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News: June/July 2022


Mendelssohn Dreams of Enlightenment • Poll Says Public Want Vegan Cars • Bertrand Russell Comes to Bloomsbury — News reports by Anja Steinbauer


Enlightenment Dreams: Moses Mendelssohn Exhibition


Moses Mendelson
Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786)


Enrolled to attend David Fränkel’s Talmudic seminary, 14 year old Moses Mendelssohn arrived in Berlin in 1743 after a five day walk from his home in Dessau. His determination and enthusiasm for learning stood him in good stead: he grew up to be one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment. We Dreamed of Nothing but Enlightenment is the name of a new exhibition devoted to him at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. The quote is taken from one of Mendelssohn’s letters.


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