English Main Publications Conferences and Seminars Study Programs Youth Programs Prizes and Grants Library Hebrew PUBLICATIONS The Zalman Shazar Center has published more than 300 books - including scholarly works, school textbooks and historical novels. The Center issues some ten new publications each year Scholarly Works Leading scholars from all of Israel's universities come together at the Shazar Center to create a portrait of the Jewish people. The Center's recent publications testify to the exciting breadth of research being pursued under its aegis. Recent publications in Hebrew include: A series of monographs of prominent Jewish cultural and religious thinkers and leaders: Moshe Mendlshon, Yehuda Hahasid, Rashi, Seadya Gaon, Harav Kuk, Yehuda Hanasi, Herzl. More books in this series are forthcoming. Religious radicalism, editors: Meir Litvak and Ora Limor Kimmy Caplan: Internal Popular Discourse in Israeli Haredi Society. School Textbooks Textbooks developed by the Shazar Center form the core history curriculum for high school students throughout Israel. The World and the Jews 1870 -1970 (2 volumes) Holocaust and Memory The Jewish People in the Middle Ages The Jewish People, The Land of Israel and the State of Israel Additional textbooks are in preparation. Pictorial History The Shazar Center has published two richly illustrated albums that introduce the general reader to the diversity and excitement of Jewish history: The Jewish People in the Twentieth Century: a Pictorial History; and Jerusalem: a Biography Historical Novels for Youth The story of the Jewish people comes alive in a series of historical novels published by the Shazar Center. Aimed at young readers, these popular books evoke vivid images of Jewish life at different times and places including 17th century Spain, 19th century Russia, and Jerusalem's Old City during the 1948 War of Independence. Translations Shazar Center translations enhance awareness of Jewish history by bringing important foreign language studies to the Hebrew speaking public. Recent translations include a study of Jews in the Balkans and a multivolume history of German Jewry . .