the first of many journal prompts

In what ways do Judaism and Jews create ambivalence for German thinkers (and vice versa: in what ways does German-ness create ambivalence for Jews)? Considering the history of Jews and Judaism in the German context, how do both Jews and non-Jews in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries affect strategies to integrate or segregate Jews and Judaism from majority culture? Think about what might be at stake for non-Jewish and Jewish Germans regarding integration and Emancipation as you formulate your answer.