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Nahum Goldmann
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “founder and longtime president of the world jewish congress”. Today it says “leading zionist”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “founder and longtime president of the world jewish congress”. Today it says “leading zionist”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Nahum Goldmann ( ) (July 10, 1895 – August 29, 1982) was a leading Zionist . He was a founder of the World Jewish Congress and its president from 1951 to 1978, and was also president of the World Zionist Organization from 1956 to 1968.
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Then
founder and longtime president of the world jewish congress
Now
leading zionist
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