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Who was Moses Mendelssohn?

  • German-Jewish philosopher and theologian

  • Famous German actor

  • German war hero

  • Renowned German painter

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Moses Mendelssohn (; 1729 – 1786) was a German-Jewish philosopher and theologian. Born into a poor Jewish family, Mendelssohn overcame the restrictions imposed on Jews in Prussia to become a leading philosopher and advocate of Jewish Enlightenment. His book Jerusalem (1783) argued that Jews should assimilate into German society and abandon their religious distinctiveness, while preserving their faith and customs.
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