Talk:Shaarey Zedek Cemetery (Winnipeg)

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Did you know... that in 1918, a Jewish couple was married in a cemetery in Winnipeg with 1,000 people in attendance?

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 02:50, 10 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

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... that in 1918, a Jewish couple was married in a cemetery in Winnipeg with 1,000 people in attendance? Source: "On 10 November, in the Shaarey Zedek cemetery in East Kildonan, rabbis Khanovitch and Gorodsky performed a 'sacrificial wedding' intended to ward off disease." (Influenze 1918); Source: "At one end of the cemetery, a quorum of ten Jews conducted a funeral. At the other, 1,000 Gentiles and Jews witnessed a wedding". (Winnipeg Free Press)

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Created by Yoninah (talk). Self-nominated at 18:57, 24 June 2020 (UTC).Reply

Hi Yoninah, review follows: article created 23 June; article exceeds minimum length; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable references; I didn't pick up any overly close paraphrasing from a selection of sources viewed; hook is interesting, mentioned in the article and backed up by the source; a QPQ has been carried out. No issues here, though would mention that the wedding was connected to the Spanish Flue be helpful? No problem if you want to keep the hook as it is and let the reader find out that detail from the article - Dumelow (talk) 05:42, 25 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi @Dumelow: thanks for the review. No, I would rather not pile on details because this is very quirky as is. Yoninah (talk) 09:45, 25 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

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