Wikipedia's first sentence called it “only jewish cemetery in the city of halifax”. Today it says “jewish cemetery located on west side of windsor street at the intersection of connaught avenue beside fairview”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Baron de Hirsch Cemetery located on Windsor Street near Connaught Avenue is the only Jewish cemetery in the city of Halifax . Among the approximately 530 people buried there are ten victims of the RMS Titanic disaster originally thought to be Jewish. Eight of these were unidentified; the ninth was Saloon Steward Frederick William Wormald, and the tenth, Michel Navratil, was a Roman Catholic travelling with his two sons (who survived) and who had boarded the Titanic under the name "Louis M. He is the only non-Jew buried within the stone walls of the cemetery. The property for the cemetery was purchased in 1893 by the Baron De Hirsch Hebrew Benevolent Society, named for the philanthropist, Baron Maurice de Hirsch (1831-1896), of Munich .1
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The opening as it stood in 2010 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery , also known as the Beth Israel Synagogue Cemetery , is a Jewish cemetery located on west side of Windsor Street at the intersection of Connaught Avenue beside Fairview Cemetery in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada .It has been the burial ground of the congregation of the Beth Israel Synagogue of Halifax since 1893.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery , also known as the Beth Israel Synagogue Cemetery , is a Jewish cemetery located on west side of Windsor Street at the intersection of Connaught Avenue beside Fairview Cemetery in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada . It has been the burial ground of the congregation of the Beth Israel Synagogue of Halifax since 1893.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery , also known as the Beth Israel Synagogue Cemetery , is a Jewish cemetery located on west side of Windsor Street at the intersection of Connaught Avenue beside Fairview Cemetery in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada. It has been the burial ground of the congregation of the Beth Israel Synagogue of Halifax since 1893.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Jewish cemetery in Nova Scotia The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery , also known as the Beth Israel Synagogue Cemetery , is a Jewish cemetery located on west side of Windsor Street at the intersection of Connaught Avenue beside Fairview Cemetery in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada. It has been the burial ground of the congregation of the Beth Israel Synagogue of Halifax since 1893.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Jewish cemetery in Nova Scotia, Canada The Baron de Hirsch Cemetery , also known as the Beth Israel Synagogue Cemetery , is a Jewish cemetery located on west side of Windsor Street at the intersection of Connaught Avenue beside Fairview Cemetery in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada. It has been the burial ground of the congregation of the Beth Israel Synagogue of Halifax since 1893.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “only jewish cemetery in the city of halifax”. Today it says “jewish cemetery located on west side of windsor street at the intersection of connaught avenue beside fairview”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
only jewish cemetery in the city of halifax
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jewish cemetery located on west side of windsor street at the intersection of connaught avenue beside fairview
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