Talk:Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz

R'Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz not founder

The descriptive words published by in a 5763 issue of Jewish Action are "The yeshiva floundered from its founding in 1918 until 1921 when Reb Shraga Feivel became its principal." The article itself says that he was still elsewhere in 1920, et the yeshiva was already "founded" by then. Best wording in the article lead/lede? How about "took the reins?" Pi314m (talk) 21:32, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

According to the article he was the founder of the high school and the post graduate program was added under his direction.--Steamboat2020 (talk) 04:54, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

An editor replaced "took the reins" with "became principal". From the article it is clear that he was more then just a principal. He had the authority to appoint new faculty members and expand the school. Clearly to a large extent he did "take the reins" of the yeshiva. Although, I believe "de facto director" is a more proper description of his role.--Steamboat2020 (talk) 05:03, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

The source cited for the statement supports the claim that he was the principal, and does not support the statement that he was "more than just a principal."

If it is indeed true that "from the article it is clear" to readers that he was "more than a principal," that means that the sum of the sourced information in the rest of the article makes it clear to the reader, & therefore it needs no further comment included to interpret it; if it is not clear from the sourced information then any interpretation of what it means is original commentary and therefore should not included. UrielAcosta (talk) 23:24, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Fair enough, I removed it until a reference is located. There are several books that can provide additional content for this article at a later date. 1.) "SHLUCHA DERACHMANA" (a Hebrew Biography of Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz by Aharon Sorski); 2.) "Reb Shraga Feivel: The life and times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, the architect of Torah in America" by yonason rosenblum. 3.) "Hamatzil" (Hebrew) The Life Of Rav Shraga Feivel Mendelovitch. There are also several articles about him in various publications--Steamboat2020 (talk) 05:22, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Nationality

Slovak American is an ethnic group. There is no indication that he or his family had any deep ties to the culture or language of the area that would render him an ethnic slav. As a nation, Slovakia didn't exist until well after he emigrated to America. He was a U.S. national and prior to that an Austrian Hungarian--Steamboat2020 (talk) 05:53, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

Yes, I agree that Slovak is an inappropriate description (for the reasons given above). UrielAcosta (talk) 23:30, 30 March 2023 (UTC)