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While one has chosen to be absorbed by a larger American company, the other has publicly affirmed its determination to stand up to the new challenges as an in- dependent house. Schocken Books has been sold to Random House by the Schocken family. Although the line of Schocken books will be published with the firm's imprint, it will become part of Pantheon Books, a subsidiary of Random House. Founded in Berlin in 1931 by Salaman Schocken, the publishing house is known for its early support of such great writers as Israel's S.Y. Agnon, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Other important Jewish authors published by Schocken have been Martin Buber, Franz Kafka, Elias Canetti, Primo Levi, Gerschom Scholem and Elie Wiesel. After taking over the firm, Random House will continue to have contact with the Schocken family. David Rome, the president of Schocken, and a grandson of the founder, will remain with the company as a consultant and advisory editor. Schocken's senior editor has stated that the association with Random House will serve to strengthen Schocken's ability to serve its authors. A different approach toward the challenges of Jewish publishing today has been taken by the Jewish Publica- tion Society. Founded in 1888 in Philadelphia as an annual membership organization, the society has published such works as Graetz's "History of the Jews" and Louis Ginzberg's "Legends of the Jews." One of its major undertakings has been the translation and publication of the Bible in English. s , This past spring the socie- ty's executive vice president, Nathan Barnett, addresed a national booksellers' conven- tion in Washington, where he related the attitude of his firm to the new challenges in Jewish publishing. Barnett spoke of the diminishing interest in broad Judaica topics in American society and within the Jewish community. He spoke of the general decline of mass culture audiences, and of the growth of smaller affinity groups with similar interests. The Judaica market has also changed into a series of smaller groups with different interests, covering the fields of religion, politics and culture. He reviewed the problem of growing assimilation and the various tensions which exist in the Jewish community. They have all had a ripple ef- fect on the world of Jewish publishing. In addition, there are the pressures of the publishing industry in general. Yet despite these obstacles, the number of publishing houses concentrating on Judaica has greatly increas- ed. Rather than bemoan the competiton facing the Jewish Publication Society, Barnett states that his organization welcomes the new diversity. The interest in Judaica by the major American publishing houses and university presses is viewed by the society with approval. It shows a recogni- tion by these presses of the importance of Judaica. """'"1 NEWS Ex-Nazis Investigated London (JTA) — Suspected war criminals who settled in Britain after World War II will be * investigated by a special team of retired police officers being set up by the government, the Daily Mail reported. The inquiry will be headed by the former director of public prosecutions, Sir Thomas Hetherington who will provide the names of suspects for background checks by the new law en- forcement team. Sir Thomas received the names of 110 suspected war criminals including alleged middle-ranking SS officials who fled to Britain from coun- tries under Soviet control from the Soviet government. Other reports said the So- viet government would auth- orize their citizens to attend and testify at any trials in Britain that might result from the investigations.