Kikar HaShabbat (website)

Kikar HaShabbat
כיכר השבת
Type of site
News website
Available in Hebrew
Owner Mordechai Lavi
Editor Chaim Illouz
Website kikar.co.il
Alexa rank 173 (Israel, January 2015)
Registration Optional
Launched May 2009 (2009-05)
Current status Online

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.

History

Kikar HaShabbat was started in 2009 by journalist Mordechai Lavi. In 2012, Israeli website Ynet acquired half of Kikar HaShabbat.[1]

See also

References

  1. 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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