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Jacob Glatstein was a Polish-born Yiddish poet who emigrated to New York in 1914. Through 2010 the opening said he left “due to the increasing anti-semitism in Lublin.” Today the opening gives no reason for his emigration at all, though antisemitism survives once in the body. A reader arriving now does not learn from the opening why Glatstein left Poland.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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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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  • This is the sentence giving rising antisemitism in Lublin as his reason for emigrating, the passage this finding is built on.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 357484523):

Jacob Glatstein was a Polish -born American poet and literary critic who wrote in the Yiddish language. He was born 1896 August 20 in Lublin , Poland and died 1971 November 19 in New York City , New York , U.S.A. He is also known as Yankev Glatshteyn and as Jacob Glatshteyn . Although his family was an Enlightened religious family, he received a traditional education until the age of 16 and an introduction of modern Yiddish literature. He immigrated to New York City in 1914 where his uncle lived due to the increasing anti-semitism in Lublin. He worked in sweatshops while studying English. He started to study law at New York University in 1918. He married in 1919. He worked briefly at teachin…

2025 (revision 1296832930):

Polish-born American poet and literary critic Jacob Glatstein ( Yiddish : יעקב גלאטשטיין , 20 August 1896 – 19 November 1971) was a Polish -born American poet and literary critic who wrote in the Yiddish language. His name is also spelled Yankev Glatshteyn or Jacob Glatshteyn . ^ Hadda, Janet (1981). “German and Yiddish in the Poetry of Jacob Glatstein” . Prooftexts . 1 (2): 192– 200. ISSN 0272-9601 . JSTOR 20689002 .

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