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William Rosenwald: what Wikipedia removed

William Rosenwald was an American businessman and philanthropist who helped establish the United Jewish Appeal in 1939. Through 2015, the opening paragraph quoted his own 1935 statement that the goal was to fortify Jews of all countries against anti-Semitic onslaughts. Today the opening carries the word nowhere, though antisemitism survives once in the body. A reader today learns that he founded the United Jewish Appeal, not that he described its purpose in his own words as defending Jews against antisemitism.

The word “refugee” appeared 6 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 7. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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antisemitism11000

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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  • A rewording of his birth date and occupation description, not a factual removal.
  • A rewording of the sentence about founding the United Jewish Appeal, not a factual removal.
  • Rosenwald’s own 1935 statement that his goal was to fortify Jews of all countries against antisemitic onslaughts is gone from the opening; a reader no longer learns he described his philanthropy in those terms.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 363336935):

William Rosenwald (c. 1903–October 31, 1996) was an American business executive whose American Securities Corporation invested in other business including AMETEK and Western Union International. He was a philanthropist who helped establish the nationwide United Jewish Appeal in 1939 and made other charitable grants through the Rosenwald Fund , established by his father Julius Rosenwald , the former chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company . Rosenwald was born in Chicago in 1903 to Julius Rosenwald and the former Augusta Nusbaum. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , where he earned a bachelor of science degree in 1924. Rosenwald also attended Harvard University for a year as …

2025 (revision 1271570554):

American businessman and philanthropist (1903–1996) William Rosenwald (August 19, 1903 – October 31, 1996) was an American businessman and philanthropist. His American Securities Corporation invested in other business including AMETEK and Western Union International. He helped establish the nationwide United Jewish Appeal in 1939 and made other charitable grants through the William Rosenwald Family Fund. His father was Julius Rosenwald , the former chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company and a leading philanthropist whose Rosenwald Fund built 5,000 schools for black children in the South a few decades after the Civil War.

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