In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “russian-born revisionist zionist activist and author”. Today it says “russian-born revisionist zionist activist”. 2 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today.
Found by software in Wikipedia's own edit history. Not yet read by hand. The quoted words are Wikipedia's.
Compared with the live article on 2026-08-03.
We saved snapshots of this article over twenty years; you are reading the 2025 one. Red dashes: removed from Wikipedia since.Pale dots: rewritten; the numbered note shows what it says now.Red text: written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot.1 tap a number or a side note to jump between them
The opening as it read in 2025
Joseph Schechtman ( Russian : Иосиф Шехтман , romanized : Iosif Shekhtman , Russian pronunciation: [ˈiːɐsʲɪf ˈʂextmən] ; September 6, 1891 – March 1, 1970) was a Russian-born Revisionist Zionist activist, historian, and author. He played a significant role in the establishment of the World Union of Revisionist Zionists and the New Zionist Organization alongside Ze'ev Jabotinsky. Schechtman authored numerous works on Jewish history, Zionism , and population migrations, including The Arab Refugee Problem and European Population Transfers, 1939–1945 . His studies on population transfers, described as "pioneering" in defining guidelines for such movements, have been both influential and controversial. He emigrated to the United States during World War II, continuing his advocacy and scholarship while working with organizations such as the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).
This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 1283053400.
The opening as it stood in 2010
Joseph Boris (Ber) Schechtman (Russian: Иосиф Шехтман ; 1891-1970) was a writer and Revisionist political activist. He was the author of several books of history, including The Arab Refugee Problem (1952), and a two-volume biography of Vladimir Jabotinsky , The Life and Times of Vladimar Jabotinsky.
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 307145185.
The opening as it stood in 2015 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Joseph Boris (Ber) Schechtman (Russian: Иосиф Шехтман ; 1891–1970) was a writer and Revisionist political activist. He was the author of numerous books of history, biography and works on Zionism .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 659908706.
The opening as it stood in 2020 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Joseph Schechtman (Russian: Иосиф Шехтман ; 1891–1970) was a Russian-born Revisionist Zionist activist and author. He was the author of numerous books of history, biography and works on Zionism .
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 946846320.
Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “russian-born revisionist zionist activist and author”. Today it says “russian-born revisionist zionist activist”. 2 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today. Read the current article and compare.
2010
2015
2020
Oct '23
2025
Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
What Wikipedia says this is
Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined since October 7, and today's defining sentence is their current revision.
Then
russian-born revisionist zionist activist and author
Now
russian-born revisionist zionist activist
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. 2 sections of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 1,598 characters shorter.
Literary career
Palestinian "evacuation order"
Struck red text is no longer in the article; dotted amber text was rewritten. Every revision id links to Wikipedia's copy; the text shown is our own saved copy. Data: /data. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA; quoted for the record; not affiliated with Wikipedia.