Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions: what Wikipedia removed

CRIF, the umbrella body of French Jewry. Its opening once stated its purpose: “CRIF opposes anti-Semitism and policies that they perceive to be anti-Semitic”. Antisemitism appeared 4 times and appears 0 times today. The organization exists to fight antisemitism, and the word is gone from its opening.

The word “antisemitism” appeared 4 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02.

Where this comes from

We saved this article’s opening paragraph at 7 moments between 2005 and 2026. Everything below is Wikipedia’s own text, quoted from those saved copies. The interactive version, with every snapshot side by side and each removal marked in place, is at ilroot.com/case/representative-council-of-french-jewish-institutions.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

word	2005	2010	2015	2020	6 October 2023	2025	2026
antisemitism	4	4	0	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

• The organization’s own stated purpose, opposing antisemitism, removed from its opening.
• The opening definition was reworded.

Who made the cuts

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

• 2020-02-15, Philip Cross, edit summary: “ce” (see the diff)
• 2013-12-13, Zigzig20s, edit summary: “improved layout, wikified presidents (to be created)” (see the diff)

How it opened then, and now

2005 (revision 16945381):

Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France ( English : Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions) is an umbrella organization of French Jewish organizations. CRIF opposes anti-Semitism and policies that they perceive to be anti-Semitic. CRIF generally supports Zionist goals and the state of Israel , although CRIF denounced Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ‘s 2004 characterization of anti-Semitism in France and his calls for all French Jews to emigrate to Israel. On 20 November 2004, CRIF accused the French government of failing to protect citizens from broadcasts by Hezbollah ‘s al-Manar TV, which includes films that CRIF claims are anti-Semitic and incite Muslims …

2026 (revision 1306353834):

Jewish umbrella organization in France “CRIF” redirects here. For other uses, see CRIF (disambiguation) . Logo of CRIF. Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions ( French : Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France , CRIF ) is an umbrella organization of other groups representing the interests of French Jews . ^ Paul Lewis (9 October 1983). “The Jews of France” . The New York Times . Retrieved 29 August 2022 .

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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