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Kikar HaShabbat
כיכר השבת
Type of site
News website
Available in Hebrew
Owner Mordechai Lavi
EditorChaim Illouz
URL www.kikar.co.il
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedMay 2009; 15 years ago (2009-05)
Current statusOnline

Kikar HaShabbat ( Hebrew: כיכר השבת, lit.'Sabbath Square') is a Hebrew–language Israeli news website directed toward Haredi audience. It is named after an intersection in Jerusalem in a neighbourhood inhabited by Haredi Jews. A Globes study in 2017 found it as Israel's 9th most used news website. [1]

History

Kikar HaShabbat was started in 2009 by journalist Mordechai Lavi. In 2012, Israeli website Ynet acquired half of Kikar HaShabbat. [2] From its founding to 2012 Menachem Cohen was the chief editor.

See also

References

  1. ^ "אתרי אינטרנט (חדשות)". Globes. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ Tucker, Nati (13 August 2013). "New CEO of Haredi website eyes deeper ties with religious communities abroad". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kikar HaShabbat
כיכר השבת
Type of site
News website
Available in Hebrew
Owner Mordechai Lavi
EditorChaim Illouz
URL www.kikar.co.il
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedMay 2009; 15 years ago (2009-05)
Current statusOnline

Kikar HaShabbat ( Hebrew: כיכר השבת, lit.'Sabbath Square') is a Hebrew–language Israeli news website directed toward Haredi audience. It is named after an intersection in Jerusalem in a neighbourhood inhabited by Haredi Jews. A Globes study in 2017 found it as Israel's 9th most used news website. [1]

History

Kikar HaShabbat was started in 2009 by journalist Mordechai Lavi. In 2012, Israeli website Ynet acquired half of Kikar HaShabbat. [2] From its founding to 2012 Menachem Cohen was the chief editor.

See also

References

  1. ^ "אתרי אינטרנט (חדשות)". Globes. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ Tucker, Nati (13 August 2013). "New CEO of Haredi website eyes deeper ties with religious communities abroad". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

External links



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