Amichai Lau-Lavie
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1969 -
Occupation
Religion
Description
LGBTQ Rabbi, social leader and human rights activist. Spiritual leader of the Lab/Shul community in New York which he founded in 2009. Founded the theater group StorahTelling, an organization that took on the challenge of giving a new interpretation to Jewish identity through the Torah. Star of the documentary film 'Sabbath Queen' (2024). Serves on the Executive Board of Rabbis for Human Rights, is a co-founding member of the Jewish Emergent Network, a founding faculty member of the Reboot Network, and serves on the Advisory Board of the Sulha Peace Project for Israeli and Palestinian peacemakers, the Leadership Council of the New York Jewish Agenda, the Advisory Council for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and as an advisor to Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance.