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Schocken

Schocken

Schocken Books, founded by Salman Schocken in Germany in 1931, began publishing in the United States in 1945 and became part of Random House in 1987. It is committed to identifying and amplifying the work of Jewish authors and authors writing about Jewish culture, religion, and history. Schocken’s list includes giants of Judaica and Jewish culture, including S. Y. Agnon, Sholem Aleichem, Aharon Appelfeld, Hannah Arendt, Martin Buber, Mark Russ Federman, Tikva Frymer-Kensky, Franz Kafka, Ben Katchor, Francine Klagsbrun, Harold S. Kushner, Paula Polk Lillard, Deborah Lipstadt, Joan Nathan, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Gershom Scholem, Meir Shalev, Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Elie Wiesel, Simon Wiesenthal, Lori Zabar, and Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg.

Knopf Doubleday