Alexander Altmann Collection 1935-1981

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Alexander Altmann Collection 1935-1981

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The bulk of this collection consists of materials docmenting the research ofAlexander Altmann on German and German-Jewish history, particularly the philosophy of Moses Mendelssohn.

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Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786

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Moses Mendelssohn was an internationally renowned philosopher of the Enlightenment while remaining an observant Jew who defended Judaism and advocated for Jewish civil rights. Moses Mendelssohn was born in 1729 in Dessau, the son of a Torah scribe, and received a traditional Talmudic education. His mother Bela Rachel Sara was descended from an illustrious line of rabbis. At age 14, Moses Mendelssohn followed his rabbi to Berlin; in Berlin, Mendelssohn encountered a group of early enlightened ...

Altmann, Alexander

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Alexander Altmann was born in Kaschau (Košice), Slovakia on April 16, 1906. He received a degree in philosophy from the University of Berlin, where he also taught, and he served as a rabbi in Berlin from 1931-1938. In 1938 he left Nazi-Germany and immigrated to England, where he served as a rabbi in Manchester. Here he founded the Institute of Jewish Studies. In 1959 he resigned as chairman of this institute for a position at Brandeis University at Waltham, M...