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Arthur Schneier is an Austrian-American rabbi and Holocaust survivor who has addressed European bodies on hatred and intolerance. The 2010 opening recalled that he told the Council of Europe of “a new mutation of anti-Semitism, fanned by extremists on the left and right and radical Islam.” Today the word antisemitism appears nowhere in the article; the opening covers only his honors and decades as a synagogue rabbi. A reader arriving now does not learn that Schneier specifically warned European officials that antisemitism was being fueled by radical Islam alongside political extremists.

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.

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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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  • Schneier’s 2007 warning to the Council of Europe that a new mutation of antisemitism was being fanned by extremists and radical Islam was dropped from the article entirely.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 349678516):

Arthur Schneier (b. March 20, 1930 in Vienna , Austria ) is an American rabbi , and founder and head of the United Nations recognized NGO , The Appeal of Conscience Foundation . Rabbi Arthur Schneier fled in November 1938 from Vienna to Budapest , where he survived the Holocaust in the Budapest ghetto . In 1947 he moved to the United States. Schneier became a Rabbi and was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology at Yeshiva University in New York City. He has been the spiritual leader of the Park East Synagogue since 1962. In 1976, Rabbi Schneier founded the Park East Day School as an early childhood facility (nursery school). Four years later, the nursery school merged with the East Side H…

2025 (revision 1288818069):

Austrian-American rabbi (born 1930) Arthur Schneier (born March 20, 1930) is an Austrian American rabbi and human rights activist. Rabbi Schneier has served for over 50 years as the Senior Rabbi of New York City ’s Park East Synagogue . While being honored with the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Bill Clinton in 2001, Rabbi Schneier was described as “a Holocaust survivor who has devoted a lifetime to overcoming forces of hatred and intolerance and set an inspiring example of spiritual leadership by encouraging interfaith dialog and intercultural understanding, as well as promoting the cause of religious freedom around the world.” Schneier is among the oldest pulpit rabbis in the U…

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