“[T]he adherents of Jewish liberalism… traced the origin of the Reform Movement to [Moses Mendelssohn]. Mendelssohn’s writings, however, in which every word of the Jewish text is declared to be divine wisdom, prove the error of this thesis.”
Hermann Schwab, The History of Orthodox Jewry in Germany, Ch. II
Black Fire on White Fire 
Why did Mendelsohn use telegraph to wire his comments? Were his musical compositions wired as well?
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