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The Essay - Looking for Ghosts

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Michael Goldfarb travels across Europe in search of forgotten figures who were a critical part of Jewish emancipation

logo for The Essay - Looking for Ghosts - Gabriel Riesser
The Essay - Looking for Ghosts - Gabriel Riesser

Michael Goldfarb is in Hamburg to find out about Gabriel Riesser, a politician and lawyer who was the first Jewish judge in Germany, but who has been all but forgotten.

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The Essay - Looking for Ghosts - Ludwig Boerne and Heinrich Heine

Michael Goldfarb visits Frankfurt to learn about writers Ludwig Boerne and Heinrich Heine, whose critiques, poetry and prose inspired a literary movement.

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The Essay - Looking for Ghosts - Moses Mendelssohn

Michael Goldfarb travels to Berlin and retraces the steps of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, discovering the origins of the Jewish salon.

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The Essay - Looking for Ghosts - Spinoza

Michael Goldfarb visits Amsterdam to learn more about the philosopher Spinoza, whose views on tolerance and democracy made him an important part of Jewish history.

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The Essay - Looking for Ghosts - Vienna Holocaust Memorial

Michael Goldfarb visits Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust memorial in Vienna, which pays tribute to Austrian Jews. He also tells the story of poet Ludwig August Frankl.

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