Online Discussions
NHC Discussion Lists
The NHC sponsors nhc-announce, nhc-havurah and nhc-discuss, three 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 three individual lists, each with its own mission, as described below.
This new 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.
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 using the web interface at http://listserv.shamash.org.
Differences Between the Lists
| - | nhc-announce | nhc-havurah | nhc-discuss |
| Who Can Post | NHC Staff and Board Members | Anyone subscribed | Anyone subscribed |
| How To Post | - |
nhc-havurah@shamash.org |
nhc-discuss@shamash.org |
| What Belongs | • Announcements about upcoming NHC events • Other official news from the NHC office or board |
• 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 | Anything else | • 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 | 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. | 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-announce | • The NHC Institute planning committee is soliciting proposals for workshops.... • The NHC New England Winter Retreat will be.... |
| 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.
