Editing Yad Vashem (section)

==Awards bestowed upon Yad Vashem==
* In 1973, the [[Pinkas HaKehillot]] (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities) project of Yad Vashem was awarded the [[Israel Prize]], for its special contribution to society and the State.<ref name=prize>{{cite web|title=Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1973 (in Hebrew) |url=http://cms.education.gov.il/educationcms/units/prasisrael/tashlag/tashmab_tashlag_rikuz.htm?dictionarykey=tashlag |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721141146/http://cms.education.gov.il/educationcms/units/prasisrael/tashlag/tashmab_tashlag_rikuz.htm?dictionarykey=tashlag |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref>
* In 2003, Yad Vashem was awarded the Israel Prize, for lifetime achievement and its special contribution to society and the State.<ref>{{cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V. (2003) | url = http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsag/YadVashem/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew)- Judges' Considerations for Grant of Prize to Recipient in 2003 | url = http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsag/YadVashem/NimokyHsoftim.htm}}</ref>
* In September 2007, Yad Vashem received the [[Princess of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]] for Concord.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yadvashem.org/press-release/12-september-2007-14-51.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507222509/http://www.yadvashem.org/press-release/12-september-2007-14-51.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 May 2018|title=Yad Vashem Receives Prince of Asturias Award for Concord |date=7 May 2018}}</ref> The Prince of Asturias Awards are presented in eight categories. The Award for Concord is bestowed upon a person, persons, or institution whose work has made an exemplary and outstanding contribution to mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence among men, to the struggle against injustice or ignorance, to the defense of freedom, or whose work has widened the horizons of knowledge or has been outstanding in protecting and preserving mankind's heritage.
* On 25 October 2007, Yad Vashem Chairman [[Avner Shalev]] was awarded the [[Legion of Honour|Légion d'honneur]] for his "extraordinary work on behalf of Holocaust remembrance worldwide." French President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] presented Shalev with the award in a special ceremony at the [[Élysée Palace]].
* In 2011, Shalev received the City of Jerusalem's Patron of Jerusalem Award in recognition of his work in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yadvashem.org/press-release/30-may-2011-14-50.html|title=Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev to Receive 2011 Patron of Jerusalem (Yakir Yerushalayim) Award|date=7 March 2011|publisher=Yad Vashem|access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>