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From: martillo@mit-athena.UUCP (Yakim Martillo)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish,net.news.group
Subject: Re: What has happened? (Do we really need another jewish newsgroup?)
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 13:23:39 EDT
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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.