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This article was nominated for deletion on July 24, 2020. The result of the discussion was WP:SNOW keep.

A fact from Synagogue of Deal appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 August 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that three 200-year-old Persian Torah scrolls were gifted to the Synagogue of Deal (pictured), a Syrian Jewish congregation in New Jersey, at its dedication in 1973?

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The result was: promoted by Pi (talk) 18:24, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Synagogue of Deal

... that three 200-year-old Persian Torah scrolls were gifted to the Synagogue of Deal (pictured), a Syrian Jewish congregation in New Jersey, at its dedication in 1973? Source: "Three antique Persian Torahs will be presented to the synagogue, which now has five, during the ceremonies. Rabbi Shmidman said the Torahs are about 200 years old" (Asbury Park Press)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Maisie Williams
Comment: Article stub was nominated for AFD shortly after creation but has been significantly expanded and looks like a snow keep.

Created by NYC Guru (talk) and Yoninah (talk). Nominated by Yoninah (talk) at 11:53, 26 July 2020 (UTC).[reply]

AFD closed as snow keep. Ready for review. Yoninah (talk) 11:05, 27 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: epicgenius (talk) 17:38, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Adding freely-licensed image in case the promoter wants to use it. Yoninah (talk) 22:47, 2 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]