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Boim

Boim or Boym, or a romanization of the Yiddish noun בוים ('tree'), is a Yiddish variation of the family name Baum and may refer to: * Michał Boym (1612–1659), Polish Jesuit * (1629–1670), Polish Catholic priest, Jesuit, author of theological works * Svetlana Boym, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University. * (born 1965), Israeli educator * Ze`ev Boim, Israeli politician

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Boim or Boym, or a romanization of the Yiddish noun בוים ('tree'), is a Yiddish variation of the family name Baum and may refer to: * Michał Boym (1612–1659), Polish Jesuit * (1629–1670), Polish Catholic priest, Jesuit, author of theological works * Svetlana Boym, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literatures at Harvard University. * (born 1965), Israeli educator * Ze`ev Boim, Israeli politician

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1965 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1965". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1283152663

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