Marvin Marx Lowenthal

Marvin Marx Lowenthal (October 6, 1890 – March 15, 1969) was an American writer and activist. Originally an assistant superintendent at a local silk mill, he left to study at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where Horace Kallen influenced him to go into Zionism. He joined the Zionist Organization of America, where he chaired the Zionist Bureau of the Pacific Coast, and was a journalist and editor for The Menorah Journal. He published several books related to history and Jewish studies, including The Jews of Germany.

Biography Lowenthal was born on October 6, 1890 in Bradford, Pennsylvania; his parents were Pauline Marx and jeweler Louis S. Lowenthal and they were part of the city's Jewish Reform Temple.