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Knesseth Israel Congregation (Birmingham, Alabama)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “only orthodox jewish synagogue in the state of alabama”. Today it says “orthodox jewish synagogue”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Sources”.
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Knesseth Israel Congregation ( KI ) is the only Orthodox Jewish synagogue in the state of Alabama , although there is a Chabad center just up the street from its current location.1 The first Orthodox congregation to organize in Birmingham in 1889, the synagogue is currently located at 3100 Overton Road, Mountain Brook, Alabama .2

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “only orthodox jewish synagogue in the state of alabama”. Today it says “orthodox jewish synagogue”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Sources”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

only orthodox jewish synagogue in the state of alabama

Now

orthodox jewish synagogue

Sections that no longer exist

Present on October 6, 2023, absent today, with no near-matching heading in the current article and the article shorter overall, so this is not a renamed heading or a topic absorbed into a fuller treatment. 1 section of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 1,267 characters shorter.

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