Kikar HaShabbat (website)
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 ultra-Orthodox Jews. A Globes study in 2017 found it as Israel's 9th most used news website.[1]
Type of site | News website |
|---|---|
| Available in | Hebrew |
| Owner | Mordechai Lavi |
| Editor | Chaim Illouz |
| URL | www |
| Alexa rank | 173 (Israel, January 2015) |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | May 2009 |
| Current status | Online |
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.
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See also
- Media of Israel
References
- "אתרי אינטרנט (חדשות)". Globes. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- Tucker, Nati (13 August 2013). "New CEO of Haredi website eyes deeper ties with religious communities abroad". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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