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The porcelain apes of Moses Mendelssohn

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"Under Frederick the Great, every Jew who married was required to buy otherwise unsalable china from the royal porcelain factory. Moses Mendelssohn, a man remembered today as "the Jewish Socrates" - and the grandfather of composers Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn …

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"Under Frederick the Great, every Jew who married was required to buy otherwise unsalable china from the royal porcelain factory. Moses Mendelssohn, a man remembered today as "the Jewish Socrates" - and the grandfather of composers Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn - was forced, when he married, to buy twenty life-size porcelain apes."--BOOK JACKET.

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""Under Frederick the Great, every Jew who married was required to buy otherwise unsalable china from the royal porcelain factory. Moses Mendelssohn, a man remembered today as "the Jewish Socrates" …"

— Margaret

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