Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi”. Today it says “writer and broadcaster and convenor of progressive judaism 's reform beit din”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “British rabbi (born 1954)”. It now reads “British rabbi (born 1954) Rabbi Dr”.
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Jonathan Anidjar Romain MBE (born Hampstead, London, England , 24 August 1954 ) is a writer and broadcaster and minister of Maidenhead Synagogue in Berkshire, England.1 He has a PhD in the history of British Jewry . He writes for The Times , The Independent , The Guardian , The Huffington Post , and The Jewish Chronicle and appears on radio and television. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . University of Oxford. 2012 .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jonathan Andijar Romain is a rabbi , writer and broadcaster, minister of Maidenhead Synagogue in Berkshire. He has a PhD in the history of British Jewry . He writes for The Times , The Guardian and The Jewish Chronicle and appears on radio or television. He was Chairman of the Assembly of Rabbis, now known as Assembly of Reform Rabbis UK , from 2007 to 2009 He is chaplain to the Jewish Police Association , is a board member of the Three Faiths Forum , and for several years he was one of the judges for both The Times Preacher of the Year competition and the BBC ’s Frank Gillard award for religious programmes. He is also the Chairman of the Accord Coalition , an alliance of religious and non-religious groups committed to campaigning against religious discrimination in faith schools , which he helped found. The Jewish Chronicle . 2 July 2009 . The Assembly of Reform Rabbis has voted in a new chair, Rabbi Tony Hammond, who takes over from Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, and will serve a two-year term of office. : Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title= , |laydate= , |laysource= , and |laysummary= ( help ) [1] [2] short bio of Rabbi Romain on the BBC website, accessed 26 September 2008
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Jonathan Anidjar Romain MBE (born 24 August 1954, in Hampstead, London, England ) is a writer and broadcaster and minister of Maidenhead Synagogue in Berkshire, England. He has a PhD in the history of British Jewry . He writes for The Times , The Independent , The Guardian , The Huffington Post , and The Jewish Chronicle and appears on radio and television. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . Movement for Reform Judaism . 19 February 2018 .Movement for Reform Judaism . 27 March 2018 .
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British rabbi (born 1954) Jonathan Anidjar Romain MBE (born 24 August 1954) is a writer and broadcaster and director of Maidenhead Synagogue in Berkshire, England. He has a PhD in the history of British Jewry . He writes for The Times , The Independent , The Guardian , The Huffington Post , and The Jewish Chronicle and appears on radio and television. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales Jonathan Romain (9 October 2012). Movement for Reform Judaism . 19 February 2018 . Movement for Reform Judaism . 27 March 2018 .
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He has a PhD in the history of British Jewry . He writes for The Times , The Independent , The Guardian , The Huffington Post , and The Jewish Chronicle and appears on radio and television. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . Movement for Reform Judaism . 19 February 2018 . Movement for Reform Judaism . 27 March 2018 .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi”. Today it says “writer and broadcaster and convenor of progressive judaism 's reform beit din”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “British rabbi (born 1954)”. It now reads “British rabbi (born 1954) Rabbi Dr”. Read the current article and compare.
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rabbi
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writer and broadcaster and convenor of progressive judaism 's reform beit din
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