Wikipedia's first sentence called it “russian-born israeli writer and translator”. Today it says “israeli writer and translator born in the russian empire”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Natan Agmon 1936”. It now reads “Israeli writer and translator Natan Agmon 1936”.
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Nathan Agmon ( Hebrew : נתן אגמון ; born Nathan Bistritzky; 1896 in Russian Empire – 1980 in Tel Aviv ) was an Israeli writer and translator born in the Russian Empire . Agmon came to Palestine in 1920, and was a member of the senior staff of the Jewish National Fund from 1922 till retirement in 1952. He was best known for his dramatic works, including a libretto for Alexander Tansman on the messiah claimant Shabtai Tzvi , and a work on Judas Iscariot , as well as for being the first to translate the complete Don Quixote into Hebrew, in 1958.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Natan Bistritzky Nathan Bistritzky (Hebrew נתן ביסטריצקי , Russia 1896- Tel Aviv , 1980) was a Russian-born Israeli writer and translator. Nathan Bistritzky (Agmon) came to Palestine in 1920, and was a member of the senior staff of the JNF from 1922 till retirement in 1952. He was best known for his dramatic works, including a libretto for Alexander Tansman on the false messiah Shabtai Tzvi , and a work on Judas Iscariot .
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Agmon came to Palestine in 1920, and was a member of the senior staff of the Jewish National Fund from 1922 till retirement in 1952. He was best known for his dramatic works, including a libretto for Alexander Tansman on the false messiah Shabtai Tzvi , and a work on Judas Iscariot .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Natan Agmon 1936 Nathan Agmon ( , born Nathan Bistritzky; Russian Empire 1896 – Tel Aviv , 1980) was an Israeli writer and translator born in the Russian Empire . Agmon came to Palestine in 1920, and was a member of the senior staff of the Jewish National Fund from 1922 till retirement in 1952. He was best known for his dramatic works, including a libretto for Alexander Tansman on the false messiah Shabtai Tzvi , and a work on Judas Iscariot , as well as for being the first to translate the complete Don Quixote into Hebrew, in 1958.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “russian-born israeli writer and translator”. Today it says “israeli writer and translator born in the russian empire”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Natan Agmon 1936”. It now reads “Israeli writer and translator Natan Agmon 1936”. Read the current article and compare.
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russian-born israeli writer and translator
Now
israeli writer and translator born in the russian empire
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