In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to the heads of the three major Jewish publishing houses, Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz of ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, Matthew Miller of Koren Publishers, and Altie Karper of Schocken Books.

Aside from all rejecting David Bashevkin’s work, these three pillars of Jewish publishing all share a common goal of contributing to Jewish scholarship in order to help better cultivate the Jewish People.

- How can we use storytelling to bring out the best in others?
- How was Koren revitalized?
- How did some department stores in Germany turn into one of the most successful publishing houses?

Tune in to hear a conversation about books, books, books.

Interview begins at 13:59

Gedaliah Zlotowitz
Rabbi Gedalia Zlotowitz is the president of ArtScroll Mesorah Publications, as well as the president of Mesorah Heritage Foundation.

Matthew Miller
Matthew Miller is the owner and publisher of Koren Press. Miller founded Toby Press, which published Yehuda Avner’s The Prime Ministers along with other works, and purchased Koren Press in 2007.

Altie Karper
Altie Karper is the editorial director of Schocken Books, a division of Penguin Random House. Schocken, has a long history as a major publisher of Jewish literature and an early publisher of great thinkers such as Kafka, Rosenzweig, Buber, and Agnon, among many others.

References:
““Let Me Make You Famous”: How Hollywood Invented Ben Shapiro” by Tina Nguyen
The Jewish Bookshelf as a Site of Self-fashioning: Reflections on a Historical Phenomenon in a Contemporary Moment by Elli Fischer and David Bashevkin
Top Five, A List of Jewish Character and Characters by Dovid Bashevkin
The Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan Library of Jewish Thought by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
The Megillah: The Book of Esther
Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz by Yisrael Besser
All for the Boss by Ruchoma Shain
The Koren Tanakh
Amadeus
18Forty: Larry and Tzipora Rothwachs: Here Without You — A Child’s Eating Disorder
Biblical Images by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
The Covenant Kitchen: Food and Wine for the New Jewish Table: A Cookbook by Jeff and Jodie Morgan
The Patron, A Life of Salman Schocken by Anthony David