Jillian Rubin
Jews in the Modern World
Professor Lesses
September 28, 2008

What are the anonymous author’s arguments against Mendelssohn?
The anonymous author has a few arguments against Menelssohn. The author begins by saying that Mendelssohn has taken away the synagogue of its original power because he has denied it the right of expelling the congregation of the holy from the Faith of the Forefather. The author believes that religion without certainty cannot be possible. Later in the article, the author says “Then good Mr. Mendelssohn, how can you profess attachment to the religion of your forefathers, while you are shaking its fabric, by impugning the ecclesiastical code established by Moses in consequence by divine revelation”?(93). The author believes that Mendelssohn is attaching himself to this religion however he is trying to also change it by “shaking its fabric”. The author also believes that in Judaism, there is a infringe that keeps the nation removed from sharing both public and private aspects of social life. I think that the author is also saying that Mendelssohn is too strict about the Sabbath.