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Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of rabbinic alem”. Today it says “israeli-american professor of rabbinic”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
He is a noted scholar, author and teacher who has taught thousands of students throughout his over 55+ years of teaching. He spent four years studying under Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and remained very close to him afterwards.1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of rabbinic alem”. Today it says “israeli-american professor of rabbinic”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
professor of rabbinic alem
Now
israeli-american professor of rabbinic
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