''Yeshiva World News'' (YWN) is an

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online news publication. It also has multiple services catering to Jews all over the world.

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. It is known for presenting news of interest to the

community. Its web page header says "Frum Jewish News" (''

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'' is the

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term for a religiously observant Jew). It is infamous for posting animated headlines and click-bait advertisements. The website was redesigned in 2010, 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

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and Jewish law (

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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 ''Vos Iz Neias?'' (Yiddish: "What's New?") also called "VIN News" is an online news site that caters to the Orthodox Jewish and Hasidic communities in the United States. Its coverage is primarily focused on the New York metropolitan area and Isr ...

, Matzav.com and

Hamodia ''Hamodia'' ( he, המודיע – "''the Informer''") is a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Jerusalem. A daily English-language edition is also published in the United States, and weekly English-language editions in England and Israe ...

as other options for online frum Jewish news. A 2008 review by

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of what it calls "the

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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."

Contributors

* The advertising and business development is managed and directed by Chaim Chernoff.

Followers

* 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.

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