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Lia van Leer

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pioneer in the field of art film programming and film archiving in israel”. Today it says “romanian-born israeli arts administrator and film archivist”.
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Lia van Leer (née Greenberg ; Hebrew : ליה ון ליר ; August 8, 1924 – March 13, 2015) was a pioneer in the field of art film programming and film archiving in Israel . She was the founder of the Haifa Cinematheque , the Jerusalem Cinematheque , the Israel Film Archive and the Jerusalem Film Festival .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “pioneer in the field of art film programming and film archiving in israel”. Today it says “romanian-born israeli arts administrator and film archivist”. Read the current article and compare.
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pioneer in the field of art film programming and film archiving in israel

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romanian-born israeli arts administrator and film archivist

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