Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial chairman resigns after 27 years – Avner Shalev, 81, informs Netanyahu of his decision, but does not name a successor to take over national remembrance institute | Timesofisrael

The chairman of the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center resigned Sunday after nearly 30 years on the job, without naming a successor.
In a letter to staff at the Jerusalem memorial-museum, Avner Shalev said he had notified Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister for Higher Education Ze’ev Elkin “of my decision to conclude my period of service here, by the end of 2020.”