Srulik: what Wikipedia removed
Srulik is the cartoon figure created in 1956 to personify the state of Israel. Through 2015 the opening said scholars viewed him as the antithesis of the antisemitic caricatures which appeared in Der Stürmer and other European and Arab journals. Today the opening makes no mention of this comparison, though antisemitism survives twice in the body. A reader arriving now learns Srulik is a national cartoon symbol and not that he was created and read as a direct answer to Nazi-era antisemitic caricature.
The word “antisemitism” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 2. 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 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| antisemitism | 1 | 1 | 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 description of Srulik’s iconic appearance, wearing a kova tembel, sandals and shorts, dropped from the opening.
- Scholars’ description of Srulik as the antithesis of the antisemitic caricatures that appeared in Der Stürmer and other journals.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 346469412):
File:Srulik0.jpg Typical Srulik, wearing a kova tembel , sandals and shorts, from the book, “What Happened”, 1964 Srulik enlisted Srulik (שרוליק) is an illustrated character who symbolizes Israel . The character was first drawn in 1956 by the cartoonist Kariel Gardosh , known by his pen name Dosh, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Israel from Hungary , and appeared for many years in cartoons that were published in the newspaper Maariv . Yosef Lapid , Dosh’s colleague on the editorial board of Maariv, said that Srulik symbolizes Israel just as Marianne is the symbol of France and Uncle Sam symbolizes the United States . His name is a hypocoristic for “Yisrael” (Israel). Srulik is general…
2025 (revision 1292504780):
Character personification of Israel Srulik in the Israeli museum of cartoons and comics in Holon , Israel Srulik enlisted The Peace Kids in Florentin depicting Israeli Srulik and Palestinian Handala embracing one another Srulik ( Hebrew : שרוליק , IPA: [ˈsʁulik] ) is a cartoon character symbolizing Israel . The character was created in 1956 by the Israeli cartoonist Kariel Gardosh , known by his pen name Dosh. The cartoon appeared for many years in the newspaper Maariv . Yosef Lapid , Dosh’s colleague on the editorial board of Maariv , described Srulik as an icon of Israel in the same way that Marianne and Columbia were respectively icons of France and the United States. ^ Helman, Anat (2011…
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