Rabbi Lazer Brody was born into a Secular Jewish family.
He became a Baal Teshuvah during his time in the Israeli Army.
He became a Breslov Chasid and a Rosh HaYeshivah and kiruv activist.
His children are all Chareidi, and all of them served in, or serve in
the Israeli Army, except for one of his sons, who became a Rosh HaYeshivah.