Translation of Pentateuch and Psalms from what to what using what.
What is Yiddish to German using Hebrew letters.
100
Prior to Haskalah, there was only one form of Judaism,...
What is "Orthodox"
100
Term for closed communities throughout Europe in which Jews lived
What are "ghettos"
100
In 1763, the king granted Mendelssohn the privilege of...
What is "Protected Jew and undisturbed residence in Berlin".
200
Partly responsible for Moses Mendelssohn's early education and who he followed to Berlin.
Who is "Rabbi David Frankel"
200
To help Jews integrate into society, Moses Mendelssohn emphasised these three things related to education. Name 2
What is: study of secular subjects, modern languages, and training in labour
200
People of other living Religious traditions (Christianity, Islam, etc) now being able to study Judaism has allowed for this to increase.
What is tolerance, harmony and respect. (Name 1)
200
Name for Jewish intellectual movement in Europe that lasted from the 1770's to the 1880's.
What is "Haskalah"
200
First nation in Europe to grant emancipation of Jews.
What is France
300
Wealthy silk merchant, Isaac Bernhard, appointed Moses Mendelssohn "this" i addition to teacher of his children.
What is his "book-keeper and his eventual partner".
300
This was almost completely abandoned from the curriculum of Haskalah free schools.
What is the "Talmud"
300
Moses Mendelssohn and the Haskalah push for this emancipation led to a decline in this.
What is a decline in Religious observance by Jews OR decline in importance of the Rabbi authority.
300
Moses Mendelssohn had contributed the first Haskalah school founded in Berlin in 1778 called this...
What is "Freischule" (free school)
300
Mendelssohns philosophical book titled "Phadon" was so impressive to the German world that it led to the nick name...
What is the "German Plato"
400
Moses Mendelssohn's chess friend was author of the play "Die Juden" and was also known as a great liberator of the German mind.
Who was Gotthold Lessing?
400
Moses Mendelssohn openly spoke out against the threat of this by Rabbi's to adherents.
What is "excommunication"
400
Mendelssohn campaigned for this but never saw it in his life time.
What is "emancipation" for his people. (liberty and equality)
400
Name of the Hebrew commentary of the Pentateuch which allowed Jews to learn German.
What is the "Biur"
400
The thought that Jews had long decided that a civilisation that had excluded them and teated them with such cruelty could have nothing worth while created this for those living in the Jewish ghetto.
What is "mental ghetto"
500
Moses Mendelssohn's year of birth and birth place
What is 1729 and in Dessau (modern day Germany). Of note he died in 1786 at age 56.
500
This book written by Moses Mendelssohn put forward the idea that Judaism was founded on reason alone and therefore appealed to freedom of conscience to discover religious truths.
What is "Jerusalem, or On Religious Power and Judaism"
500
The impact of Moses Mendelssohn winning a philosophical competition
Something along the line of...Broke down prejudices against Jews of non Jews regarding the intelligence and potential
500
Name for Jews who dressed in modern clothing and embraced Haskalah.
What is the "Maskilim"
500
Mendelssohn encouraged the issuing of Ha-Meassef which was...
What is a secular magazine for Hebrew reading population