Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish us civil rights activist”. Today it says “american civil rights activist and pacifist”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “A life of conscience; Journey of Reconciliation; Further reading”.
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The opening as it read in 2020
Igal Roodenko, 1987, with niece Amy Zowniriw & her husband Mike Zowniriw at family wedding.1 Igal Roodenko ( ( 1917-02-08 ) February 8, 1917 – ( 1991-04-28 ) April 28, 1991) was an American civil rights activist, and pacifist .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Igal Roodenko ( ( 1917-02-08 ) February 8, 1917 – ( 1991-04-28 ) April 28, 1991) was a Jewish US civil rights activist, and pacifist .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Igal Roodenko ( ( 1917-02-08 ) February 8, 1917 – ( 1991-04-28 ) April 28, 1991) was an American civil rights activist, and pacifist .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
American activist (1917–1991) Igal Roodenko, ~1920 with parents Ida & Morris. Igal Roodenko ( ( 1917-02-08 ) February 8, 1917 – ( 1991-04-28 ) April 28, 1991) was an American civil rights activist, and pacifist .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American activist (1917–1991) Igal Roodenko, ~1920 with parents Ida & Morris. Igal Roodenko ( ( 1917-02-08 ) February 8, 1917 – ( 1991-04-28 ) April 28, 1991) was an American civil rights activist, pacifist , and Zionist .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish us civil rights activist”. Today it says “american civil rights activist and pacifist”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “A life of conscience; Journey of Reconciliation; Further reading”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
jewish us civil rights activist
Now
american civil rights activist and pacifist
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 2,631 characters shorter.
A life of conscience
Journey of Reconciliation
Further reading
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