Talk:Lynn Schusterman

Updates to the Article

Hello, I am the COI editor for Schusterman Family Philanthropies, and for Lynn and Stacy Schusterman. In an effort to update the article, I am looking to make the following changes:

• The second paragraph of the Biography section is largely about Lynn's husband, Charles, and not about Lynn herself. This information is available on Charles' page, so it does not belong here. Please delete the information that is solely about Charles, so that the paragraph reads:

In 1962, she married Charles Schusterman, who was of Russian-Jewish origin. He died in 2000.

• Please add this sentence to the end of the Biography section:

In 2011, Schusterman's daughter, Stacy H. Schusterman became co-Chair with her mother, and in 2018, Lynn transitioned to Chair Emeritus with Stacy becoming Chair.

• In the third paragraph of the Philanthropy section, the second sentence reads: She is a supporter of Teach For America and Teach For All, and was instrumental in establishing Teach For America to create a corps in Tulsa and Israel. To increase accuracy, please change this to:

She is a supporter of Teach for America and Teach First Israel and was instrumental in establishing a TFA corps in Tulsa and bringing TFA participants to Israel.

• Lastly, please delete the final sentence of that same paragraph- the one that reads "In 2017 Haruv Institute establish the Haruv USA at OU Tulsa, in aim to share the Jerusalem Haruv Institute experience."- as it is unclear, unrelated to Lynn, and contains many typos.

References

Thank you for your help in updating this article. GrantRSchusterman (talk) 18:45, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Reply 18-OCT-2023

  Edit request partially implemented  

1. Y The requested changes in the text about the subject's husband were made.
2. N The requested changes regarding the subject's daughter were not made. staffing changes are not the purview of Wikipedia articles.
3. Y The requested deletion of a non-grammatical claim was deleted.

• Additional changes made:

1. Non-notable awards were deleted.
2. Non-notable children/grandchildren were deleted.
3. The Further reading section was deleted. External links are not allowed in this section, which is meant to link to other Wikipedia articles only.

Regards,  Spintendo  21:51, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

Additions and Updates to the Article

Hello. I am requesting the following additions and updates to this article: Please add the following sentences to the end of the Biography section to better reflect Lynn's profile:

• After her husband's death, Schusterman became Chair of the Family Philanthropies. In 2011, she became Co-chair with her daughter Stacy Schusterman, and in 2018 she was named Chair Emeritus.

In addition, I would like to add the following awards to the Honors section:

• In 2021, Schusterman was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Brandeis University.
• In 2022, Schusterman and her daughter were awarded a Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.

I also request that the honors removed by a different editor be reinserted into the article. It appears these awards were removed in error as the institutions granting these honors have their own Wikipedia pages, the term honorary degree has a Wikipedia page as well, and the sources provided are in line with Wikipedia policy:

• In 2007 she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
• Schusterman was honored in 2008 with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Public Service award.

References

I appreciate your help. GrantRSchusterman (talk) 14:14, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

@GrantRSchusterman, I'm taking a look at your request and first just want to note where the article is at. It has a few issues that need fixing. First, it reads a little promotional, but is not the worst offender I've seen in that regard. I'm not the best editor for fixing that issue. However, I'm pretty good at fixing the second issue I see: this article relies heavily on primary sources that are self published sources. Any information in the article cited to the Schusterman foundation is a self-published source that lacks editorial oversight and is not independent and should not be used in a Biography of a living person. With that preface out of the way, I'm happy to take a look at your requested changed and work on the article a little. Taken in order:

• Add information on who's running the Schusterman foundation- Partially done; I found secondary sources for the taking over after Charles's death in 2000 and Stacy taking over in 2018, but I can't find the 2011 date outside of the primary sources from the family foundation which should not be used due to policy on self published sourcing. I think adding a date for when Stacy starts co-leading would be good to add, but would prefer a secondary source here.
• Add honorary doctorate from Brandeis University- done with the context of her donation and board membership mentioned by Brandeis in the source cited.
• Add Carnegie Medal- Done
• Add Hebrew College honorary doctorate- Done; I will note the sourcing should probably be better than a university newsletter for this though. Don't be surprised if it's removed again and let me know if there is better sourcing.
• Woodrow Wilson Award- done

TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 22:54, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Wow! Thank you for your thoughtful and comprehensive review. I will take the time to carefully look at all these changes and be in touch if I have any questions. I appreciate the time and effort you devoted to the page. GrantRSchusterman (talk) 17:20, 15 November 2023 (UTC)

NPOV details

I'm back to request a change to the Activism section of this article, specifically, the removal of the 2nd sentence of the 2nd paragraph which implies causation between the petition and the pause referenced. The source provided does not suggest causality, nor is it fair to assume it. My suggestion for amended language is:

In June 2017, Schusterman was one of 65 signatories of a petition criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for canceling the Kotel compromise and advancing a controversial conversion bill. The next month she criticized the Israeli government's canceling of the Kotel compromise in a speech after receiving the Jerusalem Builder Award from Mayor Nir Barkat.

References

TulsaPoliticsFan, as you included this information in the article, would you be OK with this NPOV language? Thank you for all your help, GrantRSchusterman (talk) 14:07, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and make this change, but I do think if you (or any other editor reading this) have time writing a version that says more about what the "controversial conversion bill" or what the Kotel compromise is would be helpful. I think, since this is the biography of an American, we should add extra context when possible for her involvement in Israeli politics since American readers are less likely to be familiar with the context of issues. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 15:12, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your prompt and insightful response. I will take some time to think of how best to present this nuanced issue for inclusion in this BLP. As always, appreciate your help. Regards, GrantRSchusterman (talk) 11:46, 28 June 2024 (UTC)