Editing Abraham Geiger (section)

==Criticism==
[[Samson Raphael Hirsch]] devoted a good many issues of his journal ''Jeschurun'' to criticizing Geiger's reform stance (published in English as ''Hirsch, Collected Writings'').

Some critics also attacked Geiger's opposition to a Jewish national identity; most notably, he was criticized when he refused to intervene during the [[Damascus affair]], a [[blood libel]], in 1840. However, Jewish historian Steven Bayme has concluded that Geiger had actually vigorously protested on humanitarian grounds.<ref>{{cite book | last=Bayme | first=S. | title=Understanding Jewish History: Texts and Commentaries | publisher=Ktav Publishing House, Incorporated | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-88125-554-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56QJ9O7MFJ4C | access-date=2023-08-28|page=282}}</ref>