Talk:Mendelssohn (surname)

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Isn't "Felix Mendelssohn" important enough to have this page automatically directioned to him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.26.113.102 (talk • contribs)
 * I have to agree with you in fact. Extremely sexy (talk) 22:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * For Jews, Moses Mendelssohn is even more important than his grandson, because he was the key figure of the Enlightenment movement of Jews in the late 18th century, an era in which they were allowed for the first time to learn something else besides the bible. AdamChapman (talk) 19:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Menahem or Haim
I think (although I'm not 100% sure) that "Mendel" means "Haim" (i.e. "Life" in English) and not "Menahem", in spite of the formal resemblance. AdamChapman (talk) 20:02, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism
The comment about Mendelssohn being related to Moses and Abraham is more than a tad absurd - can someone please rectify this.