Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli psychologist and historian”. Today it says “israeli psychologist and genocide scholar”. Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli psychologist and historian”. Today it says “israeli psychologist and genocide scholar”.
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Israeli psychologist and genocide scholar (1931–2024) Israel W. Charny ( Hebrew : ישראל צ'רני ; 1931 – 14 December 2024) was an Israeli psychologist and genocide scholar. He is the editor of two-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide , and executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem . Peres stands accused over denial of 'meaningless' Armenian Holocaust by Robert Fisk - The Independent , London, April 18, 2001 "On Armenian Genocide, Politics Trumps Truth" . The Personal and Pedagogical Stories of Holocaust Educators ... - Page 132 by Samuel Totten - History
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Charny (born 1931) is an Israeli psychologist and historian, world renowned genocide expert. He is the editor of two-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide , and Executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem .
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Charny (born 1931, Brooklyn, New York) is an Israeli psychologist and genocide scholar. He is the editor of two-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide , and executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem .
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Charny (born 1931 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Israeli psychologist and genocide scholar. He is the editor of two-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide , and executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem .
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Israeli psychologist and genocide scholar Israel W.Charny (born 1931) is an Israeli psychologist and genocide scholar. He is the editor of two-volume Encyclopedia of Genocide , and executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem . Peres stands accused over denial of 'meaningless' Armenian Holocaust by Robert Fisk - The Independent , London, April 18, 2001 "On Armenian Genocide, Politics Trumps Truth" .The Personal and Pedagogical Stories of Holocaust Educators ... - Page 132 by Samuel Totten - History
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli psychologist and historian”. Today it says “israeli psychologist and genocide scholar”. Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli psychologist and historian”. Today it says “israeli psychologist and genocide scholar”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli psychologist and historian
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israeli psychologist and genocide scholar
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