*I’m a German and I want to stay one, I’m a Jew and I want to stay one, I’m a socialist and I want to stay one. \[…\] Everything I have written, I have signed my name. I am fighting for justice against my own country, which I love.* — Theodore Lessing By Alex Gordon Alex Gordon, Ph.D Thedor Lessing (Photo: Nicola_Perscheid via Wikipedia) HAIFA, Israel — On February 8, 1872, the German philosopher Theodor Lessing was born in Anderten near Hannover. He was born into an assimilated Jewish family. His father was a prosperous physician in Hannover and his mother was the daughter of a banker. Lessin…