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Lamed Shapiro
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american yiddish-language writer”. Today it says “hebrew name of the letter ל )”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Levi Yehoshua Shapiro ( Yiddish : ל. שאַפּיראָ , born 1878, died 1948), better known as "”. It now reads “Yiddish-language author (1878–1948) Levi Yehoshua Shapiro ( , 1878 – 1948), known as "”.
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Levi Yehoshua Shapiro ( Yiddish : ל. שאַפּיראָ, born 1878, died 1948), better known as "Lamed Shapiro", (that is, the initial for the Hebrew letter lamed ), was an American Yiddish-language writer.1 His stories are best known for such themes as murder , rape , and cannibalism . Becerra . sfn error: no target: CITEREFBecerra ( help )2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american yiddish-language writer”. Today it says “hebrew name of the letter ל )”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Levi Yehoshua Shapiro ( Yiddish : ל. שאַפּיראָ , born 1878, died 1948), better known as "”. It now reads “Yiddish-language author (1878–1948) Levi Yehoshua Shapiro ( , 1878 – 1948), known as "”. Read the current article and compare.
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american yiddish-language writer
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hebrew name of the letter ל )
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