Matthew Mark Silver is an

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i historian, professor at the

Max Stern Yezreel Valley College The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College (Hebrew: המכללה האקדמית עמק יזרעאל ע״ש מקס שטרן) is an academic college located in the Jezreel Valley ( Galilee region) of Israel, between the cities Afula and Nazareth, and nex ...

and at the

University of Haifa The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming Is ...

. His main interests are Israel studies and modern Jewish history.M.M. Silver
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Jewish Book Council The Jewish Book Council (Hebrew: ), founded in 1944, is an organization encouraging and contributing to Jewish literature.M.M. Silver
a profile at the

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

website Matthew Silver was born in the United States, graduated from the

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, and emigrated to Israel in the mid 1980s. He earned his Ph.D. in Modern Jewish History from the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

. He is notable as an author of books on this topic and chronicling personalities in Modern Jewish History, notably

Leon Uris Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 – June 21, 2003) was an American author of historical fiction who wrote many bestselling books including '' Exodus'' (published in 1958) and ''Trinity'' (published in 1976). Life and career Uris was born in Ba ...

Louis Marshall Louis Marshall (December 14, 1856 – September 11, 1929) was an American corporate, constitutional and civil rights lawyer as well as a mediator and Jewish community leader who worked to secure religious, political, and cultural freedom for a ...

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Gershon Agron Gershon Harry Agron ( he, גרשון אגרון, Gershon ʾAgron, ; russian: Гершон Агрон; , yi, גרשון אגראנסקי; 1 November 1959) was a Russian-born American-Israeli newspaper editor, politician, and the mayor of West Jer ...

Books

*2022: ''The History of

Galilee Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galil ...

, 1538–1949: Mysticism, Modernization, and War'' *2020: ''Zionism and the Melting Pot: Preachers, Pioneers, and Modern Jewish Politics (Jews and Judaism: History and Culture)'', hardcover: *2021: ''The History of Galilee, 47 BCE to 1260 CE: From Josephus and Jesus to the Crusades'' *2019: ''Navigating US Immigration in Modern Times: A Review and Analysis of Work Visas'', hardcover: *2013: ''

and the Rise of Jewish Ethnicity in America: A Biography'', *2010: ''Our Exodus:

and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story'', *2006: ''First Contact: Origins of the American-Israeli Connection; Halutzim from America During the Palestine Mandate'',

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Silver, M.M. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Israeli historians Cornell University alumni Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni Academic staff of the University of Haifa American emigrants to Israel