Jerusalem - Israel's government approved Sunday the appointment of the country's former chief rabbi, Yisrael Meir Lau, as chairman of the Council of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Centre.
Lau, a Holocaust survivor, succeeds Yosef Lapid, a fellow holocaust survivor and former minister of justice who died in June this year, as chairman of the council, an honorary body of 120 people, which meets once a year.
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Jerusalem - Israel's government approved Sunday the appointment of the country's former chief rabbi, Yisrael Meir Lau, as chairman of the Council of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Centre.
