Judaism Website Aish.com Surpasses 200,000 Unique Email Subscribers

Aish.com, the leading Jewish educational website, has reached the milestone of delivering Judaism content to 200,000 unique email subscribers. This breakthrough comes on the heels of Aish.com’s short film entitled, “Photo Fraud in Lebanon" (www.aish.com/movies), which examined the “photo-shopping” of Reuters news photos. The film became an overnight viral sensation and was viewed online by 3.5 million people.

Jerusalem, Israel (PRWEB) September 10, 2006 -- Aish.com, the leading Jewish educational website, has reached the milestone of delivering Judaism content to 200,000 unique email subscribers.

This breakthrough comes on the heels of Aish.com’s short film entitled, “Photo Fraud in Lebanon" (www.aish.com/movies), which examined the “photo-shopping” of Reuters news photos. The film became an overnight viral sensation and was viewed online by 3.5 million people.

Rabbi Shraga Simmons, senior editor of Aish.com, explains: "When the Lebanon photo fraud story broke, we thought this would be a great 'marriage' of the short-film medium, where people could sit back, be entertained, and get the whole story of the fraudulent news photos coming out of Lebanon."

At its peak, the “Photo Fraud” film was drawing 400,000 viewers a day. This pushed Aish.com to monthly traffic of 5.5 million visits, ranking it amongst the top few hundred content sites worldwide, and gaining citations by Alexa.com as a leading growth site.

Additionally, Aish.com recently launched a Jewish humor website, jewlarious.com, which features jokes, satire, comics, and comedy videos.

Since its launch in February 2000, Aish.com has become the world’s largest Jewish content website, publishing over 6,000 Judaism articles -- on spirituality, career, dating, parenting, and Israel events.

Aish.com’s “wisdom for living” gives people the opportunity to discover Judaism in an atmosphere of open inquiry and mutual respect.

Aish.com is a 3-time winner of USA Today's Hot Site award. The site features a 24-hour live webcam from the Western Wall, short films, blogs, and an Ask-the-Rabbi service which has answered 25,000 readers’ questions.

Headquartered in Jerusalem near the Western Wall, Aish.com is a division of Aish HaTorah, an apolitical network of Jewish educational centers in 35 branches on five continents.

Contact: Jack Kalla: (972) 528-699-039

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