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Request Edit July 2021

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

I have a suggestion for improving the Wikipedia page for the National Museum of American Jewish History, a Smithsonian-affiliated museum in Philadelphia. I propose including the inductees to their Hall of Fame and a related permanent exhibit. The WP:GA Canada's Walk of Fame serves as a model, with the lists of inductees listed with their years of induction and category for induction. The NMAJH Hall of fame has been covered in the New York Times [1], The Wall Street Journal [2], the Philadelphia Inquirer [3][4], and many other media outlets. I believe the sourcing for the proposed section is stronger than that of the GA article on Canada’s Walk of Fame. Note that I may have a conflict of interest because I work for one of the 23 inductees, David Copperfield (illusionist).

Proposal 1: In the section “Exhibitions”, please create a new subsection with:

A sub-section header:

Hall of Fame and Gallery

And description:

Started in 2010, the National Museum of American Jewish History Hall of Fame and a related permanent exhibition gallery honors the lives of prominent Jewish Americans.^[1]^[2] The initial class of eighteen inductees was chosen both by a public vote and a panel of historians and experts. Inductees were elected in one of eight categories.^[3]^[3] In 2016 The exhibit contains short films about the inductees’ lives^[4] and artifacts, including Sandy Koufax’s baseball mitt and sheet music from Irving Berlin.^[2] In 2016 the exhibition was renamed the Ed Snider Only in America gallery, named after the former chairman of Comcast Spectacor.^[5]

Reason: The NMJAH Hall of Fame and the permanent gallery has been covered in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer and many other media outlets. Its sourcing is as strong or stronger as the WP: GA Canada's Walk of Fame.

It is also one of the main attractions of the Smithsonian-affiliated National Museum of American Jewish History, on the first floor of the museum, so is an important missing element of the Exhibition section,

Proposal 2: In the new subsection “Hall of Fame and gallery,” please create the following table:

Honorees

Honorees of the Hall of Fame
Honoree	Category	Year inducted	Notes
Irving Berlin	Arts & Entertainment	2010	^[6]^[3]
Leonard Bernstein	Arts & Entertainment	2010	^[6]^[3]
Louis Brandeis	Politics, Law, & Activism	2010	^[6]^[3]
Albert Einstein	Science & Medicine	2010	^[6]^[3]
Mordecai Kaplan	Religion & Thought	2010	^[6]^[3]
Sandy Koufax	Sports	2010	^[6]^[3]
Estée Lauder	Business & Philanthropy	2010	^[6]^[3]
Emma Lazarus	Literature	2010	^[6]^[3]
Isaac Leeser	Religion & Thought	2010	^[6]^[3]
Golda Meir	Politics, Law, & Activism	2010	^[6]^[3]
Jonas Salk	Science & Medicine	2010	^[6]^[3]
Menachem Mendel Schneerson	Religion & Thought	2010	^[6]^[3]
Rose Schneiderman	Politics, Law, & Activism	2010	^[6]^[3]
Isaac Bashevis Singer	Literature	2010	^[6]^[3]
Steven Spielberg	Arts & Entertainment	2010	^[6]^[3]
Barbra Streisand	Performance	2010	^[6]^[3]
Henrietta Szold	Politics, Law, & Activism	2010	^[6]^[3]
Isaac Mayer Wise	Religion & Thought	2010	^[6]^[3]
Julius Rosenwald	Business & Philanthropy	2016	^[6]^[7]
Gertrude Elion	Science & Medicine	2017	^[6]^[8]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Politics, Law, & Activism	2019	^[9]^[6]
Harry Houdini	Performance	2020	^[6]^[10]
David Copperfield	Performance	2020	^[6]^[10]

Thank you for your consideration. MagicTech1902 (talk) 16:13, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@MagicTech1902:Y Done. I removed the repeated citation ^[3] and revised the sentence regarding the opening of the exhibit. (It didn't open in 2016; the post-gazette article source was written in 2010 when the exhibit opened). According to the post-gazette article, the exhibit featured the lives and accomplishments of the inductees in one film, so I revised the sentence to reflect this information. The source provided [5] doesn't indicate when the Hall of Fame was renamed in Ed Snider's honor; it says Snider named the Gallery and Hall of Fame 'Only in America' in 2006. I added [6] and made minor revisions to support that it was renamed in Snider's honor, but I couldn't find a source detailing when it was renamed. Thanks, Heartmusic678 (talk) 17:55, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Rothstein, Edward (12 Nov 2010). "Life, Liberty And the Pursuit Of Identity: [Review]". New York Times. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b Klein, Julia M. (26 January 2011). "American Jews' Story Told in a New Home". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u O'Reilly, David (19 September 2009). "In Jewish hall of fame: Streisand, no Stooges". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ Haynes, Monica (December 19, 2010). "The National Museum of American Jewish History opens in Philadelphia". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ Marks, Jon (11 April 2016). "Ed Snider Passes Away". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w Bernstein, Jesse (10 December 2020). "NMAJH to Induct Copperﬁeld, Houdini into Hall of Fame". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ Marks, Jon (2 June 2016). "Julius Rosenwald Hall of Fame Induction Highlights NMAJH New York Gala". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Jewish American Heritage Month at NMAJH, Spring 2017". Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ McDaniel, Justine (20 December 2019). "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says her Philadelphia honor is 'pure joy'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b Greenwood, Marcia (December 10, 2020). "Greece man descended from Harry Houdini to accept honor on magician's behalf". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[1] Rothstein, Edward (12 Nov 2010). "Life, Liberty And the Pursuit Of Identity: [Review]". New York Times. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[Klein-2] Klein, Julia M. (26 January 2011). "American Jews' Story Told in a New Home". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[no-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u O'Reilly, David (19 September 2009). "In Jewish hall of fame: Streisand, no Stooges". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[4] Haynes, Monica (December 19, 2010). "The National Museum of American Jewish History opens in Philadelphia". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[5] Marks, Jon (11 April 2016). "Ed Snider Passes Away". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[Bernstein-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w Bernstein, Jesse (10 December 2020). "NMAJH to Induct Copperﬁeld, Houdini into Hall of Fame". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[7] Marks, Jon (2 June 2016). "Julius Rosenwald Hall of Fame Induction Highlights NMAJH New York Gala". Jewish Exponent. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[8] "Jewish American Heritage Month at NMAJH, Spring 2017". Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[9] McDaniel, Justine (20 December 2019). "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says her Philadelphia honor is 'pure joy'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[greenwood-10] Greenwood, Marcia (December 10, 2020). "Greece man descended from Harry Houdini to accept honor on magician's behalf". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

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