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Temple Emanu-El (Long Beach, New York)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “reform synagogue in long beach”. Today it says “reform synagogue located at 455 neptune boulevard”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Reform synagogue in New York (state), US”. It now reads “Reform synagogue in New York, US”.
Measured, not asserted. Every count, date and revision on this page was taken from Wikipedia's own history and checked against the live article. The words quoted are theirs.
Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-03.
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The opening as it read in 2020

Temple Emanu-El is a Reform synagogue in Long Beach, New York .1 It is located at 455 Neptune Boulevard.2

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “reform synagogue in long beach”. Today it says “reform synagogue located at 455 neptune boulevard”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Reform synagogue in New York (state), US”. It now reads “Reform synagogue in New York, US”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

reform synagogue in long beach

Now

reform synagogue located at 455 neptune boulevard

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