Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli-based jewish organization that locates " lost jews " and assists them in returning”. Today it says “israel-based jewish organization that encourages people who claim jewish descent or merely wish to become jews”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Shavei Israel ( , Returners of Israel ) is an Israeli-based Jewish organization that reaches out to descendants of Jews around the world to strengthen their connection with Israel and the Jewish people.1Founded by Michael Freund , Shavei Israel locates lost Jews and hidden Jewish communities and assists them with returning to their roots and, sometimes, with aliyah .2 The organization’s team is composed of academics, educators and rabbis. Amishav is an organisation distinct from Shavei Israel, which it predates and to whose creation it contributed. It was founded in 1975 by Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail and follows goals similar to those of Shavei Israel. Several years after founding Amishav, Rabbi Avichail stepped aside as leader of the organisation in favour of Michael Freund, a younger man who was a Jerusalem Post columnist and former deputy director of communications and policy planning in the Prime Minister's office. After the two men quarreled, Freund founded another organization, Shavei Israel. "Interview with Hillel Halkin" . grassrootsoptions .3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The organization, founded by Michael Freund, is a team of academics, educators and rabbinical figures.
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The opening as it stood in 2020 5 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Shavei Israel ( , Returners of Israel ) is an Israeli-based Jewish organization that encourages people of Jewish descent to strengthen their connection with Israel and the Jewish people .Founded by Michael Freund in 2002, Shavei Israel locates lost Jews and hidden Jewish communities and assists them with returning to their roots and, sometimes, with aliyah (immigration to Israel). The organization’s team is composed of academics, educators and rabbis.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israel-based Jewish organization Shavei Israel ( , Returners of Israel ) is an Israel-based Jewish organization that encourages people of Jewish descent to strengthen their connection with Israel and the Jewish people . Founded by Michael Freund in 2002, Shavei Israel locates lost Jews and hidden Jewish communities and assists them with returning to their roots and, sometimes, with aliyah (immigration to Israel). The organization's team is composed of academics, educators and rabbis.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israel-based Jewish organization Shavei Israel ( Hebrew : שבי ישראל , Those who Return to Israel ) is an Israel-based Jewish organization that encourages people who claim Jewish descent or merely wish to become Jews to strengthen their connection with Israel and the Jewish people .Founded by Michael Freund in 2002, Shavei Israel locates individuals and groups who claim to be lost Jews and who claim to belong to hidden Jewish communities, and assists them with “returning” to their real or alleged roots and, sometimes, with aliyah (immigration to Israel). The organization's team is composed of academics, educators and rabbis.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli-based jewish organization that locates " lost jews " and assists them in returning”. Today it says “israel-based jewish organization that encourages people who claim jewish descent or merely wish to become jews”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli-based jewish organization that locates " lost jews " and assists them in returning
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israel-based jewish organization that encourages people who claim jewish descent or merely wish to become jews
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