10 Facts About Binyamin Lau

Binyamin Lau is the head of 929: Tanach B'yachad and headed the Kehillat Ramban synagogue in Jerusalem for 18 years.

Binyamin Lau is the head of the "Human Rights and Judaism in Action Project" at the Israel Democracy Institute.

Binyamin Lau is a well-known writer, and makes frequent appearances in the media.

Binyamin Lau is a second great-grandson of the scholar Eliezer Liepman Philip Prins.

Binyamin Lau's mother, a sister of Jack Lunzer, was born in England to a prominent family known for preserving the legacy and school of thought of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch.

Binyamin Lau grew up in Ramat Gan, and was a student in the Segula School in Bnei Brak.

Binyamin Lau teaches at Beit Morasha in Jerusalem, and serves as the head of the Beit Midrash program, alongside Rabbi Dr Yehuda Brandes.

In 2000, Binyamin Lau moved to Jerusalem, and has been serving as the community rabbi at the Ramban synagogue in the neighborhood of Katamon since 2002.

Binyamin Lau publishes extensively in national newspapers, scholarly journals, weekly Shabbat pamphlets, and has authored numerous books.

Binyamin Lau appears every Friday on Israel's Channel 1 TV on a program for the weekly portion of the Torah, together with Avi Raht.