No being an American film critic is her defining characteristic at least in terms of an encyclopedic entry If she had repeatedly proclaimed her Jewishness in her reviews and had become famous as being a Jewish American film critic then that would be important to note in the opening paragraph My point about the other critics was not that they are Jewish but that whether or not they are Christian Jewish or otherwise is not even mentioned in the lead paragraphs of their articles Why should the Kael entry be any different Again it is already mentioned in the article that her parents were Jewish so its not like I m attempting to keep something important from public display Of what relevance is it then that she is an American film critic Since she doesn t deal only with American filims This refers to her being an American Why is that there The plain and simple fact is that she is a Jew religiously and ethnically If it is so important that she not be labelled as such then we can just leave it out but let s make your rationale quite clear Well the relevance of Kael being described as an American film critic is because that is exactly why she is was famous It is standard to discuss somebody s nationality in the lead paragraph of an encyclopedic entry not their religious beliefs unless that was one of the defining characteristics of their fame And Kael was NOT famous for being a Jew she was famous for being a film critic If she was a practicing Jew and I have no idea if she was or not she never discussed it in print as far as I can recall or in any interviews and it didn t seem to be reflected in her critical POV Now if she had repeatedly brought up her ethnicity religion in her reviews as some kind of critical barometer I could easily understand why somebody would feel compelled to describe Kael as a Jewish film critic But she didn t do that And again I direct your attention to any of the other film critic articles on wikipedia Is Roger Ebert a Christian film critic Andrew Sarris an atheist film critic Not according to wikipedia they re not I m using those two as examples I don t know or care what if any religious background they may have And as I ve previously pointed out it is already noted in the Biography section of the article that her parents were Jewish Removing this from the lead paragraph will not be leaving it out of the article at all