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Neve Shalom Synagogue: what Wikipedia removed

The Istanbul synagogue attacked three times, including the 2003 bombing that killed twenty-three people. Its opening once said plainly that it “suffered three terrorist attacks” and dated each one. Terror held at 3 mentions through October 2023 and is 0 today: the synagogue is now introduced only as an Orthodox synagogue in Istanbul.

The word “terror” 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

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terror1333300
militant0222200

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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  • The three attacks on this synagogue, with their dates, removed from the opening.
  • The finding that the bombing was coordinated with international terror organizations, removed.
  • The community history behind the synagogue’s founding, removed.
  • The architects who built it, removed.
  • The translation of the synagogue’s name was moved out of the opening.

Who made the cuts

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Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:

  • 2024-09-17, Rangasyd, edit summary: “expand infobox and revise lead; alpha sort categories; add commons cat” (see the diff)
  • 2011-11-25, Drorzm, edit summary: “some english changes for more fluent reading, and cleaning up duplicate references.” (see the diff)
  • 2024-09-17, Rangasyd, edit summary: “expand infobox and revise lead; alpha sort categories; add commons cat” (see the diff)
  • 2013-07-04, Naqvi007, edit summary: “No evidence by sources” (see the diff)
  • 2024-09-17, Rangasyd, edit summary: “expand infobox and revise lead; alpha sort categories; add commons cat” (see the diff)

How it opened then, and now

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2005 (revision 16625851):

For the Arab-Israeli village, see Oasis of Peace Literally meaning “Oasis of Peace” or “Valley of Peace” in Hebrew , Neve Shalom Synagogue ( Neve Şalom in Turkish ) is located in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul , Turkey . When the Jewish population in the old Pera and Galata districts (today encompassed by Beyoglu district) increased in late 1930s , a Jewish primary school in the area was torn down in 1949 in order to build a new synagogue and the construction was completed in 1951 . The architects were Elyo Ventura and Bernar Motola, young Turkish Jews . The inauguration with the presence of the Chief Rabbi of Turkey of the time, Rafael Saban, was on Sunday, March 25, 1951 (17 Veadar 5711,…

2026 (revision 1366851540):

Synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey For other buildings or places named Neve Shalom or similar, see Neve Shalom (disambiguation) . The Neve Shalom Synagogue ( Turkish : Neve Şalom Sinagogu ; Hebrew : בית הכנסת נווה שלום , romanized : Oasis (or Valley) of Peace ) is a Jewish congregation and synagogue , located at Büyük Hendek Caddesi 61, in the Karaköy quarter of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul , in the Istanbul Province of Turkey . ^ “Neve Shalom Synagogue in Istanbul” . Historic Synagogues of Europe . Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d . Retrieved September 14, 2024 .

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