RLG341H1 Lecture Notes - Civil Marriage, Prosperity Theology, Haskalah
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Outstanding jewish representative of the enlightenment one of the primary voices behind jewish emancipation. At 14 went to be a rabbi in berlin. Haskalah jewish enlightenment (maskilim enlightener/someone who is becoming enlightened. Emancipation jews becoming citizens the journey from tradition to modernity (filters its values from its past). Widespread of jewish abandonment (not conversion but reforming). The practice and belief did not make them want to convert. Don"t regard israel as their home the place they were born. Be a jew in the home and a man in the street judah gordon. Jewish integration in society the breakdown of the kehilla. Defeats kant in an essay contest to see what enlightenment contest. Most of his children converted to lutheranism. You are ought to be loyal to the state which grants you rights. A belief that people can opt in or opt out. Argues for the separation between church and state.
