David Lau
Chief Rabbi Lau: Ethiopian Christian missionaries infiltrating Israel, end aliyah initiative
It is "time to treat applicants from Ethiopia the same as anyone who applies from anywhere else in the world," said Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel David Lau.
Grapevine, April 19, 2024: A sad Seder
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau calls for slain Palestinian convert to be buried in Jewish grave
Rabbinate releases instructions for keeping Shabbat during wartime
Liberman files High Court petition demanding end to rabbinate's DNA tests
“It is outrageous to hear that only immigrants from the former Soviet Union are suspected time after time by the rabbinical courts that they are ‘non-Jews’,” said Liberman.
Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, famed Bnei Brak leader, dies at 84
Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau eulogized Landau calling him a “righteous person who devoted his whole life to the public.”
Chief Rabbi Lau lambasts Yair Lapid
Lau particularly asked that Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, to publicly condemn the vile statements that have been made about the rabbinate.
Conversion authority head resigns in protest over ‘wronging of converts’
Rabbi Yitzhak Peretz submitted his letter of resignation earlier this week.
Chief Rabbi blasts world religious leaders for not condemning terrorism
“It is forbidden for us to be silent, silence is tantamount to identifying with terror.”
Israeli 'Saturday Night Live' slammed for controversial Netta bun segment
‘Tephillin boxes are not your toy’ Eretz Nehederet told
Chief Rabbi backs deportation for single, male African asylum-seekers
“We must remember the concept that ‘the poor of your city come first’ and that there are in the State of Israel many people who we need to pay attention to.”
Chief Rabbi calls for return of Torah lessons at IDF training complex
Several dozen IDF soldiers would attend the Torah lesson every week.
Chief Rabbi suspends monthly meetings of Chief Rabbinate
Lau said he would not convene another meeting of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate as long as the rabbinate’s legal adviser "does not change its ways, and recognizes its place and authority."
Raising the bar
The Chief Rabbbinate remains a corrupt institution, but one making small steps of progress.