An Historic Weekend with Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau

Beth Jacob is deeply honored to welcome Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau March 11-13, 2016 For an historic weekend in conjunction with our Tiferet Award Banquet   Weekend Events:   Friday Night Dinner at Pat’s, March 11, 7:00 pm (Mincha/Maariv 5:45 pm at Beth Jacob) An exclusive, intimate Shabbat dinner with the Chief Rabbi $150 per person.  To reserve: 310.278.1911 or RSVP@bethjacob.org   Shabbat Morning Drasha March 12, 9:00 am Shacharit in Beth Jacob’s Shapell Sanctuary   Saturday Night Town Hall Meeting March 12, 8:00 pm at Beth Jacob   Chief Rabbi Lau will also deliver a Message of Hope at the Beth Jacob Tiferet Award Banquet – Sunday, March 13, 5:00 pm at Sinai Temple

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau is Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yaffo and Chairman of Yad Vashem. He served as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003. Born in Poland in 1937, the son of the Chief Rabbi of Piotrków, he is descended from a 1,000 year unbroken chain of rabbis. Rabbi Lau endured the horrors of the Holocaust, and was liberated in Buchenwald at age 8, one of the youngest children to survive. He made Aliyah in summer 1945 with his brother Naphtali, and went on to study in Yeshivat Kol Torah with Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, as well as in Ponevezh and Knesses Chizkiyahu, earning semicha in 1961. Prior to being elected Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rav Lau served as Chief Rabbi of Netanya (1978-1988), and Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yaffo (1988-1993; 2005-present). Known throughout Israel as a powerful orator, unifier and consensus builder, he is respected and admired internationally by Jews and non-Jews, ashkenazim and sephardim, religious and secular alike. In 2005, Chief Rabbi Lau was awarded the Israel Prize for his lifetime achievements and special contribution to society and the State of Israel. His best-selling memoir, Out of the Depths, chronicles his experiences during the Holocaust and after the war, and was published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Buchenwald.   Weekend generously sponsored by Carrol & Jack Fenigstein and Fela Shapell & family.