Charter of uk.religion.jewish
(Moderated)

This newsgroup is intended as a general discussion area for UK Jews, and as an information resource about Judaism in the UK. 

Welcome

Non-jews are welcome to join us to ask bona-fide questions, and to discover information about Judaism. Please read the entire charter BEFORE posting. 

Language

All postings should be in English. Where Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino or Aramaic words or phrases are used these should be translated. Eg:- Brit Milah [circumcision]. 

Shabbat Observance

Shabbat [the Jewish sabbath] begins 18 minutes before local sunset on friday and ends after darkness on saturday. Please do not post within these times. The saving of life is exempt from this restriction. 

Discussion topics

On-topic discussions include: 

	- Discussions regarding judaism from a UK perspective. 
	- Announcements of specific interest to UK Jews. 
	- Announcement of Jewish and Interfaith events. 
	- General chatter and schmoozing by UK Jews. 
	- Providing information about Judaism to any interested parties. 

Prohibited postings

The following are considered to be off-topic and are NOT permitted. 

	- Crosspostings other than announcements of bona-fide interfaith events which may be crossposted to all uk.religion newsgroups. 
	- Attacks against Judaism or Jewish practices. Note that this restriction is not intended to inhibit valid debate within a Jewish context. 
	- Missionary postings and proselyting of any kind. 
	- Any posting by, or about, so-called 'jews for jesus', 'messianic jews' and similar groups who are actually christian and should use alt.messianic or uk.religion.christian. 
	- Postings denying the holocaust. 
	- Any material intended to be offensive to Jews including antisemitic material. 
	- Advertising in general except for SHORT announcements of special interest to UK Jews. 
	- Flames and ad-hominem attacks of any kind. 
	- Binary postings of any kind including any postings which are not readable in plain language English. 

Information

A FAQ will be regularly posted which will contain information about where to find Jewish resources on the net. 

Moderation submission address

	uk-religion-jewish@usenet.org.uk

uk.religion.jewish is moderated by a robo-moderator which automatically approves postings from known users. Crossposted messages and messages from unknown users are forwarded to a human moderator. 

To reach the human moderator directly, use the email address 

	uk-religion-jewish-request@usenet.org.uk

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