Background
Shalev, Avner was born on January 12, 1939 in Jerusalem. Son of Dov and Sarah (Kaner) Langsam.
cultural organization administrator
Shalev, Avner was born on January 12, 1939 in Jerusalem. Son of Dov and Sarah (Kaner) Langsam.
Bachelor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1964. Diploma, Israel Defense Forces Command & Staff College, Israel, 1969. Diploma, National Security College, Israel, 1980.
Service in the Israel Defense Forces
From 1956 through 1980, Shalev served in the Israel Defense Forces (Israel Defense Forces), eventually retiring as a Brigadier General. He commenced his military service in the infantry, first as a foot soldier and then as an officer in the Six Day War and other events. This entailed working unceasingly at Elazar"s side during the critical days preceding, during and following the Yom Kippur War.
This position included command of Israel Defense Forces Radio, and the major task and challenge of restoring public confidence in the ability, vigor and spirit of the Israel Defense Forces and, in a larger sense, of Israeli society.
He increased the study of the Israel Defense Forces"s battle heritage and combat values, and promoted the leadership training of commanders. Shalev established the Education Corps" central officers training base and advanced the development of core theory and practice for cultivating Israeli military leadership.
Director of the Culture
Following his retirement from military service, Shalev assumed the position of Director of the Culture Authority in the Ministry of Education and Culture, as well as Chairman of the National Council of Culture and Artist He also served on the boards of a wide range of Israeli museums and cultural institutions.
Within these capacities, Shalev was instrumental in the formulation and implementation of national policy regarding culture and the arts, and for advancing Israel"s ties in these areas with other nations around the world.
An example for one of his actions in this position, is that he pioneered the earmarking of public funding of cultural activities for schoolchildren. He also ensured the stability and integrity of archaeological endeavors in Israel by transforming the Antiquities Department into and national authority. Shalev help found the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem.
Accordingly, he set up an inter-departmental unit devoted to the absorption of immigrant artists.
Its operation facilitated the founding of significant and groundbreaking cultural entities, such as the Ra"anana Orchestra and the Gesher Theatre Company. In 1993 Avner Shalev accepted the position of Chairman of the Directorate of He also received the French Legion of Honor by President Sarkozy, at the Élysée Palace in Paris.
As leader of, Shalev has dealt with the controversy over Pope Pius XII, and with the Museum"s complicated relations with the Church. He has sought better access to Vatican archives for the period of Monsignor Pacelli"s papacy.
Shalev was an integral part of the high-level international military and political negotiations that followed the Yom Kippur War, including the famous Kilometer 101 accords with Egyptian General Gamassi, which eventually led to the Israel-Egypt peace treaty. Shalev viewed the challenge of extensive immigration to Israel from the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s as a tremendous cultural opportunity for the state.
Brigadier general Israel Defense Forces, 1977-1979.
Married Naomi Gross, July 7, 1959. Children: Anat, Sharon, Itai, Noah.