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David de Sola Pool

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “leading 20th-century sephardic rabbi in the united states”. Today it says “british-born american rabbi”.
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David de Sola Pool ( Hebrew : דוד די סולה פול ;‎ 1885–1970) was a British-born American rabbi , scholar, author, and civic leader. He is considered to be the leading 20th-century Sephardic rabbi in the United States and a world leader of Judaism .

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Then

leading 20th-century sephardic rabbi in the united states

Now

british-born american rabbi

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