Christian–Jewish reconciliation: what Wikipedia removed
This article defines the effort at reconciliation between Christianity and Judaism. Through 2010 the opening said the effort aimed “to improve understanding of the Jewish people and of Judaism, to do away with Christian antisemitism and Jewish anti-Christian sentiment.” Today the opening defines the effort only as improving “understanding and acceptance,” antisemitism appearing zero times there though it survives 11 times in the body. A reader arriving now does not learn that the reconciliation effort’s own stated purpose was to do away with Christian antisemitism specifically.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 11. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 0 | 1 | 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”- A wording change specifying the progress was made ‘in reconciliation’ rather than ‘in the reconciliation effort,’ unrelated to the antisemitism finding.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16180269):
In recent years there has been much to note in the way of reconciliation between some Christian groups and the Jewish people. A number of large Christian groups have publicly declared that they will no longer proselytize Jews.
2025 (revision 1289726358):
Efforts to improve understanding and acceptance between Christians and Jews Christian−Jewish reconciliation refers to the efforts that are being made to improve understanding and acceptance between Christians and Jews . There has been significant progress in reconciliation in recent years, in particular by the Catholic Church , but also by other Christian groups.
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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