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Yisroel Dovid Harfenes

Please add reliable sources to this unsourced BLP. We are being criticized for both having unsourced BLPs and being antisemitic. Please help us out of this Catch-22. Bearian (talk) 15:18, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are there secondary sources that would establish notability under WP:NAUTHOR or WP:NBIO, such as reviews of his writings or significant coverage is RS? A quick look doesn't turn up anything of substance, in either English or Hebrew. Longhornsg (talk) 15:24, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know. It's now at WP:AfD. If anyone wants to rescue this, please do so immediately. Bearian (talk) 00:39, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Born "to a Jewish family"

This might be a totally random question, but I notice many biographical articles where in the early life section it is mentioned that the person was born "to a Jewish family", and often there's nothing else about the person that suggests that their family's religion (let alone their own) is an important part of their biography. We don't seem to do this for other people (don't say born "to a Protestant family" unless there's something uniqiely important about that connected to their personal life). Am I missing something? My optimistic view is that this is just trying to signal one's heritage (although seems arbitrary?). My worrisome view is that someone is trying to spotlight someone's Jewishness for a nefarious reason. Help me clear my head on this? --ZimZalaBim ^talk 01:43, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've heard the opposite complaint, that when Wikipedia says someone has "Jewish heritage" or "Jewish family" instead of plainly stating that they're Jewish, it's a way of diminishing and hiding it. Without assuming malice, it might be a way to work with limited sources, or just one of those Wikipedia writing quirks. Apocheir (talk) 18:22, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At the Village Pump is a related discussion. I think that indeed some people have a tendency to write "born to a Jewish family" because it's a way to say someone is of Jewish heritage or extraction when it is unknown if they themselves identify as Jewish. Andre🚐 01:12, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rabbi Shmuel Leib Levin

Please find and add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 17:21, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Yeshivish613 (talk) 19:13, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sons of Abraham

Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 01:23, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Does this group meet WP:NMUSICIAN? Longhornsg (talk) 08:39, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unsure. One source has been added. Bearian (talk) 00:29, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Judaism and Rastafari

The article Judaism and Rastafari has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Original research, opinion, contradicts related page topics and source material; Please refer to Talk page.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Bearian (talk) 00:28, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of Mendy Twerski

This article has been nominated for deletion. Bearian (talk) 08:06, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Hebrew (disambiguation)#Requested move 12 October 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hebrew (disambiguation)#Requested move 12 October 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. PK2 (talk; contributions) 03:58, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Judaica Press

I'm surprised that this fairly important article has no citations. Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 16:41, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Telshe Yeshiva (Chicago)

Please add reliable sources. If nobody wants to work on it, then I'll try in November. Bearian (talk) 06:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Swiss Union of Jewish Students

Please add inline citations and better quality sources. Bearian (talk) 02:22, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

check out this exhibit at the Grolier Club from JTS

https://www.grolierclub.org/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=384827&ssid=322448&vnf=1 https://grolierclub.omeka.net/exhibits/show/jewish-worlds-illuminated Andre🚐 07:49, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congregation Ner Tamid

Please add at least one reliable source. Bearian (talk) 04:05, 6 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New editor needs watching

Is this a good place to request eyeballs on a brand new editor (4 edits as of 8 November) who may be motivated by antisemitism? He does not (so far) appear to be a candidate for an Arbcom a-i WP:CTOP {{Alert}}. Please see ~2025-32022-68 (talk · contribs) and watch going forward, if you are able. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 09:28, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation of links to Jewish theology

Could you help to disambiguate links to Jewish theology please? It is generally better for readers to link to specific articles rather than disambiguation pages. You can identify them by going to your "preferences" via the drop down list - top right of your screen, and choosing "Preferences" and then the tab for "Gadgets", You then scroll down to "Appearance" and putting a tick next to "Display links to disambiguation pages in orange". There are currently 47 links shown at Dablink list for Jewish theology. Any help appreciated.— Rod ^talk 08:37, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeshivat Or Etzion

Can someone please expand and translate this from the Hebrew article? Bearian (talk) 11:33, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Michael-Ann Russel Jewish Community Center

Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 02:46, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]