Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau

Restaurants and hotels to reopen in Israel as chief rabbi calls for synagogues to do the same

The Waqf, the Muslim body that oversees the Temple Mount, announced that the site holy to Muslims and Jews will reopen to the public next week.

By Marcy Oster May 19, 2020 10:35 am

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Israel’s chief rabbi lights Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament

Rabbi David Lau, whose Poland-born father survived the Buchenwald concentration camp, is the first chief rabbi to attend such an event.

December 6, 2018 4:57 am

Israeli chief rabbi says he didn’t know about ‘blacklist’ of Diaspora rabbis

David Lau also said the list should not have been released to the public.

July 9, 2017 4:42 pm

Israel’s chief rabbis form panel to set standards for recognizing foreign converts

By Andrew Tobin December 15, 2016 7:50 am

Chief Rabbi David Lau asks educators to deal seriously with every child abuse report

August 8, 2016 10:29 am

Israeli chief rabbi: Rebuild Jewish temple, but keep Muslim shrines too

June 10, 2016 11:41 am

Federations’ rabbinic chief raps Lau for disparaging Bennett visit to Schechter school

December 31, 2015 6:29 am

Chief rabbi: Rabbinate should be consulted on Knesset bills

May 20, 2015 11:16 am

Glick: Gunman apologized before shooting

November 17, 2014 3:44 pm

Chief Rabbinate’s kosher certification services undergoing overhaul

February 3, 2014 2:50 pm

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