The former Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv was brought to the luxurious Keter Harimon hall in Bnei Brak, where many familiar faces were waiting for him.
The party was organized and sponsored by Rabbi Zvi Reisman, a philanthropist from Los Angeles and close acquaintance of Rabbi Lau.
Rabbi Lau was one of the youngest survivors of the Buchenwald Nazi Concentration Camp, where both of his parents and other family members were murdered. He is Chairman of Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
As a gift Reisman gave him a miniature Torah with a special aron kodesh for hold it.
