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Yisrael Meir Lau

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Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Holocaust survivor (b. 1937)

IsraelWritersBorn 1937 · age 89
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Yisrael (Israel) Meir Lau 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.

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Yisrael Meir Lau (8 years old) in the arms of Elazar Schiff, Buchenwald survivors at their arrival at Haifa on 15 July 1945Yisrael Meir Lau (8 years old) in the arms of Elazar Schiff, Buchenwald survivors at their arrival at Haifa on 15 July 1945Rabbi Lau addressesthe United Nations.Rabbi Lau addressesthe United Nations.

Awards 6

2005Israel Prize
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Rabbi Kook Prize for Rabbinical literature
honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
Katz Award
Presidential Medal of Distinction

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Zubin MehtaAlso won Presidential Medal of DistinctionChana KatanAlso won Katz AwardHerbert A. HauptmanAlso won honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan UniversityYossi CohenAlso won honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan UniversityAvigdor KahalaniAlso won Presidential Medal of DistinctionMenachem ElonAlso won Katz Award

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Israel
Category
Writers
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Dates
Born 1937 · age 89
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15 languages

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