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Feb 10, 2018, 10:53 PM

A Jewish response to the plight of Israel’s African migrant workers

Illustrative: Students and teachers from Seminar Ha'kibbutzim protest against the deportation of African asylum seekers, in Tel Aviv, January 24, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/ FLASH90)

Both Judaism and democratic values demand that we treat African migrants humanely, for they too are created in the image of God

Jan 26, 2018, 6:17 AM

Hearing the cry of God’s children

A father and son protest the planned deportations outside of the Rwandan Embassy on January 22, 2018. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)

These are children who lost their families to war, ethnic cleansing and murder; how can we ignore them?

Feb 6, 2017, 10:29 PM

There’s no stopping women’s spiritual leadership

Maharat Ruth delivered the sermon on the second day of Rosh Hashanah just one month into her new job. (photo credit: Ben Zehavi)

The Orthodox Union's statement against female spiritual leaders is an expression of weakness and fear

Aug 25, 2016, 10:45 AM

The Rabbanit of Ramban: Taking Orthodox women’s leadership to the next level

Rabbanit Carmit Feintuch has been appointed as a spiritual leader of the Orthodox Jerusalem Kehilat Ramban synagogue. (courtesy Carmit Feintuch)

Appointing a female spiritual leader for his Jerusalem Orthodox synagogue isn't revolutionary, it's necessary

Nov 25, 2015, 11:10 PM

A prayer for the last Kaddish

A year after his father's death, he composed an original liturgical formula to mark the end of a mourner's journey

Dec 15, 2014, 2:10 PM

A farewell to my father, Naphtali Lau-Lavie

"It is good to thank God and sing praise to Your name most high. To tell of Your kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness at night." Eighty-eight years of life plus another half year. When my father said he missed...

Dec 10, 2013, 2:57 PM

Listening to the deaf

The Chief Rabbinate is granting marriage equality to those with hearing impairments

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About Me

Rabbi Dr. Benjamin “Benny” Lau is the rabbi of Jerusalem's Ramban Synagogue and the Director of the 929 Tanakh B'Yachad daily Bible study initiative.