Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Bracha Peli ( 1892-1986 ) was the owner of Massada , a publishing company in Israel , and the driving force behind the publication of The General Encyclopedia and Encyclopaedia Hebraica .
Simplified: Bracha Peli ( 1892-1986 ) was the owner of the Massada Publishing house in Israel .