In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “influential rabbi belonging to modern orthodox judaism”. Today it says “orthodox rabbi”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Shlomo Riskin (born 1940 ) is an influential rabbi belonging to Modern Orthodox Judaism . He is the founder of the Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York City . He worked to draw attention to and support the underground Jews of Soviet Russia , established the Ohr Torah High Schools in the United States , and supported the Jewish presence in Israel .1
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Shlomo Riskin (born 1940) is the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side in New York City (the synagogue was founded by Daniel Mars), rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Judean Hills on the Israeli-administered West Bank, was the dean of Manhattan Day School in New York City, and Founder and Dean of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions , a network of high schools, colleges, and graduate Programs in the United States and Israel .He belongs to the Modern Orthodox stream of Judaism .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Shlomo Riskin (born May 28, 1940) is the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City , which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank ; dean of Manhattan Day School in New York City; and founder and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, a network of high schools, colleges, and graduate Programs in the United States and Israel . He belongs to the Modern Orthodox stream of Judaism. Shlomo Riskin , Rabbinical Council of America.A Circle in the Square: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reinvents the synagogue .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Shlomo Riskin (born May 28, 1940) is an Orthodox rabbi , and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City , which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank ; dean of Manhattan Day School in New York City; and founder and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, a network of high schools, colleges, and graduate Programs in the United States and Israel . He belongs to the Modern Orthodox stream of Judaism. Shlomo Riskin , Rabbinical Council of America. A Circle in the Square: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reinvents the synagogue .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi Shlomo Riskin (born May 28, 1940) is an Orthodox rabbi , and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City , which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Israeli-occupied West Bank ; former dean of Manhattan Day School in New York City; and founder and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, a network of high schools, colleges, and graduate Programs in the United States and Israel . A Circle in the Square: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reinvents the synagogue .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American-Israeli Orthodox Jewish rabbi Shlomo Riskin ( Hebrew : שלמה ריסקין ; born May 28, 1940) is an Orthodox rabbi , and the founding rabbi of Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side of New York City , which he led for 20 years; founding chief rabbi of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the Israeli-occupied West Bank ; former dean of Manhattan Day School in New York City; and founder and Chancellor of the Ohr Torah Stone Institutions, a network of high schools, colleges, and graduate Programs in the United States and Israel . A Circle in the Square: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin reinvents the synagogue .
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influential rabbi belonging to modern orthodox judaism
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orthodox rabbi
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