The newspaper's editorial line was defined by Gershom Schocken[?], who was chief editor between 1939-1990. Haaretz is to this day (2003) owned by the Schocken family.
... was born in Tremeloo, Belgium, the son of a farmer. He entered the novitiate of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary[?] at Louvain, and was admitted to the ...