Shalev “works tirelessly, employing innovative and original methods, to instill vital Jewish, Zionist and universal values within Israeli and global consciousness, primarily through significant and meaningful Holocaust remembrance,” said former Supreme Court Justice Meir Shamgar, the head of the President’s Advisory Committee.
Among his accomplishments, Shalev “prioritized education, placing it at Yad Vashem's forefront through the establishment of its International School for Holocaust Studies,” a spokesman stated.