Did Wikipedia remove the word "antisemitism" from the Moshe Zimmermann article?

Yes. "antisemitism" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 4. We saved the article's opening paragraph at 5 moments between 2010 and 2025, and the counts come from those saved copies.

When did the Moshe Zimmermann article stop using the word "antisemitism"?

The word appeared 1 times in the opening at its peak in 2010. It is absent from today's opening, the part search engines quote and AI systems train on, checked against the live article on 2026-08-02.

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Moshe Zimmermann

The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 4 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.

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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 4.

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The opening as it read in 2010

Moshe Zimmermann is an Israeli historian and publicist .¹ Since 1986 he is director of the “Richard-Koebner-Center for German History“ at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .² In 1993 he was honored with the Humboldt-Prize , in 1997 with the Jacob-and Wilhelm Grimm Prize of the German Academinc Exchange Service, in 2002 with the Dr.Leopold-Lucas-Prize of the university of Tuebingen and in 2006 the Lessing-Prize for critique. His focus of research are the social history of the 18th and 20th century of Germany as well as of the German Jews and Anti-Semitism.³

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Today

“antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 4. Read the current article and compare.

Counts in the opening at each snapshot. Green: the word gained ground. Red: it was cut. Grey: no change.
	2010	2015	2020	Oct '23	2025
antisemitism	1	1	0	0	0

What Wikipedia says this is

Every article opens by defining its subject. This one was redefined between 2010 and 2025.

Then

israeli historian and publicist

Now

israeli historian and writer

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1. Rewrote: “Moshe Zimmermann is an Israeli historian and publicist .” In the article until 2015 (rev), changed by 2020 (rev).

His description was reworded from historian and publicist to historian and writer.

2. Rewrote: “Since 1986 he is director of the “Richard-Koebner-Center for German History“ at…” In the article until October 6, 2023 (rev), changed by 2025 (rev). Now reads: “He is a professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .”

The description of his directorship was reworded without changing the underlying fact.

3. Removed 2 sentences: “…as of the German Jews and Anti-Semitism.” In the article until 2010 (rev), gone by 2015 (rev).

The description of his research focus on German Jews and antisemitism is gone from the opening's now two-sentence stub.

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