Morris B. Margolies is Rabbi Emeritus of Beth Shalom Congregation of Kansas City, Missouri, and a former professor of Jewish history at the University of Kansas. He was ordained by Yeshiva University, has a master's degree from the University of Chicago, and also holds a doctorate in Jewish History from Columbia University. Rabbi Margolies is the author of numerous books, ... Read moreincluding Torah Vision, Ten Turning Points in Jewish History, The Jew of the Century, Syllabus for the Teaching of Jewish History, and the reissued A Gathering of Angels. He has also contributed both scholarly and popular articles to many periodicals. His major scholarly work is Samuel David Luzzatto, which was published in 1979. He was the last of the pupils of the preeminent Jewish historian, Salo W. Baron, to defend his doctoral dissertation with Baron presiding. Rabbi Margolies and his wife, Ruth, reside in Leawood, Kansas. They are the parents of Daniel, Jonathan, and Malka, and have five grandchildren. Show Less