# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-lau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:38:07.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-lau"
name: "David Lau"
slug: "david-lau"
description: "David Baruch Lau is an Israeli rabbi who served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 2013 to 2024. He previously served as the Chief Rabbi of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel, and as the Chief Rabbi of Shoham. Lau is the son of former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yisrael Meir Lau."
tagline: "Former Chief Rabbi of Israel"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95_-_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C_(1)_Chief_Rabbi_David_Lau_%E2%80%93_Profile.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1966-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.076716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.lau.co.il/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "ديفيد لاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديفيد لاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lau"
    title: "David Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lau"
    title: "David Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lau"
    title: "David Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lau"
    title: "David Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95"
    title: "דוד לאו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lau"
    title: "David Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawid_Lau"
    title: "Dawid Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%83%2C_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Лау, Давид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lau"
    title: "David Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lau"
    title: "David Lau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "דוד לאו"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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