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Rabbi Benjamin Lau
Born in 1961 in Tel Aviv. Rabbi Lau holds a B.A. in history and Talmud from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Bar-Ilan University. After he was ordained as a rabbi, he served as the rabbi of Kibbutz Saad, founded and headed the Beit Midrash for Women’s Leadership and the Beit Midrash for Social Justice. In 2013 he joined the Israel Democracy Institute as the overseer of the Human Rights and Judaism in Action Project, where he accompanies public policy decisions made by government offices and social organizations. Rabbi Lau has authored books aimed at making the Jewish tradition more accessible to the Israeli reader. He serves as the community rabbi at the Ramban synagogue in Jerusalem and leads the project 929 – Studying the Bible Together. He is married to Noa and a father of six.
