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Maariv (newspaper)

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “evening prayer in judaism”. Today it says “hebrew-language daily newspaper published in israel”.
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Maariv is also the evening prayer in Judaism; see Jewish services for details Maariv ( Hebrew evening ) is a daily newspaper in Israel . Maariv is considered to express the opinion and feeling of the Jewish general public in Israel, and quoted much by the foreign press because of the emotional headlines it uses for news events. The Nimrodi family holds controlling stake in Maariv, and Yaakov Nimrodi serves as its chairman. Maariv's chief editor is Amnon Dankner .1

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “evening prayer in judaism”. Today it says “hebrew-language daily newspaper published in israel”. Read the current article and compare.
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evening prayer in judaism

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hebrew-language daily newspaper published in israel

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