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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “united states jewish charitable organization which helped millions”. Today it says “jewish relief organization based in new york city”. 3 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today.
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The opening as it read in 2005

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is a United States Jewish charitable organization which helped millions, mostly Jews , but also gentiles in more than 85 countries worldwide. It was founded in 1914 by an initiative of Henry Morgenthau, Sr. .1

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “united states jewish charitable organization which helped millions”. Today it says “jewish relief organization based in new york city”. 3 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since 2005, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.

Then

united states jewish charitable organization which helped millions

Now

jewish relief organization based in new york city

Sections that no longer exist

This section existed on October 6, 2023. It is gone today. The current article has no similar heading in its place, and the article is shorter overall. So this is not a heading that got renamed, and it is not a topic that got folded into a bigger section. 3 sections of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 2,138 characters shorter.

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  • The American Declaration of War in Dec 1941: JDC Becomes a Clandestine Organization
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