An Inconvenient Maverick.

ASCHER, Saul; REFORM Judaism; GERMAN authors; INTELLECTUALS; MENDELSSOHN, Moses, 1729-1786; HISTORY of Judaism; HISTORY of Berlin, Germany; RELIGION; HISTORY

PRUSSIA (Germany); GERMANYReport Available

The article discusses various aspects of the life of the late German writer Saul Ascher who died in 1822, and it mentions Ascher's role in Berlin, Germany's intellectual community, as well as Ascher's work in promoting the reform of Judaism. Rich Jewish families in Prussia are addressed, along with Ascher's books "On the Civil Improvement of the Jews" and "Germanomania." The intellectual figure Moses Mendelssohn is examined, along with Ascher's commitment to the education of society.