Subject Index:
Miscellaneous
PSOY-OY-OY!
New Yiddish rap from the former Soviet Union
A fun filled evening of stories, songs and mishegoss with poet-singer-songwriter-performance-artist Psoy Korolenko. To Psoy, the Jewish experience is not only a personal story, but also a metaphor of trans-cultural identity and ultimate otherness. He sings and tumults in English, Russian and Yiddish. Presented by the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies and cosponsored by the Office of Jewish Affairs, Program in Slavic and East European Studies, and the National Yiddish Book Center (12/3/09)
National Yiddish Theatre: "Mama's Loshn Kugel"
Di Folksbiene Trupe of the New York-based National Yiddish Theatre performed a collection of classic Yiddish comedy routines and theater songs, in Yiddish with English supertitles (4/19/09)
The true colors of our humanity
An essay by Larry Goldbaum calling for restraint and compassion toward American Muslims in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon (9/16/01)
Tikkun Olam
Autobiographical essay by Larry Goldbaum exploring the Jewish roots of his progressive political activism (from the February 2001 newsletter of AFSCME, Local 1776)
Compassion in Action: The Jews of Sarajevo
Lecture by Dr. Jakob Finci, president of La Benevolencia, a Jewish educational, cultural, and humanitarian society in Sarajevo, and director of Soros Foundation for Bosnia Herzegovina (10/30/98)
Roads to Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslavia
Panel discussion with four peace activists from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia) about their struggles for reconciliation in the wake of genocide (10/29/98)
Introducing the Office of Jewish Affairs
Article describing the origins and purpose of the Office of Jewish Affairs, a unique program created by the University in April 1995 (from the Spring 1998 issue of "Shofar")
The Office of Jewish Affairs 1995-1998
Summary of OJA's activities during its first three years (from the Spring 1998 issue of "Shofar")
The Office of Jewish Affairs 1998-2000
Summary of OJA's activities during the period 1998-2000 (from the Spring 2001 issue of "Shofar")
Why "Shofar"?
Explanation for the choice of the name "Shofar" for the Office of Jewish Affairs' journal and newsletter.
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