A fact from The Jew's Christmas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 December 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that The Jew's Christmas was the first American film to have a rabbi as one of its characters?
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... that while The Jew's Christmas(poster pictured) was positively received in 1913, a professor of film described it in 2019 as "wrapped up in the anti-Semitism of the time"? Source: The Forward
ALT1: ... that The Jew's Christmas(poster pictured) was the first American film to have a rabbi as one of its characters? Source: The Forward
ALT2: ... that after viewing The Jew's Christmas(poster pictured) shortly before Christmas in 1913, a group of rabbis approved of the film's content but disliked its title? Source: The Forward
Comment: Could run as a hook on Christmas, or Christmas Eve, or neither. I find the picture pretty fantastic. I was working on Draft:Jews and Christmas and ended up here – isn't it funny how that happens?
article is new enough, long enough, sourced, neutral, and plagiarism-free. I'll approve ALT1 as the most interesting, it's cited and neutral. A QPQ has been done, so good to—approved for Christmas or christmas eve. Nice work, ezlev, fascinating article! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 05:33, 17 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
In these days of Interfaith dialogue among the Abrahamic religions, I think it might be a useful nod to all those involved in Interfaith. UK Inter Faith Week was in November. Consider. --Whiteguru (talk) 21:12, 17 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
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The article says, "Modern analysis of The Jew's Christmas is based on contemporary writings about it, as well as Olden's novelization." Presumably that's because the film is lost, but the article never explicitly says that. Can we verify that the film is indeed considered lost? --Metropolitan90(talk)02:19, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
Metropolitan90, I think you’re correct that this is a lost film, but as far as I can tell none of the currently cited sources say so explicitly. I’ll look for sourcing for that eventually, or you’re of course welcome to do so! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs) 03:30, 24 December 2021 (UTC)Reply
article is new enough, long enough, sourced, neutral, and plagiarism-free. I'll approve ALT1 as the most interesting, it's cited and neutral. A QPQ has been done, so good to—approved for Christmas or christmas eve. Nice work, ezlev, fascinating article! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 05:33, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
