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KESHER

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “college outreach arm and campus student organization for reform judaism”. Today it says “redirect from a page that was merged into another page”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “KESHER should not be confused with various U.S. synagogues incorporating the word”. It now reads “Redirect to: Union for Reform Judaism#”.
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KESHER should not be confused with various U.S. synagogues incorporating the word Kesher into their names. KESHER (from Hebrew קשר 'linkage', 'connection') is the now-defunct college outreach arm and campus student organization for Reform Judaism . It was formally disbanded in 2009, though it continued to operate Taglit Birthright Israel trips, under the brand "URJ Kesher" for several more years. There are no longer any official college programs run by the URJ. There had been two program associates and an Israeli shaliach . KESHER worked with organizations like Hillel to create Reform Jewish programs on campuses across North America. They were a member of the Israel Campus Coalition and sponsored the Argentina Ambassadors trip. KESHER also hosted a Leadership Training Seminar during the spring semester, coordinated by members of the KESHER Student Leadership Council. This council was made of 6-7 junior and senior students who applied each year for one or two terms (a school year). The Brown and White . 2016-02-12 .1

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “college outreach arm and campus student organization for reform judaism”. Today it says “redirect from a page that was merged into another page”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “KESHER should not be confused with various U.S. synagogues incorporating the word”. It now reads “Redirect to: Union for Reform Judaism#”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

college outreach arm and campus student organization for reform judaism

Now

redirect from a page that was merged into another page

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