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Abrishami Synagogue: what Wikipedia removed

An Orthodox synagogue and Jewish community compound in Tehran, Iran. The 2010 opening explained the compound’s low-profile design was “quite possibly done in order to not invite any unwanted attention from the outside and to reduce the possibility of antisemitic acts against the building and its occupants.” The word is gone from the whole article today; the opening now describes only the compound’s buildings, a school, a beit midrash, a mikveh, and a kosher restaurant. A reader today learns what sits on the compound, and not that its design was shaped by the threat of antisemitic violence.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • The construction date of September 1965 is gone from the opening.
  • The synagogue’s former address on Palestine Street is gone from the opening.
  • The account of who granted the land for the synagogue-school compound is gone from the opening.
  • The rationale that the low-profile design reduced the risk of antisemitic acts against the building and its occupants is gone from the opening.
  • The description of the synagogue as the community’s social and cultural center is gone from the opening.
  • The mention of Chief Rabbi Yedidia Shofet and other religious leaders is gone from the opening.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 363453606):

Abrishami Synagogue ( Template:Lang-fa , Template:Lang-he ) was built in September 1965 in the upper middle class neighborhood of Kakh Shomali (currently N. Palestine Street) in Tehran , Iran . The land on which the synagogue-school compound was built was granted by the Iranian Jewish philanthropist, Aghajan Abrishami and is 1,025 square meters (approximately 11,040 square feet) in size. A foundation was originally created by the name of Tzedek Cultural Foundation whose mission was to oversee the building and operations of the Abrishami Synagogue-School Compound. The founding members of the foundation were: Aghajan Abrishami, Nasser Akhtarzad, David Berukhim, Menashe Purat, Benjamin Shaban, …

2025 (revision 1255252458):

Orthodox synagogue in Tehran, Iran The Abrishami Synagogue ( Persian : كنيسهء ابريشمى , romanized : Kanise ye Abrishami ; Hebrew : בית הכנסת אברישמי ) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located in the Kakh Shomali neighborhood of Tehran , Iran . The synagogue is situated within a compound that also includes a Jewish school , a beit midrash , a mikveh , and a kosher restaurant. ^ “Abrishami Synagogue, Tehran, Iran” . diarna.org . Digital Heritage Mapping. 2015 . Retrieved October 8, 2024 . ^ “Ahead of Rosh Hashanah: Iranian Jewish community inaugurates newly renovated synagogue” . Israel National News . September 27, 2024 . Retrieved October 8, 2024 .

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