Israel Meir Lau

Background

Lau, Israel Meir was born in 1937 in Pyotrekov, Poland.

Education

Studied at three yeshivas Kol Torah, Knesset Hizkiya and Ponovitz.

Career

Head Torah congregation in Tel Aviv, 1971. Rabbi of N. Tel Aviv, 1971—1979. Cheif Rabbi of Netanya, 1979—1988.

Elected member Chief Rabbinical Council, 1983. Cheif Rabbi and President Rabbinical Court, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1988—1993. Head of the Ashkenzi Community, 1993—2003.

Achievements

• Israel Meir Lau has been listed as a noteworthy chief rabbi of Israel by Marquis Who's Who.