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Boris Gersman
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish musician and business man from "afrikaner yiddisher zeitung"”. Today it says “jewish musician and businessman from afrikaner yidishe tsaytung”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Jewish newspaper editor in Southafrica”. It now reads “Jewish newspaper editor in South Africa”.
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Comment: WP:BLOGS are not reliable sources and WP:OBITUARIES should be used with caution. There are also many unsourced statements.1 TipsyElephant ( talk ) 21:11, 5 March 2023 (UTC) Yiddish publisher in South Africa Boris Gersman (8 May 1900 in Upyna - 3 April 1953 Johannesburg) was a Jewish musician and business man from Lithuania who emigrated to South Africa and became the publisher and editor of the "Afrikaner Yiddisher Zeitung".2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish musician and business man from "afrikaner yiddisher zeitung"”. Today it says “jewish musician and businessman from afrikaner yidishe tsaytung”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Jewish newspaper editor in Southafrica”. It now reads “Jewish newspaper editor in South Africa”. Read the current article and compare.
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jewish musician and business man from "afrikaner yiddisher zeitung"
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jewish musician and businessman from afrikaner yidishe tsaytung
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