Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Miscellaneous and References (11/12) Previous Document: Question 20.2: What are the different hechsher symbols? Next Document: Question 20.4: What are the good Jewish search engines? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Answer: My, how times have changed. When this FAQ was first written, there were a few general lists (the Global Jewish Information List, Mail.Jewish, Mail.Liberal-Judaism, and some Chabad lists). Since then, the Internet has exploded, and there are more lists then there are commandments in the Torah. Furthermore, the lists of lists, and their locations, change so frequently it is hard to keep up. First, some general comments: * Most lists operate using software such as listserv, listproc, or majordomo. With this software, you send a subscription address to a general list address, in a predefined format (for example, to subscribe to MLJ (mail.liberal-judaism), you send a message of the form "subscribe mlj yourfirstname yourlastname" to listproc@shamash.org). There is a different address you use for submissions to the list. * Some lists provide an easy to use web interface for subscription and unsubscription (to continue the example, for MLJ you would visit [5]http://www.mljewish.org/). Often, such an interface is easier to use. Having said that, here are some of the major places to find lists. * Shamash.Org. Shamash (the home of the SCJ FAQ) is a central information repository for the Jewish community. It provides a large number of mailing lists, including mail.jewish and mail.liberal-judaism (two of the oldest). A list of all Shamash lists may be found at [6]http://www.shamash.org/help/listoflists.html. You can also send the command "lists" to [7]listproc@shamash.org. Listproc based. * Virtual Jerusalem. When the FAQ started, Virtual Jerusalem was called Jerusalem One, and was just beginning to host lists. Now Virtual Jerusalem, it is a major Jewish portal and a major home to Jewish lists. A list of all Virtual Jerusalem lists (combined with a subscription form) may be found at [8]http://vjlists.com/ * Egroups. Another major source of Jewish lists is the Egroups server, which provides people with an easy mechanism to set up lists. The list of Jewish Egroups lists may be found at [9]http://www.egroups.com/dir/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Ju daism There are also some organizations that provide mailing lists focused primarily on teaching Torah. Some of these organizations include: * Chabad. Subscription information on the Chabad lists may be found at [10]http://www.chabad.org/subscribe.html. * Project Genesis. Subscription information on Project Genesis lists may be found at [11]http://www.torah.org/subscribe/. * Ohr Sameyach. The Ohr Samayech lists are managed by Virtual Jerusalem, and may be found at [12]http://vjlists.com/ * UTJ. The Union for Traditional Judaism sponsors quite a few lists. Information may be found at [13]http://www.jump.net/~austinjc/lists/main.html You will also find that most of the congregational and rabbinic organizations have mailing lists, such as UAHC ([14]http://www.uahc.org/), Jewish Theological Seminary ([15]http://www.jtsa.edu), and so forth. Another good way to find mailing lists is through a normal Internet meta-search engine (i.e., one that searches multiple indexes), such as [16]http://www.dogpile.com/. Try searching for "Jewish Mailing Lists". The Liszt server at [17]http://www.liszt.com/select/Religion/Jewish/ also provides a list of a few Jewish mailing lists. Another good source for mailing list info is The Directory of Jewish Electronic Services, which is part of the Global Jewish Information Network server at [18]http://www.jewishnet.net/. The specific URL for the list of mailing lists is [19]http://www.jewishnet.net/subjects/lis.html. User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.jewish FAQ: Miscellaneous and References (11/12) Previous Document: Question 20.2: What are the different hechsher symbols? Next Document: Question 20.4: What are the good Jewish search engines? Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: SCJ FAQ Maintainer <maintainer@scjfaq.org>
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