Am Oved

Am Oved Book Publishing Ltd (Hebrew: הוצאת ספרים עם עובד בע"מ) also known as Am Oved (Hebrew: עם עובד, lit. 'Working People') is an Israeli publishing house established in Mandatory Palestine in April 1942 by Berl Katznelson, under the auspices of the Histadrut. Am Oved was founded to make high-quality books accessible and affordable to the Hebrew-speaking working class, in line with the ideals of Labor Zionism. Over the decades, it has become a central cultural institution, publishing fiction, non-fiction, poetry, children's literature, and academic journals.