That's the entire point of the hyphen in the first place.
And no, they didn't consider themselves outside of German. That's why they called themselves "Germans of the Mosaic faith". Being German, particularly in the 1800's was something to be proud of by most Germans.
That's the entire point of the hyphen in the first place.
And no, they didn't consider themselves outside of German. That's why they called themselves "Germans of the Mosaic faith". Being German, particularly in the 1800's was something to be proud of by most Germans.