Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi”. Today it says “british rabbi and politician”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger (born 1950) is a rabbi , social reformer and member of the House of Lords .1She was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge and Leo Baeck College , London, where she taught from 1977 to 1997 . She was also Chair of Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ( 1992 -7), and Secretary and is Chief Executive of The King's Fund (since 1997). v t e2
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Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger , DBE (born 27 February 1950 as Julia Schwab ) is a rabbi , social reformer and member of the House of Lords , where she takes the Liberal Democrat whip.
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She formerly took the Liberal Democrat whip, but resigned from the party and joined the Crossbenches in September 2011 upon becoming the full-time Senior Rabbi to the West London Synagogue .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger , DBE (née Schwab ; born 27 February 1950) is a member of the British House of Lords . She previously took the Liberal Democrat whip, but resigned from the party and joined the Crossbenches in September 2011 upon becoming the full-time senior rabbi to the West London Synagogue . She became chair of University College London Hospitals (UCLH) in February 2019.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger , DBE (née Schwab ; born 27 February 1950) is a British member of the House of Lords .She previously took the Liberal Democrat whip , but resigned from the party and became a crossbencher in 2011 upon becoming the full-time senior rabbi of the West London Synagogue , from which she retired in 2020.She became the chair of University College London Hospitals (UCLH) in 2019.Neuberger was the second woman to be ordained as a Rabbi in the UK, the first being Jackie Tabick .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
British politician and rabbi (born 1950) Julia Babette Sarah Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger , DBE ( née Schwab ; born 27 February 1950) is a British rabbi and politician.She was the second woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the UK and the first to lead a synagogue.Neuberger was made a life peer in 2004.In the House of Lords she took the Liberal Democrat whip until 2011 when she became a crossbencher upon becoming the full-time senior rabbi of the West London Synagogue , from which she retired in 2020. She became the chair of University College London Hospitals (UCLH) in 2019.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi”. Today it says “british rabbi and politician”. Read the current article and compare.
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rabbi
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british rabbi and politician
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