The Jewish Enlightenment (1743-1786)

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PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/samaronow MERCH: https://usefulcharts.com/collections/sam-aronow?aff=18 BOOK: https://amzn.to/3dIsHvz TIPS: https://www.paypal.me/samaronow Sources: Cornelia Aust "From Noble Dress to Jewish Attire: Jewish Appearances in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Holy Roman Empire" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336347542_From_Noble_Dress_to_Jewish_Attire_Jewish_Appearances_in_the_Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth_and_the_Holy_Roman_Empire Shmuel Feiner Moses Mendelssohn: Sage of Modernity https://amzn.to/3r6day0 Moses Mendelssohn Jerusalem: Or on Religious Power and Judaism https://amzn.to/34FR5yS Moses Mendelssohn "Open Letter to Deacon Lavater of Zurich" (PDF) https://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/pdf/eng/15_TheJews_Doc.2_English.pdf Simon Schama Belonging: the Story of the Jews 1492-1900 https://amzn.to/31V102g 0:00 Intro 1:06 Mendelssohn’s Early Life 5:12 The Lavater Controversy 8:27 The Crisis of Judaism 12:53 The Josephine Reforms 15:40 The Premature Burial Crisis 17:30 Conclusion