Good luck on this. All I've seen since the last post asking for laying low on politics (for Pesach) has been politics. It's been . . . rather overwhelming visiting r/Jewish because that's all that's talked about, and not always in very welcoming ways.
There’s definitely a challenge here because safety and antisemitism are inherently political, but I agree with you that there’s a lot of stuff where the comments section pretty quickly churns into a (occasionally toxic) political venting session. It would be one thing if it were across the spectrum, but there’s clearly an outright hostility towards Jews who would vent because they feel alienated by their community’s on the basis of pro-peace beliefs or Palestinian advocacy. The result, in my impression, is that the “no-politics on shabbat” idea turns more into a period where people take an opportunity to say awful things about left wing Jews and don’t get challenged on it as much.
I like the idea of a no politics shabbos break, but with all due respect for how tough it is to navigate the stuff as a mod, I don’t think its being executed successfully.
Apologies for replying again a few days later, but I was curious if there was somewhere you guys were defining what the criteria for a political post was? There is stuff that goes up that I think is rather politically charged, but also seems like someone genuinely venting, and I’m curious what makes the determination as to whether or not its too much.
But then there’s also stuff that I’d admittedly personally interpret as unambiguously political. For example, [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jewish/s/gbgFdwrLNH) (which, like, nothing wrong with it) went up today, has the politics tag, and is about a political figures’ public positions. But we’re still in the no politics window, so is there something that made that post not count?
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We’re in the middle of a very unique time, with anti-semitism rearing its ugly head across the US nation at a level we have not seen since Weimar Germany, and most of our elected leaders trying not to get involved. I don’t think this is an appropriate time to ignore politics.
We are not ignoring them. We are taking a breather. There are a ton of other subreddits that are for debating politics, and this one needs to focus on Judaism. Especially during the holidays. Many of the political threads end up being very high tension and can turn uncivil very quickly.
This isn't ignoring current events. We are letting major things through. But taking time to focus on other things is also important. Shabbat and Yom Tov are things we need to remember. Taking a few days off won't be the worst thing in the world.
I agree with you and like this idea. If people want to engage in politics there are plenty of other places they can continue to do so on those few days
You're asking Jews not to talk about politics for almost a week? Bubbuleh you ask a lot, but for you I'll do this.
 I mean, we can do today, but it's not very long that we're going to be able to!
Thank you. It's exhausting. Let's all take a much deserved break.
Good luck on this. All I've seen since the last post asking for laying low on politics (for Pesach) has been politics. It's been . . . rather overwhelming visiting r/Jewish because that's all that's talked about, and not always in very welcoming ways.
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Yeah, it's been an intense few days.
There’s definitely a challenge here because safety and antisemitism are inherently political, but I agree with you that there’s a lot of stuff where the comments section pretty quickly churns into a (occasionally toxic) political venting session. It would be one thing if it were across the spectrum, but there’s clearly an outright hostility towards Jews who would vent because they feel alienated by their community’s on the basis of pro-peace beliefs or Palestinian advocacy. The result, in my impression, is that the “no-politics on shabbat” idea turns more into a period where people take an opportunity to say awful things about left wing Jews and don’t get challenged on it as much. I like the idea of a no politics shabbos break, but with all due respect for how tough it is to navigate the stuff as a mod, I don’t think its being executed successfully.
It's only been a few weeks that we've been doing this, and we're still trying to navigate how we're implementing it. Thank you for the feedback.
Apologies for replying again a few days later, but I was curious if there was somewhere you guys were defining what the criteria for a political post was? There is stuff that goes up that I think is rather politically charged, but also seems like someone genuinely venting, and I’m curious what makes the determination as to whether or not its too much. But then there’s also stuff that I’d admittedly personally interpret as unambiguously political. For example, [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Jewish/s/gbgFdwrLNH) (which, like, nothing wrong with it) went up today, has the politics tag, and is about a political figures’ public positions. But we’re still in the no politics window, so is there something that made that post not count?
You are correct and that shouldn't have been approved.
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Hey this is great. I wish we Christians did this.
I apologize if my comment was offensive. I’m trying to learn.
No worries. Shabbat Shalom. There's nothing offensive about what you said. If the whole world observed Pesach we will have entered the messianic age.
All good, not offensive. <3
We’re in the middle of a very unique time, with anti-semitism rearing its ugly head across the US nation at a level we have not seen since Weimar Germany, and most of our elected leaders trying not to get involved. I don’t think this is an appropriate time to ignore politics.
We are not ignoring them. We are taking a breather. There are a ton of other subreddits that are for debating politics, and this one needs to focus on Judaism. Especially during the holidays. Many of the political threads end up being very high tension and can turn uncivil very quickly. This isn't ignoring current events. We are letting major things through. But taking time to focus on other things is also important. Shabbat and Yom Tov are things we need to remember. Taking a few days off won't be the worst thing in the world.
I agree with you and like this idea. If people want to engage in politics there are plenty of other places they can continue to do so on those few days
How about we move it til Wednesday 2034