Cabinet approves appointment of Rabbi Lau as chair of Yad Vashem Council
By JPOST.COM STAFF
The cabinet on Sunday approve the the appointment of Rabbi Israel Meir Lau as chairman of the Yad Vashem Council.
Rabbi Lau, the former chief Asheknazi Rabbi of Israel, will succeed the late Yoseph (Tommy) Lapid.
"I welcome and am delighted by the decision to appoint a man of such high caliber chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, a remarkable man I have been privileged to know personally for many years," said Yad Vashem chairman Avner Shalev. "The issue of the Holocaust is close to Rabbi Lau's heart, and he sees in Holocaust Remembrance both Jewish and universal values. Rabbi Lau has strong, deep ties to Yad Vashem, and has already contributed significantly to Holocaust commemoration and its legacy."
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