Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american businessman of russian jewish origin”. Today it says “american businessman and butcher”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American businessman Abraham”. It now reads “American businessman (died 2020) Abraham”.
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Aaron Rubashkin , or Aaron Rubashkin , an ultra-Orthodox Jew of the Lubavitcher hasidic movement born in the Russian town Nevel in the former Soviet Union , is the owner of a kosher butcher shop in Brooklyn , New York , opened in 1953. He is the head, usually referred to as "patriarch", of the Rubashkin family , dubbed the "kosher meat dynasty" by The New York Times , a tight-knit family well known among orthodox Jews in Brooklyn for its wealth and generosity towards Jewish causes, and past or present owner and president of most of the family′s businesses , many of which have faced legal problems, including Agriprocessors , once the largest kosher slaughterhouse and meat-packaging factory in the United States , that went into bankruptcy after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) staged a raid of the plant known as " Postville Raid ".1
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American businessman Abraham Aaron Rubashkin ( , Russian: Авраам Аарон Рубашкин ; 1927 or 1928 – April 2, 2020) was an Russian-American businessman.He died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by COVID-19 . «Ангел смерти постучит в их окно» - 7 Kanal אידישע נייעס (@Yiddishe_News) | Twitter
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American businessman (died 2020) Abraham Aaron Rubashkin ( ; 1927 or 1928 – April 2, 2020) was an American businessman of Russian Jewish origin. He died during the COVID-19 pandemic due to complications brought on by COVID-19 .
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American businessman (died 2020) Abraham Aaron Rubashkin ( Yiddish : אברהם אהרן רובאַשקין Russian : Рубашкин ; 1927 or 1928 – April 2, 2020) was an American businessman and butcher.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american businessman of russian jewish origin”. Today it says “american businessman and butcher”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American businessman Abraham”. It now reads “American businessman (died 2020) Abraham”. Read the current article and compare.
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american businessman of russian jewish origin
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american businessman and butcher
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