ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (07/27/85)
> I've been discussing this with some other netters and we have a few ideas. > Create a newsgroup, possibly moderated to deal with Jewish culture, not > religion. For example: Isreal, Jewish Singles, Jewish folklore (ie. > dancing, art, literature, etc...), Jewish lifestyles, Jewish trends (both > with an American emphasis), and generally--discussion of mainstream > contemporary Jewish life. Sound good? Call it something like > net.culture.jewish. Does that serve a broad enough group for you Rich? One vote here for net.social.jewish ^^^^^^
martillo@mit-athena.UUCP (Yakim Martillo) (07/29/85)
In the past we have discussed many issues in net.religion.jewish and I don't see any particular need for a new group. What we are seeing in net.religion.jewish is more the expression of Ashkenazi/American neurosis rather than any genuine need. Rosen has some sort of problem with the belief in a god who takes an active interest in human affairs. Some religious Ashkenazim have adopted Russian Orthodox ideas about life and religion and tend to reduce Yahadut to pravoslavie. net.religion.jewish may be ill-named but I think there is no reason that the same sort wide-ranging issues which are discussed in net.nlang.india cannot be discussed in net.religion.jewish. I would not mind seeing net.religion.jewish being renamed net.nlang.hebrew.
slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner) (07/30/85)
> > I've been discussing this with some other netters and we have a few ideas. > > Create a newsgroup, possibly moderated to deal with Jewish culture, not > > religion. For example: Isreal, Jewish Singles, Jewish folklore (ie. > > dancing, art, literature, etc...), Jewish lifestyles, Jewish trends (both > > with an American emphasis), and generally--discussion of mainstream > > contemporary Jewish life. Sound good? Call it something like > > net.culture.jewish. Does that serve a broad enough group for you Rich? > > One vote here for net.social.jewish > ^^^^^^ How about net.mod.jewish?? Given the low level of posting lately, it seems that a moderated group is the only answer. As an aside, if you feel you must argue with someone repeatedly, why don't you spare the rest of us and do it via mail? -- Opinions expressed are public domain, and do not belong to Lotus Development Corp. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner {genrad|ihnp4|ima}!wjh12!talcott!sesame!slerner {cbosgd|harvard}!talcott!sesame!slerner slerner%sesame@harvard.ARPA