ABSTRACT
The controversy intensified in early 1880 with articles by Harry Breslau, Ludwig Bamberger, and Heinrich Oppenheim. Bamberger and Oppenheim were prominent politicians whose prestige gave great weight to the Jewish cause. This chapter treats the important contribution of Hermann Cohen, who was an original voice in the controversy. Cohen agreed with Treitschke about the importance of religion for the state but he was a believer in the unity of Judaism and Christianity. Cohen also believed in the importance of race for the unity of the state but could see no basic racial distinction between Jew and Christian. The chapter ends with a brief account of the views of Max Eisler, an American Rabbi, and short segment on George Brake, a defender of Treitschke.
