Online Discussions
NHC Discussion Lists
The NHC sponsors nhc-havurah and nhc-discuss, two electronic forums for discussing issues and sharing information related to programs, activities, and concerns of NHC members and interested friends.
These lists replace mail-havurah, which, from 1994-2005, served as the NHC's online forum to continue the conversations begin at the NHC Institutes.
Since then, our community has become larger and more connected to/by the Internet, and mail-havurah has come to serve several distinct functions:
NHC announcements, discussion of havurah and community issues, and general discussions. In order to ensure that each of these functions can thrive, the NHC has retired mail-havurah in January, 2005, replacing it with these lists, each with its own mission, as described below.
This structure is not intended to make any statement about which topics are more important than others; it is intended only to facilitate our electronic communication. Please read the list descriptions carefully so that we can all make the best use of the new lists.
mail-havurah will be archived indefinitely at Shamash, The Jewish Network.
In January 2012, these lists moved to nhc-havurah@havurah.org and nhc-discuss@havurah.org .
For 17 years, the NHC's Internet Discussion Lists, nhc-havurah and nhc-discuss (and their predecessor, MAIL-HAVURAH) have been hosted on Shamash: The Jewish Network. On December 31, 2011 Shamash discontinued its listserv service, and therefore we are moving nhc-havurah and nhc-discuss to a new home.
nhc-havurah@havurah.org is an online forum for discussing NHC activities, havurot, and sharing short announcements of havurah-related events not sponsored by the NHC.
nhc-discuss@havurah.org is an unmoderated list for open discussions on topics of interest to the NHC community.
Anyone interested in participating in our on-line community or in learning more about NHC programs is invited to subscribe to any of these lists by visiting http://lists.havurah.org/listinfo.cgi.
Differences Between the Lists
| - | nhc-havurah | nhc-discuss |
| Who Can Post | Anyone subscribed | Anyone subscribed |
| How To Post |
nhc-havurah@havurah.org |
nhc-discuss@havurah.org |
| What Belongs |
• Discussion about the NHC and its activities • Discussion about havurot • Short announcements of havurah-related events not sponsored by the NHC |
• Anything of interest to the NHC community |
| What Doesn’t Belong |
• Crossposts from other lists (other than announcements as described above). If people want to get those postings, they can subscribe to the relevant lists directly. • Discussion of topics not listed above. Other discussions belong on nhc-discuss. |
• Anything that is not in the spirit of civil and respectful discussion |
| Format | Individual messages. You can change your settings to to receive this list in digest format. | Individual messages. You can change your settings to to receive this list in digest format. |
| Moderated? | Yes. Anyone who posts something off-topic will be asked to redirect it to nhc-discuss. | No. We expect that participants of this list will monitor and guide the discussion. |
Where Does It Belong?
| nhc-havurah |
• I'm teaching a workshop at the Institute about kazoos in Judaism and I'm looking for kazoo players to be part of a panel • I'm starting a new havurah and I'd like to talk to people who have started havurot • How can the NHC be more welcoming to all types of people • Mazal tov / condolences on the birth / marriage / death of _____, a member of the NHC community |
| nhc-discuss |
• I'm looking for other kazoo players to form an ensemble to play Ladino music. • The Jewish Environmental Bike Ride will be Labor Day weekend • This week's Torah portion is the pinnacle of the book of Genesis • What is the best way for the Jewish community to respond to genocide in Sudan |
A General Reminder
Material posted on any of the lists should not be cross posted. Please provide links to articles published elsewhere rather than pasting in the text in its entirety. Please don't send attachments to the list.
In addition, all NHC members and participants receive the Havurah! periodic email blast from the NHC office with official NHC news and organizational announcements. Contact the office if you'd like to be added to that mailing list.
