Kikar HaShabbat (website)

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Kikar HaShabbat
כיכר השבת
Type of site
News website
Available inHebrew
OwnerMordechai Lavi
EditorChaim Illouz
URLwww.kikar.co.il
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedMay 2009; 14 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[edit]

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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References[edit]

  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.

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