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Elias Tcherikower
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historian of judaism or the jewish people”. Today it says “ukrainian jewish historian and co-founder of the yiddish scientific institute”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Elias Tcherikower ( Yiddish : אליהו טשעריקאָװער; July 31, 1881 – August 8, 1943), also known as Eliahu Tcherikover , Elye Tsherikover , Eliahu Tcherikower”. It now reads “Ukrainian Jewish historian”.
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Elias Tcherikower ( Yiddish : אליהו טשעריקאָװער ; July 31, 1881 – August 8, 1943) was a Ukrainian Jewish historian and co-founder of the Yiddish Scientific Institute (YIVO) . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historian of judaism or the jewish people”. Today it says “ukrainian jewish historian and co-founder of the yiddish scientific institute”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Elias Tcherikower ( Yiddish : אליהו טשעריקאָװער; July 31, 1881 – August 8, 1943), also known as Eliahu Tcherikover , Elye Tsherikover , Eliahu Tcherikower”. It now reads “Ukrainian Jewish historian”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
historian of judaism or the jewish people
Now
ukrainian jewish historian and co-founder of the yiddish scientific institute
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