CHARTER: alt.religion.judaism.orthodox




What topics are appropriate for alt.religion.judaism.orthodox?





alt.religion.judaism.orthodox is for discussions concerning Orthodox

Judaism and the surrounding education (Halakha, Talmut Torah etc. )

This includes discussions regarding the various Orthodox recognised

movements within Judaism and Educational discussion as:



-Discussion of the Parashat Hashavua

-Weekly Haftora discussions

-Tehillim examination

-Different topics in Halakha

-Holidays Explanation and discussions for young Jewish with little

 Torah background



For young or generally non-religious Jewish who wish to live entirely

in an orthodox way discussion will be welcome about:



-The meaning of Mitzvot

-The Laws of Shabbat

-Jewish Philosophy confronts of the Modern World

-Developing a Torah Personality



Discussions about aliyah and Zionism are not appropriate if not

strictly connected with the orthodox rules of life (e.g., non

religious Jews who wish to discuss aspect of building a new life in

Israel etc. )



What topics are not appropriate for alt.religion.judaism.orthodox?



Middle East politics, especially international issues concerning

Israel, belong in talk.politics.mideast, and any other subject not

related to the religion.  For example many subjects about the cultural

aspect of the Judaism and not related to the Orthodox movement should

be discussed in soc.culture.jewish.



Material that is available from a listserv is inappropriate to post to

alt.religion.judaism.orthodox (that is, the entire newsgroup shouldn't receive
the

list.



Readers of alt.religion.judaism.orthodox are committed to their religion; it is

inappropriate to "witness" or preach. Discussions of so-called

"Messianic Judaism[sic]," and the Christian missionary organization

calling itself "Jews for Jesus," and similar topics belong in

alt.messianic or the appropriate talk.religion.* group; don't

post them to alt.religion.judaism.orthodox.



Revisionist teachings (i.e., those teachings that attempt to deny that

the holocaust ever happened) are inappropriate for alt.religion.judaism.orthodox
They

belong in alt.revisionism. For more information on how to cope with

those holding revisionist beliefs, the interested reader is referred

to [Lip93] (Lipstadt, Deborah. Denying the Holocaust: The Growing

Assault on Truth and Memory.) in the Antisemitism portion of the

reading list.



Lastly, try to avoid personal attacks. Don't write "Lashon Hara",

derogatory information about people or groups. (If slanderous and

false, it's called "Motzei Shem Ra") It is also forbidden to embarrass

others in public. (Rare exceptions exist, so read a book such as R'

Pliskin's Guard your Tongue for details.)




What topics are not appropriate for alt.religion.judaism.orthodox


*Politics including Zionism, use talk.politics.mideast or other

 appropriate group

*Attempts to convert, use alt.messianic or other appropriate group

*Personal attacks

*Binaries [there is a standard template for this]

....



Query: would discussions of the differences and similarities of

Orthodox to non-Orthodox Judaism be allowed?


Yes .




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