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for 23,000 pounds sterling in 1935. His eldest son, Gershom
Schocken, became the chief editor in 1939 and held that position until his death in 1990. The Schocken family today has a 60% share of the newspaper. Salman Schocken also founded the Schocken Publishing House Ltd. and, in New York in 1945
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Schocken also had a library built in
Jerusalem for his significant book collection. The building was also designed by Erich Mendelsohn and was built at what is now 6 Balfour Street, close to his home. Today the historic building is home to the Schocken Institute for Jewish Research of the
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which invited another architect, Joseph
Klarvin, to design an additional front wing of classrooms facing the street. Klarvin also added a third story, dispensing with the pergolas and blocking over the oval pool in the courtyard.
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during his years in
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between 1934 and 1936, was originally surrounded by a spacious 1.5-acre (6,100 m) garden. During the
British Mandate the building was taken over by the British and used as the residence of General
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chain of department stores in
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Salman Schocken, 81, of Scarsdale, NY, a Zionist aide and book publisher, died Thursday of a heart attack.
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Salman Schocken: Forefather of Haaretz Newspaper and a Modernist in Love With Tradition
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to design Modernist style buildings. He opened branches in
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Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine
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Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel
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