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Temple Meir Chayim

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic jewish synagogue at 4th and holly streets in mcgehee”. Today it says “historic former reform jewish congregation and synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “United States historic place”. It now reads “Historic former Reform synagogue in McGehee, Arkansas, US”.
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The opening as it read in 2015

Temple Meir Chayim is a historic Jewish synagogue at 4th and Holly Streets in McGehee, Arkansas .1 The two story brick building was built in 1947 to serve the Jewish community of McGehee, Dermott , and Eudora . The building style is a restrained Romanesque Revival with Mission details. It was the first synagogue in southeastern Arkansas, even though there had been a Jewish presence in the area since the early 19th century.2 The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. National Register of Historic Places .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic jewish synagogue at 4th and holly streets in mcgehee”. Today it says “historic former reform jewish congregation and synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “United States historic place”. It now reads “Historic former Reform synagogue in McGehee, Arkansas, US”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

historic jewish synagogue at 4th and holly streets in mcgehee

Now

historic former reform jewish congregation and synagogue

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