At the age of 8, Rabbi Lau became the youngest survivor of the Nazi death camp, Buchenwald. Despite his enormous suffering, Rabbi Lau is able to share profound and...
Scholar - Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau
Rabbi Lau, a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp, immigrated to Israel with his brother Naphtali in July 1945 and was ordained a rabbi in 1971. He served as chief rabbi in Netanya (1978-1988), and earned a reputation as a popular orator. In 2000, he wrote a best-selling memoir about his experiences in the Holocaust entitled Do Not Raise Your Hand Against the Boy, which won the Israel Prize for life-work. The book has since been translated into English and published as Out of the Depths: The Story of a Chidl of Buchenwald Who Returned Home at Last. Rabbi Lau currently serves as chairman of the Yad Vashem Council. Rabbi Lau and Rebbetzin Chayita (nee Frankel) are the parents of three sons and five daughters.
Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when he was liberated in 1945. Descended from a 1,000-year unbroken chain of...
Shabbat. The Day of Rest. Discover the religious, social, national, and family benefits of this important day. This lecture took place at the 12th annual National Jewish...
From where are the seeds of Jewish excellency in all areas of life? The fascinating stories told by Chief Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau illustrate the value of Torah knowledge...
Autobiography, Faces of Israel, Fascinating, Interview, Thought Provoking
Personal Encounters: An Interview with the Chief Rabbi
Look at the light not the shadows. He never agreed to a split amongst Jewish people, “we are all from the same father, we are all one nation,” says Chief...
Where were these dignitaries in the war, when Jewish families were being annihilated? 220 boys in an orphanage are on strike. They refuse to acknowledge the benefactors...
Tu B’av and Yom Kippur are singled out by the sages as the most joyous and celebratory days for the Jewish people. Though Yom Kippur is more understandably joyful...
Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people, has always held a place in the heart of every Jew. Now, with the 50th anniversary of its reunification, what role...
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau grew up in the hell that was Hitler’s Poland. Emerging from the ashes of war-ravaged Europe, little Yisrael Meir moved to Israel and started...