![]() About Shazar Center
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Aims The Center aims to promote research of
the history of the Jewish people in the Diaspora and to foster Jewish
historical consciousness in the spirit of the personal legacy and endeavors of
President Zalman Shazar. The Zalman Shazar Center is a bridge between the work
of professional historians and the general public. The Center’s various programs
carry great import as the future of every people depends upon knowledge of its
past.
About The Zalman Shazar Center The Zalman Shazar Center was
established in 1973 by the Historical Society of Israel with the assistance of
the government of Israel, in honor of Zalman Shazar, the third president of the
State of Israel. The Zalman Shazar Center for Jewish History Law was passed on
October 12, 2010, as a result of which the Zalman Shazar Center became a
government corporation. With the law’s enactment, the non-profit association
was dismantled and the Center’s activities were transferred to the corporation.
The Administrative Council The Zalman Shazar Center has an
eleven-member administrative public council, headed by Mr. Efraim Halevy. The
council members are elected every four years by the Minister of Culture and
Sport. The council is made up of public officials, economists, and historians.
The council sets the general policy of the Center and the areas of its
activity, approves its budget and annual work plan, and oversees the implementation
of the Center’s activities and programs.
Public Programs Committee Every four years, the administrative
council selects a committee that oversees the Center’s public programs.
Editorial Board The administrative council selects the
Center’s editorial board every four years. Members of the editorial board
approve the manuscripts chosen for publication by the Center. |