The two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Moses Mendelssohn was celebrated at official exercises held under the auspices of the Berlin Jewish community conjointly with the Academy of Jewish ...

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About the book: Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) is often described as the founder of modern Jewish thought and as a leading philosopher of the late Enlightenment. One of Mendelssohn's main concerns was ...

Google the name Mendelssohn, and you’ll have to click the “next page” button to find references to anyone other than the famous 19 th-century German composer, Felix. But only a couple branches away on ...

Schocken, 256 pages, $19.95. Three Moseses have decisively shaped Jewish history. On one end is Moses the Egyptian, a lawgiver and political leader whose vision established the path for a monotheistic ...

German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. Until now, attention was focused on Mendelssohn’s German works — such as his ...

SEBASTIAN HENSEL'S book about the Mendelssohn Family 1 is interesting in several ways. It gives a clear picture of the inner life of a remarkably talented family, with much inherited genius among its ...

Alan Saunders: Hi, Alan Saunders here, and this week The Philosopher's Zone's special series on Jewish philosophy takes a big leap forward to the 18th century and to Moses Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn, ...