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The Bar Kokhba Revolt, the last of three major Jewish-Roman wars, fought 132-136 CE. The 2015 opening said according to Cassius Dio, 580,000 Jewish civilians were massacred, and those who survived were sold into slavery, in events some scholars describe as a genocide. The opening today no longer states that figure, though massacre survives twice elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn Cassius Dio’s count of 580,000 Jewish civilians killed or that some scholars describe the revolt’s suppression as a genocide.

The word “genocide” appeared 3 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 5. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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genocide003310
massacre001000
resistance000001
disputed000100

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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  • A list of commanders and leaders is gone from the opening; a reader no longer sees the named leaders on both sides in that format.
  • The sentence dating the revolt to 132-136 CE and calling it the last of three major Jewish-Roman wars is gone from the opening; a reader no longer gets that framing in those words.
  • The sentence describing Simon bar Kokhba as regarded by many Jews as the Messiah is gone from the opening; a reader no longer learns that context.
  • The sentence stating that initial rebel victories established an independent state of Israel over parts of the region is gone from the opening; a reader no longer learns the revolt briefly produced Jewish self-rule.
  • The sentence calling the suppression of the revolt events some scholars describe as a genocide, and citing Cassius Dio’s figure of 580,000 Jewish civilians massacred, is gone from the opening; a reader no longer sees that death toll or the genocide description.
  • The sentence noting that Jewish Christians regarded Jesus as the Messiah and did not support the revolt is gone from the opening; a reader no longer gets that distinction.

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 16669093):

History Communities Population Denominations Orthodox Modern Haredi Hasidic Reform Conservative Karaite Reconstructionist Renewal Science Haymanot Humanistic Culture Languages Hebrew Biblical Mishnaic Medieval Modern Bukharian Ghardaïa Sign Jewish Koine Greek Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Aramaic Judeo-Berber Judeo-Gascon Judaeo-Georgian Judaeo-Iranian Judeo-Italian Judeo-Malayalam Judaeo-Spanish Judeo-Tat Knaanic Shassi Yeshivish Yevanic Yiddish Zarphatic Politics Category Portal v t e Bar Kokhba’s revolt ( 132 - 135 CE) against the Roman Empire , also known as The Second Jewish-Roman War or The Second Jewish Revolt , was a second major rebellion by the Jews of Judea . Alternatively, some sources call…

2025 (revision 1298257276):

Jewish rebellion against Roman rule (132–136 CE) See also: Hadrian § Third Roman–Jewish War (132–136) Belligerents Roman Empire Jews of Judaea Commanders and leaders Hadrian Quintus Tineius Rufus Sextus Julius Severus Gaius Poblicius Marcellus Titus Haterius Nepos Quintus Lollius Urbicus Simon bar Kokhba † Eleazar of Modi’im † Akiva ben Joseph Yeshua ben Galgula † Yonatan ben Bai’in Masbelah ben Shimon Eleazar ben Khita Yehuda bar Menashe Shimon ben Matanya Units involved Legio III Cyrenaica Legio X Fretensis Legio VI Ferrata Legio III Gallica Legio XXII Deiotariana Legio II Traiana Legio X Gemina Legio IX Hispana (?) Legio V Macedonica (parts) Legio XI Claudia (parts) Legio XII Fulminata (p…

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