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Sigma Alpha Rho

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “oldest”. Today it says “north american jewish high school fraternity”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “1917–1930; Philadelphia District Council; Metropolitan District Council; Other District Councils; 1930–1945; 1946–1958”.
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Sigma Alpha Rho ( ΣΑΡ ) is a North American Jewish high school fraternity . It was founded on November 18, 1917, in West Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . However, by 2017, all of its chapters had gone dormant, with only alumni members remaining. The SAR Alumni Association formed a reactivation committee and hired a marketing company to help rebrand the fraternity. In December 2022, the high school fraternity was reactivated with a new chapter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “oldest”. Today it says “north american jewish high school fraternity”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “1917–1930; Philadelphia District Council; Metropolitan District Council; Other District Councils; 1930–1945; 1946–1958”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

oldest

Now

north american jewish high school fraternity

Sections that no longer exist

This section existed on October 6, 2023. It is gone today. The current article has no similar heading in its place, and the article is shorter overall. So this is not a heading that got renamed, and it is not a topic that got folded into a bigger section. 26 sections of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 28,039 characters shorter.

  • 1917–1930
  • Philadelphia District Council
  • Metropolitan District Council
  • Other District Councils
  • 1930–1945
  • 1946–1958
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