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SUMMARY:Chaburah with Joshua Moriarty
DESCRIPTION:Post-Kiddush Chaburah Learning with Josh Moriarty\n\n"The Dispu
 tation That Wasn't: Moses Mendelssohn's Defense of Judaism in the German E
 nlightenment"\n\nMoses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) was a singular figure in 18
 th-century Germany. At a time when Jews were largely excluded from univers
 ities\, he was a mostly self-taught prodigy who became one of the most pro
 minent philosophers of the German Enlightenment. For many\, he was the onl
 y visible Jew in “enlightened” intellectual circles. Because of this u
 nique position\, he was often held up as an example by defenders of religi
 ous toleration—living proof that Jews\, too\, were capable of wisdom and
  virtue. But he also posed a problem for many Germans: they assumed that t
 he “enlightenment” of Jews would inevitably lead to their conversion t
 o Christianity\, yet the unquestionably “enlightened” Mendelssohn didn
 ’t convert.\n\nIn 1769\, a pastor publicly challenged Mendelssohn to eit
 her refute Christianity philosophically or convert to it. This learning wi
 ll focus on Mendelssohn's response\, a refusal to engage in the proposed d
 isputation. Through a close reading of Mendelssohn’s brilliant letter\, 
 we will learn about the position of Jews and Judaism in the German Enlight
 enment\; the connections between philosophy\, religion\, and politics in t
 his period\; and how to read authors who wrote in contexts of persecution 
 and censorship.
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CATEGORIES:Kiddush,Study
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