Gershom Schocken

Gershom Schocken
גרשום שוקן
Schocken in the 1950s
Faction represented in the Knesset
1955–1959Progressive Party
Personal details
Born
Gustav Schocken

29 September 1912
Zwickau, German Empire
Died20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 78)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Resting placeNahalat Yitzhak Cemetery, Tel Aviv
SpouseShulamit Persitz
Children3, including Amos
Parent
RelativesGideon Schocken (brother)
Shoshana Persitz (mother-in-law)

Gershom Gustav Schocken (Hebrew: גרשום גוסטב שוקן; born Gustav Schocken; 29 September 1912 – 20 December 1990) was an Israeli journalist and politician who was editor of Haaretz for more than 50 years and a member of the Knesset for the Progressive Party between 1955 and 1959.