Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753: what Wikipedia removed
The Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753 was a British law allowing Jews to naturalize, repealed within a year of passage. In 2020 the opening said “the public reacted with an enormous outburst of antisemitism, and the Bill was repealed in the next sitting of Parliament, in 1754.” Today the opening attributes the repeal to “widespread opposition to its provisions,” and the word survives once in the body. A reader today does not learn that the Act’s repeal followed a public antisemitic backlash, not generic opposition.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. 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
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 description of the public reacting with ‘an enormous outburst of antisemitism’ is gone, replaced by ‘widespread opposition to its provisions.‘
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16818335):
(This page is part of the History of the Jews in England ) During the Jacobite insurrection of 1745 the Jews had shown particular loyalty to the government. Their chief financier, Samson Gideon , had strengthened the stock market , and several of the younger members had volunteered in the corps raised to defend London. Possibly as a reward, Pelham in 1753 brought in the Jew Bill of 1753 , which allowed Jews to become naturalized by application to Parliament . It passed the Lords without much opposition, but on being brought down to the Commons the Tory party made a great outcry against this “abandonment of Christianity ,” as they called it. On the other hand, it was contended that the Jews p…
2025 (revision 1272764101):
Not to be confused with Jew Bill . The Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753 was an Act of Parliament ( 26 Geo. 2 . c. 26) which allowed Jews resident in Britain to become naturalised by application to Parliament . It received royal assent on 7 July 1753 but was repealed in 1754 ( 27 Geo. 2 . c. 1) due to widespread opposition to its provisions. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell’s Chronology of World History . Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 316 . ISBN 0-304-35730-8 . ^ Perry, TW (1962). Public Opinion, Propaganda, and Politics in 18th-Century England: A Study of the Jew Bill of 1753 . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Pres. ^ Katznelson, Ira (11 May 2021). “Measuring Liberalism, Confronting Evil: A Retros…
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