Why I Stopped Supporting Wikipedia
For years, I proudly called myself a supporter of Wikipedia. As a Jew who cares deeply about truth, education, and accessible knowledge, I believed in the mission of “the free encyclopedia” and made yearly donations to help keep it alive.
But I made the decision to stop donating and here’s why.
Most people still think of Wikipedia as a neutral, unbiased source of information. That’s how it was always presented to me: a place where facts rise above opinion, where competing views refine the truth. I wanted to believe that.
But over time I noticed a pattern in the way certain topics are framed — especially around Jewish history, Israel, Zionism, and the broader Middle East. The language used in articles, the emphasis or omission of key historical facts, and the repeated framing of certain movements and events questions basic truths that matter to me, to Jews, and to many others seeking objective knowledge.
I saw this happen first in small ways — a word here, a missing sentence there — but it added up. What once felt like collaborative knowledge began to feel like ideological curation. And it hit a breaking point when I watched analyses of multiple Wikipedia entries that showed how core elements of Jewish identity, history, and perspective are presented in ways I believe distort their meaning rather than illuminate it.
When a resource that so many people — including journalists, students, and even AI systems — rely on every day starts to read less like an encyclopedia and more like an argument, that matters. It matters for how history is understood, how people are taught, and how cultures see one another.
I’m not here to claim that Wikipedia is intentionally malicious. I’m here to say that, for me, it stopped being trustworthy. And for that reason, I can no longer support it financially.
Knowledge should be honest and open to challenge — but it shouldn’t be skewed in ways that erase, rewrite or misrepresent history. That’s why I stopped donating to Wikipedia, and why I support a broader conversation about how we define and safeguard reliable information in the digital age.
Watch this video for some examples.