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.