Schocken, on the Verge of Consensus

Overview

Salman Schocken was the King of department stores in Germany. Before WWII, he owned 22 department stores with 6,000 employees. He possessed a unique collection of 60,000 rare books in German and Hebrew and founded a modern, Jewish publishing house. He was the lifelong supporter of Shmuel Yosef Agnon and he owned the Haaretz newspaper which still survives on the border of consensus. He supported secular, Jewish culture and identified with humanist, liberal Judaism, a relic of 19th century Europe. Today, in an age of unscrupulous market economy and militant Judaism, Salman Schocken’s ways point to an alternative, perhaps not entirely lost.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 7, 2020

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Hebrew

Countries

Germany, Israel

Production

RBB,TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion,Atzmor Productions

Director

Noemi Schory

Writer

Noemi Schory

Producer

Gerd Haag,Liran Atzmor

Cinematography

Uriel Sinai

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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