Rabbinate Council
Official Website
https://www.lau.co.il
Mother
Chaya Lau
Affiliation
Haredi Judaism
External Pages About Yisrael Meir Lau
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