M.M. Silver
M. M. Silver is a modern Jewish history scholar at Max Stern College of Emek Yezreel in Israel. He is the author of several books and articles, including Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel’s Founding Story. The book launch event for his newest book, Louis Marshall and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America: A Biography, will be held on March 12th at Congregation Emanu-El in NYC. More information about this event can be found here.
Articles by M.M. Silver
Why it Matters that Marshall was Never Nominated for the Supreme Court
The main challenge I faced when preparing a biography of Louis Marshall stemmed from the gap between the perceptual confidence that characterizes ...
Can Israel Help American Jews Recall Their Own Forgotten Heroes?
Now that my previous blog established to everyone’s complete satisfaction that Louis Marshall ought to be considered a paramount figure in the ...
Ten Percent of American Jewry’s Top 100 List
Here’s a thought experiment designed to show you how the Jewish world does not work today. Imagine that some extremely ...