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August 5, 2020

An online farewell to an excellent ambassador

The Australian Jewish community farewelled Israeli Ambassador Mark Sofer and his wife Sara in an online ceremony last night. The heads of the Zionist Federation... Read More

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𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁! 𝗔 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗮𝘃 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘂!

Benny Lau is a peacemaker. Member of a famous rabbinic family, and nephew of a former chief rabbi of Israel, Rav Lau is determined to reach across the secular-religious divide. His many statements and activities aim at a single objective, to solve the big issues of Israeli society using the tools provided by Jewish values.

Consider his current involvement in the “Forum for Compromise”, a group of 30 activists and societal leaders touring the country for 40 days, to engage in dialogue with all the disparate segments of Israeli society. As this Jerusalem Post article details, the group has travelled to Hebron, Nazareth, Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh and Sderot (m.jpost.com/israel-news/communal-leaders-and-activists-tour-israel-to-repair-societal-division-64...).

Consider also these powerful words in the video below, spoken after Shiri Banki was murdered during the Jerusalem Pride March in 2015.

Rav Lau is head of the Human Rights and Judaism in Action Project at the Israel Democracy Institute. He also heads the team behind ‘929’, an Israeli social initiative aimed at creating discourse amongst all sectors of society based on the revival and relevance of the 929 chapters of the Tanach.

Join us today at 8pm AEST (6pm in Perth, 1pm in Israel), right here on our Facebook page, or else register to watch on Zoom here: www.zfa.com.au/ll

We'll be speaking with Rav Lau about discrimination, about Israel's response to COVID-19, about education and Jewish learning and about his thoughts on the participation of women in Jewish life and ritual. ...

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