Yeshiva World News

Yeshiva World News (YWN) is an Orthodox Jewish online news publication.[3][4] It also has multiple services catering to Jews all over the world.

Yeshiva World News
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
News, News aggregation, & blogging
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York (state)
,
United States
Area servedUnited States, Israel
Founder(s)Judah (Yehudah) Eckstein[1]
Key peopleJudah (Yehudah) Eckstein, Yechiel Spira, Dov Gefen, Chaim Shapiro, Eli Geffen, Chaim Chernoff, Moshe Altusky, Aliza Levine, & Noach B. Rosen.
IndustryNews
URLwww.theyeshivaworld.com
Alexa rank 23,756 (July 2020)[2]
AdvertisingYes
RegistrationOptional
Current statusActive

History

Yeshiva World News started as a news aggregation blog. It has since grown to an independent news source with freelance reporters and photographers, in addition to continuing as a news aggregator.[5] It is known for presenting news of interest to the Orthodox Jewish community. Its web page header says "Frum Jewish News" (frum is the Yiddish term for a religiously observant Jew).

The website was redesigned in 2010,[6] and again in 2017. It has sections containing general news items and Israeli news, as well as religious news, and news tailored around Jewish life cycle events and the Jewish calendar. Many features are relevant to Jewish observance, including articles about Torah and Jewish law (halacha), kosher recipes, and the streaming radio feature. The website is frequented very often, and has a high traffic rating on Alexa.

Competition

Yeshiva World News is one of many online news sites, with Vosizneias, Matzav.com and Hamodia as other options for online frum Jewish news.[7]

A 2008 review by Haaretz of what it calls "the Orthodox Internet rally" also grouped Yeshiva World News, Vos Iz Neias, and Matzav.com as having many strengths, but explains that "the ultra-Orthodox community still demands print journalism" because of "reading taking place on the Sabbath, when all electronic devices are turned off and put away."[8]

Contributors
  • The main site is directed by Chaim Shapiro, Aliza Levine, Noach B. Rosen, Moshe Altusky, and Eli Gefen.
  • The advertising and business development is managed and directed by Chaim Chernoff.
  • The YWN Israel Bureau is directed by Israeli journalist Yechiel Spira[9] formerly of Arutz Sheva[10] and editor at Jerusalem Kosher News.[11]
  • Rabbi Moishe Dovid Lebovits, Rabbinical Administrator KOF-K Kosher Supervision, authors the daily halacha.
  • Journalists Yossi Gestetner and politico Chaskel Bennett also contribute frequently with opinion pieces.
  • It's technology and development was previously handled by Duvy's Media based from Lakewood NJ, but is now handled by The Jewish Content Network.
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See also

References
  1. Bosch, Adam. "Secular temptations lure Orthodox youth".
  2. "Yeshiva World News site ranks". Alexa Internet. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. Nathan, Ben (August 21, 2008). "You Give Them 18 Minutes, They Give You The World". 5 Towns Jewish Times. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  4. "Shooting near Jewish girls' school". WABC-TV. March 17, 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  5. Arnold Dashefsky; Ira M. Sheskin (2019). American Jewish Year Book 2018: The Annual Record.
  6. "Check out our newest design" (Press release). Duvys Media.
  7. Ben Nathan (August 20, 2008). "You Give Them 18 Minutes, They Give You The World Print". Five Towns Jewish Times. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011.
  8. Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt (August 11, 2015). "Inside the World of ultra-Orthodox Media: Haredi Journalists Tell It Like It Is". Haaretz. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  9. "Elevators pose religious dilemma in Jerusalem". 22 November 2009.
  10. http://www.nbn.org.il/news_files/a7ou2.htm
  11. "Yechiel Spira and Rabbi Wikler Discuss 2010 Kosher Supervision Guide - Matzav.com". matzav.com.
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