Avichai Rontzki: what Wikipedia removed
Avichai Rontzki, the Israel Defense Forces’ Chief Military Rabbi from 2006 to 2010. The 2015 opening said his statements have led many organizations outside of Israel to accuse him of inciting terrorism. The opening carries no mention of the accusation today, though terror survives four times in the body. A reader today does not learn that outside organizations accused him of inciting terrorism.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 4. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- The original sentence identifying him in present tense as the sitting Chief Military Rabbi is gone; the reader now gets a shorter biographical line.
- The sentence naming his yeshiva was reworded; no factual loss beyond phrasing.
- The sentence stating that organizations outside Israel accused him of inciting terrorism is gone from the opening; a reader no longer learns he faced that accusation.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 363619981):
Rabbi Avichai Rontzki ( Template:Lang-he ), born October 10, 1951, is the current Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defence Forces , serving in the position since 2007, with a rank of Brigadier General. His predecessor in that position was Rabbi Israel Weiss . Rontzki is also the rosh yeshiva of the Hesder Yeshiva in Itamar .
2025 (revision 1274150926):
Avichai Rontzki ( Hebrew : אביחי רונצקי ; October 10, 1951 – April 1, 2018) was an Israeli Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces . He served in the position from 2006 to 2010, with a rank of Brigadier General. His predecessor in that position was Rabbi Israel Weiss . Rontzki was also the rosh yeshiva of the Hesder Yeshiva in Itamar .
Related
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- The live article on Wikipedia
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