Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi and the founder and current president of the international fellowship of christians and jews”. Today it says “israeli american rabbi who founded international fellowship of christians and jews in 1983 and led it for many”.
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Yechiel Eckstein ( ; July 11, 1951 – February 6, 2019) was an Israeli American rabbi and charity worker who, in 1983, founded a philanthropic organisation for Jews, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (later known as The Fellowship), headquartered in Chicago and Jerusalem , and served as its president.1 The objectives of the organisation were to support Jews in need of financial help. It promoted emigration of Jews to Israel and supported poor soldiers in the Israeli military .2 In 2003, it was listed as the second-largest charitable foundation in Israel by Ha'aretz . In 2010 Newsweek magazine listed him in the Top 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America.3 He was awarded Hadassah 's first Man of Distinction in 2010, and the Raoul Wallenberg Award in 2014.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Eckstein (born 1951) is a rabbi and the founder and current president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews , which is headquartered in Chicago and Jerusalem .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Eckstein (born 1951) is a rabbi and the founder and current president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews , which is headquartered in Chicago and Jerusalem .
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American rabbi and philanthropist Yechiel Eckstein ( ; July 11, 1951 – February 6, 2019) was an Israeli American rabbi who founded International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983 and led it for many years.The objectives of the organisation were to support Jews in need of financial help, to promote emigration of Jews to Israel, and to support poor soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces . In 2003, it was listed as the second-largest charitable foundation in Israel by Ha'aretz . In 2010 Newsweek listed him in the Top 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America. He was awarded Hadassah 's first Man of Distinction in 2010, and the Raoul Wallenberg Award in 2014.
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American rabbi and philanthropist Yechiel Eckstein ( Hebrew : יחיאל אקשטיין ; July 11, 1951 – February 6, 2019) was an Israeli American rabbi who founded International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in 1983 and led it for many years. The objectives of the organisation were to support Jews in need of financial help, to promote emigration of Jews to Israel, and to support poor soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces . In 2003, it was listed as the second-largest charitable foundation in Israel by Ha'aretz . In 2010 Newsweek listed him in the Top 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America. He was awarded Hadassah 's first Man of Distinction in 2010, and the Raoul Wallenberg Award in 2014.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “rabbi and the founder and current president of the international fellowship of christians and jews”. Today it says “israeli american rabbi who founded international fellowship of christians and jews in 1983 and led it for many”. Read the current article and compare.
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rabbi and the founder and current president of the international fellowship of christians and jews
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israeli american rabbi who founded international fellowship of christians and jews in 1983 and led it for many
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