# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/binyamin-lau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:16:18.218Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/binyamin-lau"
name: "Binyamin Lau"
slug: "binyamin-lau"
description: "Binyamin Tzvi (Benny) Lau, is an Israeli rabbi, community leader, activist, author, and public speaker who lives in Jerusalem. He is the head of 929: Tanach B'yachad and headed the Kehillat Ramban synagogue in Jerusalem for 18 years. He is also the head of the \"Human Rights and Judaism in Action Project\" at the Israel Democracy Institute. Previously, he was the director of a number of programs at Beit Morasha in Jerusalem, including their Center for Judaism and Society, their Institute for Social Justice, and their Israel Institute for Conversion Policy. He is also a well-known writer, and makes frequent appearances in the media."
tagline: "Israeli rabbi and activist (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benny_Lau_(1)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1961-10-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.02
  momentum:             0.8517350157728706
  historical:           4.655332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Dr.Benny.Lau"
    handle:    "Dr.Benny.Lau"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "بنيامين لاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyamin_Lau"
    title: "Binyamin Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binyamin_Lau"
    title: "Binyamin Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95"
    title: "בנימין לאו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4914559"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump