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Mendelssohn was very influential over the Jewish religion. His interest in Western philosophy convinced him that Enlightenment teachings should not be different to Jewish thought and religion. He believed that these ideas were necessary to help strengthen the religion. Mendelssohn also brought the ghetto to the dominant culture and combined the two different worlds. He was involved in the Jewish Enlightenment with his main goal being to help use scientific principles to help understand Judaism

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