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{{Short description|Orthodox Jewish online news publication}}
{{Short description|Orthodox Jewish online news publication}}
{{Infobox website
{{Infobox website
| company_type = [[Privately held company]]
| company_type = [[Privately held company]]
| location_city = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| location_city = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| location_country = United States
| location_country = United States
| area_served = United States, Israel
| area_served = United States, Israel
| founder = Judah (Yehudah) Eckstein<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NEWS/708170335|title=Secular temptations lure Orthodox youth|first=Adam|last=Bosch}}</ref>
| founder = Judah (Yehudah) Eckstein<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NEWS/708170335|title=Secular temptations lure Orthodox youth|first=Adam|last=Bosch}}</ref>
| key_people = Judah (Yehudah) Eckstein, Yechiel Spira, Dov Gefen, Chaim Shapiro, Eli Geffen, Chaim Chernoff, Moshe Altusky, Aliza Levine, & Noach B. Rosen.
| key_people = Judah (Yehudah) Eckstein, Yechiel Spira, Dov Gefen, Chaim Shapiro, Eli Geffen, Chaim Chernoff, Moshe Altusky, Aliza Levine, & Noach B. Rosen.
| industry = [[News]]
| industry = [[News]]
| url = {{URL|www.theyeshivaworld.com}}
| url = {{URL|www.theyeshivaworld.com}}
| name =
| website_type = [[News]], [[News aggregation]], & [[blog]]ging
| website_type = [[News]], [[News aggregation]], & [[blog]]ging
| language = English
| language = English
| advertising = Yes
| advertising = Yes
| registration = Optional
| registration = Optional
| current_status = Active
| current_status = Active
}}
}}
'''''Yeshiva World News''''' '''(YWN)''' is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] [[online journalism|online news publication]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.5tjt.com/news/read.asp?Id=2933|title=You Give Them 18 Minutes, They Give You The World|last=Nathan|first=Ben|date=August 21, 2008|publisher=5 Towns Jewish Times|access-date=2009-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6025909|title=Shooting near Jewish girls' school|date=March 17, 2008|publisher=WABC-TV|access-date=2009-08-12}}</ref> It also has multiple services catering to Jews all over the world.
'''''Yeshiva World News''''' '''(YWN)''' is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] [[online journalism|online news publication]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.5tjt.com/news/read.asp?Id=2933|title=You Give Them 18 Minutes, They Give You The World|last=Nathan|first=Ben|date=August 21, 2008|publisher=5 Towns Jewish Times|access-date=2009-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/6025909/|title=Shooting near Jewish girls' school|date=March 17, 2008|publisher=WABC-TV|access-date=2009-08-12}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Yeshiva World News started in 2003 as a news aggregation blog by its founder Yehudah Eckstein. It has since grown to an independent news source with freelance reporters and photographers, in addition to continuing as a news aggregator.<ref>{{cite book |title=American Jewish Year Book 2018: The Annual Record |author1=Arnold Dashefsky |author2=Ira M. Sheskin |year=2019}}</ref> It is known for presenting news of interest to the [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] community. Its web page header says "Frum Jewish News" (''[[frum]]'' is the [[Yiddish]] term for a religiously observant Jew). It is infamous for posting animated headlines and click-bait advertisements.{{cn|date=May 2022}}
Yeshiva World News started in 2003 as a news aggregation blog by its founder Judah (Yehudah) Eckstein. It has since grown to an independent news source with freelance reporters and photographers, in addition to continuing as a [[news aggregator]].<ref>{{cite book |title=American Jewish Year Book 2018: The Annual Record |author1=Arnold Dashefsky |author2=Ira M. Sheskin |year=2019}}</ref>


The website was redesigned in 2010,<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Duvys Media|url=https://twitter.com/DuvysMedia/status/13499620121 |title=Check out our newest design}}</ref> and again in 2017. It has sections containing general news items and [[Mass media in Israel|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 ([[Halakha|halacha]]), [[Kashrut|kosher]] recipes, and the streaming radio feature. The website is frequented very often, and has a high traffic rating on Alexa.{{cn|date=May 2022}}
The website was redesigned in 2010,<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Duvys Media|url=https://twitter.com/DuvysMedia/status/13499620121 |title=Check out our newest design}}</ref> and again in 2017. It has sections containing general news items and [[Mass media in Israel|Israeli news]], as well as religious news, and news tailored around Jewish life cycle events and the Jewish calendar. Features relevant to Jewish observance, include articles about [[Torah]] and Jewish law ([[halakha]]), [[Kashrut|kosher]] recipes, and a streaming radio feature.

==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.<ref name=Mcoming>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Five Towns Jewish Times]] |author=Ben Nathan |date=August 20, 2008 |title=You Give Them 18 Minutes, They Give You The World Print|url=https://www.5tjt.com/local-news/3247-you-give-them-18-minutes-they-give-you-the-world |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721200810/https://www.5tjt.com/local-news/3247-you-give-them-18-minutes-they-give-you-the-world |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>

A 2008 review by [[Haaretz]] of what it calls "the [[Orthodox Judaism|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."<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-inside-ultra-orthodox-newsrooms-1.5383955 |title=Inside the World of ultra-Orthodox Media: Haredi Journalists Tell It Like It Is |author=Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt |date=August 11, 2015 |access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Contributors==
* The advertising and business development is managed and directed by Chaim Chernoff.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Followers==
{{Unreferenced section|date=May 2022}}
* On Instagram, YWN has over 105,000 followers.
* On Twitter, YWN has over 71,000 followers
* On Facebook, YWN has over 41,000 followers
* On WhatsApp, YWN has 80 groups totaling more than 18,000 users, and it has over 60,000 viewers of its WhatsApp status.

==See also==
* [[Vosizneias]]
* [[Hamodia]]
<!-- Matzav Review is not one of the "Orthodox Internet Rally" cited -->


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/ Yeshiva World News website]


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Latest revision as of 23:39, 7 August 2024

Yeshiva World News
Type of businessPrivately held company
Type of site
News, News aggregation, & blogging
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
,
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
AdvertisingYes
RegistrationOptional
Current statusActive

Yeshiva World News (YWN) is an Orthodox Jewish online news publication.[2][3]

History

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Yeshiva World News started in 2003 as a news aggregation blog by its founder Judah (Yehudah) Eckstein. It has since grown to an independent news source with freelance reporters and photographers, in addition to continuing as a news aggregator.[4]

The website was redesigned in 2010,[5] 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. Features relevant to Jewish observance, include articles about Torah and Jewish law (halakha), kosher recipes, and a streaming radio feature.

References

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  1. ^ Bosch, Adam. "Secular temptations lure Orthodox youth".
  2. ^ Nathan, Ben (August 21, 2008). "You Give Them 18 Minutes, They Give You The World". 5 Towns Jewish Times. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  3. ^ "Shooting near Jewish girls' school". WABC-TV. March 17, 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  4. ^ Arnold Dashefsky; Ira M. Sheskin (2019). American Jewish Year Book 2018: The Annual Record.
  5. ^ "Check out our newest design" (Press release). Duvys Media.
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