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Joseph Berlin

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli architect who designed over a hundred buildings”. Today it says “israeli architect who worked in russia and mandatory palestine”.
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Joseph Berlin (1877-1952) was an Israeli architect who designed over a hundred buildings, mostly in Tel Aviv . Berlin emigrated to Palestine with his family in 1921. His son Zeev Berlin was also an architect, and the two designed buildings together. זנדברג, אסתר (2004-09-02). "הצבעים הנוספים של העיר הלבנה" . גלובס (in Hebrew) . "הרמוניה מסורתית בפרובינציה מזרח תיכונית" . הארץ (in Hebrew) .1

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli architect who designed over a hundred buildings”. Today it says “israeli architect who worked in russia and mandatory palestine”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

israeli architect who designed over a hundred buildings

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israeli architect who worked in russia and mandatory palestine

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