Archive of "SHOFAR" newsletters and journals
Shofar is the annual newsletter (formerly a triennial journal) published by the UMass Amherst Office of Jewish Affairs. Copies of Shofar can be downloaded from this web page
in PDF format. Individual articles are listed chronologically on this page.
More information about the programs or issues discussed in these articles can be found
in our Subject Index (Archive) or the Chronological Index (Programs).
Spring 2007 Newsletter (PDF, 5pp, 1.2MB; excludes "Hall of Fame" photo page) ...
Spring 2007 Newsletter (PDF, 6pp, 8.2MB)
* Film Festival explores Christian anti-Semitism, Mid-East politics
(Constantine's Sword, Hot House, and Storm of Emotions)
* 10th annual Freedom Seder at UMass Amherst
* Freedom Seder "Hall of Fame"—Student Organizers 1999-2008
* Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner visits campus
* The environment as catalyst for Mid-East peace
* Commencement news
* Improved Kosher DC
* Visit us online!
Spring 2007 Newsletter (PDF, 6pp, 246KB) ... High-resolution version (2.6MB)
* Israel Film Series: Walk on Water and Encounter Point
* Lecture: The memory of the Holocaust and the Israeli-Arab conflict
* Freedom Seder to celebrate multicultural unity
* Saturday commencement: helpful information for Jewish families
* Passover and class absence policy
* Monday Night in Westerbork: Jewish cabaret in a concentration camp
* In memoriam: Brad Skikne
* Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner
* Newly designed, expanded Jewish Affairs web site
Spring 2006 Newsletter (PDF, 6pp, 3.2MB)
* Films by Israeli, Palestinian women
* Concert celebrates African American, Jewish traditions
* Tikkun editor to speak on religion in U.S. politics and a progressive spiritual alternative
* Recent developments in Israel and Palestine
* Office of Jewish Affairs commemorates decade of ethnic bridge-building
* 10th anniversary celebration
* Freedom Seder to celebrate multicultural unity
Spring 2001 Journal (PDF, 20pp, 2.3MB)
* Back to the future: The Office of Jewish Affairs 1998-2000
* Bridges & Boundaries: African Americans and American Jews
* Friends or foes? The complex history of Black/Jewish relations
* Freedom Seder: Celebrating unity and liberation
* Photographic journey through the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
* Palestinian, Israeli activists build bridges across "enemy" lines
* Roads to Reconciliation: Peacemaking in the former Yugoslavia
* Julian Bond: Affirmative Action needed "until all races equal"
* Tikkun Olam: Repairing the world one step at a time
Spring 1998 Journal (PDF, 16pp, 970KB)
In this inaugural issue of Shofar...
* Introducing the Office of Jewish Affairs
* Back to the future: The Office of Jewish Affairs 1995-1998
* Palestinian, Jewish speakers address importance of dialogue
* Holocaust Stories: Descendants of the Third Reich and the Holocaust in dialogue
* Transforming Hatred: Sowing the Seeds of Peace in the Middle East
* The many (ugly) faces of anti-Semitism
* Triennial survey shows decline in anti-Semitism
* Extremist paper comes to town
* Interfaith pilgrimage of the Middle Passage: Retracing the journey of slavery
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