Schocken Books

Schocken Books is a book publishing imprint of Penguin Random House that specializes in Jewish literary works. Originally established in 1931 by Salman Schocken as Schocken Verlag in Berlin, the company later moved to Israel and then the United States, and was acquired by Random House in 1987.

History

Schocken Books was founded in 1931 by Schocken Department Store owner Salman Schocken. Schocken has published the writings of Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Franz Kafka and S. Y. Agnon, among others.
After being shut down by the Germans in 1939, Schocken, who immigrated from Germany to Palestine in 1934, founded the Hebrew-language Schocken Publishing House in Mandatory Palestine. Schocken moved to the United States in 1940. In 1945 he founded the English-language Schocken Books in New York City. In 1987 it was bought up by Random House. Schocken Books continues to publish Jewish literary works.

Selected English publications

Franz Kafka

The TrialThe CastleAmerikaThe Diaries 1910-1923Letters to FeliceLetters to OttlaLetters to MilenaLetters to Family, Friends, and EditorsThe Complete StoriesThe SonsThe Penal ColonyThe [Great Wall of China (collection)|The Great Wall of China]Dearest FatherThe MetamorphosisParables and Paradoxes

''Letter to His Father''

[Walter Benjamin]

Illuminations

''Reflections''

[Gershom Scholem]

Major Trends in Jewish MysticismThe Messianic Idea in JudaismOn the Mystical Shape of the GodheadOn the Kabbalah and its Symbolism

''Zohar: The Book of Splendor''

[Hannah Arendt]

The Promise of PoliticsThe Jewish WritingsResponsibility and JudgmentEssays in Understanding, 1930-1954

''The Origins of Totalitarianism''

[Elie Wiesel]

The Time of the UprootedSomewhere a MasterWise Men and Their TalesThe JudgesLegends of Our TimeAfter the DarknessAnd the Sea Is Never FullThe TestamentThe Fifth SonA Beggar in JerusalemAll Rivers Run to the SeaThe Trial of GodTwilightThe Gates of the ForestThe Town Beyond the WallThe ForgottenFrom the Kingdom of MemoryThe Oath

''Rashi''