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Ithamar Handelman Smith

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “writer and journalist”. Today it says “british writer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Handelman Smith as seen in Tel Aviv Museum , 2010 Itamar Handelman Smith (Hebrew: איתמר הנדלמן סמית; born May 30, 1976 in the city of Eilat , Israel ), also known by his pen name”. It now reads “Israeli writer Handelman Smith as seen in Tel Aviv Museum , 2010 Itamar Handelman Smith ( ; born May 30, 1976, in the city of Eilat , Israel ), also known by his pen name”.
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Israeli writer Handelman Smith as seen in Tel Aviv Museum , 2010 Itamar Handelman Smith ( Hebrew : איתמר הנדלמן סמית ; born May 30, 1976, in the city of Eilat , Israel ), also known by his pen name Ithamar Ben-Canaan , is a British writer, columnist, filmmaker, playwright, and DJ based in London . Handelman-Smith publishes his literary and journalistic works in both English and Hebrew . His latest book Unholy Land , published by Repeater , was released in May 2018. As a documentary filmmaker he's known for Shalom Belfast about Northern Irish factions taking sides in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . Handleman is named after Hebrew-language revivalist Itamar Ben-Avi . Via his paternal side Handelman Smith is descendant of 18th-century Hasidic leader grand rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “writer and journalist”. Today it says “british writer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Handelman Smith as seen in Tel Aviv Museum , 2010 Itamar Handelman Smith (Hebrew: איתמר הנדלמן סמית; born May 30, 1976 in the city of Eilat , Israel ), also known by his pen name”. It now reads “Israeli writer Handelman Smith as seen in Tel Aviv Museum , 2010 Itamar Handelman Smith ( ; born May 30, 1976, in the city of Eilat , Israel ), also known by his pen name”. Read the current article and compare.
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writer and journalist

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british writer

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