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News hotlines are an important source of news in the hareidi world. Many hareidim do not listen to the radio or have access to the internet, leaving them with little or no access to breaking news. News hotlines were formed to fill this gap, and many have expanded to additional fields over time.[1] Currently, many news lines provide rabbinic lectures, entertainment, business advice and similar services, in addition to their primary function of reporting the news. Many hasidic sects maintain their own hotlines, where relevant internal news is reported and the group's perspective can be advocated for. In the Israeli hareidi community, there are dozens of prominent hotlines, in both Yiddish and Hebrew. Some hareidi hotlines have played significant public roles.[2]

Kol Mevaser

Main article: Kol Mevaser (Yiddish broadcasting)

Kol Mevaser is a Yiddish news hotline. It reports the news, weather, lottery, traffic, and carries interviews and scholarly lectures on various topics of interest to the Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish community. Its phone number is +1 (212) 444-1100.[3][4]

Frum News Wire

Among the most prominent English language hareidi news lines is the Frum News Wire, or FNW. FNW is based in Lakewood Township, New Jersey.[5][6][7][8] According to FNW's Twitter account, its number is 732 551 3351.[9] FNW has carried interviews with notable hareidi personalities, such as Jake Turx, Yossi Gestetner, and Richard Roberts.

Yeshiva International Newsline

Yeshiva International Newsline, often referred to as YIN, is a hareidi news hotline, based in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It serves as a central news source for the English speaking hareidi community. Its number is (605) 475-4128.[10][11]

Yeshiva International Newsline
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The YIN logo

History

YIN was started in 2012 on a restricted access network which required a password, and was advertised by word of mouth. Often broadcasting news that was unavailable in the mainstream English language hareidi media, it successfully carved out a niche for itself within the hareidi yeshiva community. In its early period, the hotline issued extensive coverage of the plans and efforts underway in Israel to initiate a compulsory draft of hareidi yeshiva students. Often expressly defying the general consensus, the hotline espoused a Satmar like position, and strongly praised Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach and his no compromise policy regarding the draft law.

Current format

YIN eventually switched to an open access system and started carrying advertisements. As the hotline grew more popular, YIN gradually shifted from its intense focus on Israeli hareidi news to more general coverage, although it continues to report Israeli news. Together with news reports, the hotline features a music section, rabbinc lectures, documentaries (deemed appropriate for the hareidi audience), and various seasonal sections, usually before major Jewish holidays.

See also

  • "YIN blog". YeshivaInternatoinal.blogspot.com. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  • "Yeshiva International Newsline". www.YeshivaInternational.com.
  • "Yeshiva International on Twitter (@YINupdates)". www.twitter.com.
  • "FNW on Twitter (@fnwalerts)". www.twitter.com.

References

  1. ^ "קווי נייעס ספקי החדשות והרכילות של המגזר החרדי, נלחמים על חייהם" [Haredi news hotlines fighting to stay alive]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ "Haredi protestors shut down Jerusalem roads for the second week in a row". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07. ...Instructions were eventually sent out at 6:30 p.m. over the Jerusalem Faction's telephone hotlines for the protesters to disperse, and only then were the roads and junctions they had blocked open to traffic again. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ "Editors' Thoughts: A Remarkable Student Body". Kol Hamevaser. 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2018-02-27. Other institutions continue to bear a similar name, including a Yiddish broadcasting hotline (try 212-444-1100).
  4. ^ "Misaskim's 23rd International Tehillim Asifa this Tuesday @1PM EDT". www.misaskim.org. Retrieved 2018-02-27. You can also listen to the event live through Kol Mevaser by dialing 212-444-1100, and following the appropriate prompts.
  5. ^ Ess, Em (2016-09-27). "Hefkervelt : There's no debating, Night seder comes first". Hefkervelt. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  6. ^ "VoL on FNW". thevoiceoflakewood.
  7. ^ "WDW March 2013". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  8. ^ "dafyomichabura.com website analyze". TheDomainer.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  9. ^ "FNW (@FNWalerts) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  10. ^ International, Yeshiva. "YESHIVA INTERNATIONAL". Retrieved 2018-03-07.
  11. ^ "yeshivaInternational (@yinupdates) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
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