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With Prof. Yitzhak Melamed discussing Solomon Maimon (1753 - 1800) and the new edition of his autobiography

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The War Is a Creature Coming From the Moon

"If the war is a creature coming from the moon, trying to understand modern Judaism, I think that would be the book," he says. "Maimon suggested or denotes another possibility which is in many ways much bolder than the askala." Maimon was committed to observance even for a radical Indian philosopher of his time and wrote about Hasidim as 'alfkler' (masculine) He also had an expression of regret when meeting with priest who came to see him at end of life.

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