Talk:History of the Jews in Brazos County, Texas

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[edit] Question on organization/content

This article right now seems to be primarily a duplication of information about people/places that are related to Judaism in Brazos County, but it does not detail the "history of the Jews in Brazos County, Texas". Generally a "history of" article should talk about events that have occurred in a chronological manner, rather than a description of a few people and a few places. When people are highlighted in "a history of" article, it should be for how their actions impacted the community; from this article and Tarlow's I don't see how any claim that his actions have impacted the Jewish community in any way. Tarlow is also not even listed as being Jewish anywhere, and that will probably need to be documented somehow.

Basically, I'm worried that the article has not established its own notability (separate from the people/places it mentions), and that this clustering could better take place in a category or list. Is there information about the actual history of Judaism in Brazos County that could be put here instead? How can the article be improved to actually reflect its subject? Karanacs (talk) 18:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I was WP:BOLD and tried to rearrange the material into a more cohesive article that actually discussed the history of the Jewish community. I did delete some information that can be found in other articles or did not seem to have direct bearing on the history of the community in this location. I had a few questions when trying to do this, though. Do you have information on when Temple Freda was founded? Was it the first community place for worship in Brazos County? Is it the third oldest active religious center in Brazos County (it wasn't clear before)? When did the first Jewish people arrive in the county? What did they do before Temple Freda was founded? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karanacs (talk • contribs) 18:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)