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Pete Newbon
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british jewish academic and campaigner against antisemitism”. Today it says “british academic”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
Peter Jonathan Hewitt Newbon (1983 – 15 January 2022) was a British Jewish academic and campaigner against antisemitism .1 At the time of his death, he was a lecturer in Romantic and Victorian literature at Northumbria University and a director of Labour Against Antisemitism.
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british jewish academic and campaigner against antisemitism”. Today it says “british academic”. Read the current article and compare.
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british jewish academic and campaigner against antisemitism
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british academic
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