page_title: Yisrael Meir Lau
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Yisrael Meir Lau / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Eight-year-old Yisrael Meir (Lulek) Lau is held by a fellow Buchenwald survivor, Elazar Schiff, as they arrive in Palestine aboard the RMS "Mataroa." Haifa, Palestine, July 15, 1945. Čeština: Přeživší z koncentračního tábora Buchenwald po připlutí do Haify, 15. července 1945. עברית: אלעזר שיף, וישראל מאיר לאו בן ה-8, ניצולי מחנה הריכוז בוכנוולד, על סיפון האונייה "מטרואה", בהגיעם לנמל חיפה - 15 ביולי 1945
context_page_description: Yisrael Meir Lau served as the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel, and Chairman of Yad Vashem. He previously served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003.
caption: Yisrael Meir Lau (8 years old) in the arms of Elazar Schiff, Buchenwald survivors at their arrival at Haifa on 15 July 1945
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