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Malavsky family

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish-american family who appeared throughout the jewish world in concerts of cantorial and jewish folk music”. Today it says “jewish-american family of cantorial and jewish folk singers”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Malavsky family choir”.
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Jewish-American family of cantorial and folk singers ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) The Malavsky family was a Jewish-American family of cantorial and Jewish folk singers. The father of the family, Samuel Malavsky (1894–1985), a renowned cantor and composer, was often the soloist, accompanied by his four daughters and two sons.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish-american family who appeared throughout the jewish world in concerts of cantorial and jewish folk music”. Today it says “jewish-american family of cantorial and jewish folk singers”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Malavsky family choir”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

jewish-american family who appeared throughout the jewish world in concerts of cantorial and jewish folk music

Now

jewish-american family of cantorial and jewish folk singers

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 2,061 characters shorter.

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