Expulsions and exoduses of Jews: what Wikipedia removed
The article about Jews being expelled across history. Its opening once said they “sought asylum from Anti-Semitism numerous times” and pointed readers to the history of antisemitism. The word now appears 0 times in that opening. The reason for the expulsions was removed from the article about the expulsions.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 3 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 2026-08-02.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 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 sentence naming antisemitism as the reason Jews were expelled, removed from the article about those expulsions.
- The Law of Return as the destination for expelled Jews, removed.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2015-12-22, Enthusiast01 (see the diff)
- 2011-01-19, Jd2718, edit summary: “NPOV, remove editorial stance” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16177611):
In the course of history, Jewish populations have been expelled or ostracised by various local authorities and have sought asylum from Anti-Semitism numerous times. The article History of anti-Semitism contains more detailed chronology of anti-Jewish hostilities, while Jewish history and Timeline of Jewish history outline the broader picture. In the modern political discourse, the term Jewish refugee is most frequently used for immigrants to Israel from Arab and Muslim lands in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict .
2026 (revision 1364183587):
List and timeline of mass departure of Jews, forced or otherwise ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) This article lists expulsions, refugee crises and other forms of displacement that have affected Jews .
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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