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|title = Bericht: So soll Wikipedia von Anti-Israel-Aktivisten unterwandert worden sein (Report: Wikipedia allegedly infiltrated by anti-Israel activists)

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|quote = Even though most of these changes have been reversed - the English-language version of the article on the subject of Jews, for example, contains the link to the historical Kingdom of Israel - the effect of concerted online campaigns should not be underestimated. [Translation with Google translate]

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|title2 = Wikipedia’s Quiet Revolution: How a Coordinated Group of Editors Reshaped the Israeli-Palestinian Narrative

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|quote2 = In an article on “Jews,” for example, an editor removed the phrase “Land of Israel” from a key sentence on the origin of Jewish people. The article’s short description (that appears on search results) was changed from “Ethnoreligious group and nation from the Levant” to “Ethnoreligious group and cultural community.”

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Use of "Jewish gift to mankind" quote in Contributions section

" Due to the Jewish contribution to the Manhattan Project, the atomic bomb was labeled as a "Jewish gift to mankind." "

The quote is taken out of context and was originally written with irony.

Moreover, presenting it as if the bomb was labeled a "Jewish gift to mankind" based on a single blog post is misleading; the source is not enough to support such a generalization. The reijoweq (talk) 13:24, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

:Yeah. A more complete quote is "Inventions will come, of which one cannot even dream now, all from those smallest, most useful, most selfless particles of God’s world. And this is the new Jewish gift to mankind, the first gift since mankind exterminated six million Jews. So Jews take revenge." I agree that the little slice of this remarkable column isn't really helpful, and I've removed it. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 16:05, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

Edit Request : Jews were not the only Israelites that had kept their distinct identity, there needs to be a mention of Samaritans in the "Name and etymology" that states this, for more historical accuracy.

Jews#Name and etymology: "After the Exile, the term Yehudi (Jew) was used for all followers of Judaism because the survivors of the Exile (who were the former residents of the Kingdom of Judah) were the only Israelites that had kept their distinct identity as the ten tribes from the northern Kingdom of Israel had been scattered and assimilated into other populations."

But this is not entirely correct as Samaritans, a very closely related people but today number very few ( less than a 1000) due to historical persecution and forced conversions, also kept their distinct identity as descendants of the Israelites. Jews and Samaritans were the only two groups to do so. There are a lot of sources and content in the Samaritans page corroborating this. Could an editor please work on this for a little more historical accuracy? I am also not sure what would be the best way to clarify this in that section. Thank you. Theofunny (talk) 19:37, 25 May 2025 (UTC)

"Dosick (2007)"

Very encyclopedic, reference a source without having this source listed anywhere. It's NOT in "Sources". Really, great job as always. jae (talk) 14:28, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

:I dunno. I looked for the book so I could add it, but while I've found several books on Judaism written by a Wayne Dosick but none of them are from 2007. Largoplazo (talk) 20:28, 17 June 2025 (UTC)