Messages about terror suspects led to tip-offs and arrests
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Yerevan Thursday, to take part in formal proceedings for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian mass-killings which will take place in the Armenian capital on Friday 24. Putins visit is expected to include a.
Armenian Massacre Victims Remembered
U.S. President Barack Obama released a statement Thursday in which he commemorated the killings, calling them a massacre, a terrible carnage and horrific violence, but did not use the word genocide. The statement raised the ire of U.S.-Armenian .
Armenian Massacre Victims Remembered ��� Voice of America
Armenian Massacre Victims Remembered Voice of America Thousands of people and several world leaders gathered in Armenia Friday to mark the 100th anniversary of the World War I killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
100 years later, Obama should formally recognize the Armenian genocide
���While the United States Congress has a long history of support for victims and the memory of the Armenian Genocide, the Administration has not formally recognized the atrocities that were perpetrated against the Armenians as genocide, ��� the senators.
NJ war vets mark Shoa remembrance day
Survivors, community members, and former soldiers ��� many of whom fought against the Nazis during World War II ��� gathered in Menlo Park to remember the Holocaust and other genocides. The April 12 Yom Hashoa commemoration at the New. JWV state.
Armenian President Warns about Danger of Genocide.
Even with the resistance of the Brazilian government, in the Brazilian Congress a voice has risen to remember the genocide of Armenian Christians. In April 22, 2015, Congressman Marco Feliciano shouted from the Congress��.
Musical tribute to victims of Armenian genocide at RIC
It was about three years ago that Rhode Island College pianist Judith Lynn Stillman started thinking about staging a musical tribute for the centenary of the massacre of more than a million Armenians at the hands of the Turks.. For her concert.
Areas Armenians prepare for 100th anniversary of genocide
WORCESTER ��� Next weekend, members of the Armenian community will march down Main Street from the Johnson Tunnel to City Hall, where a tree will be planted to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide at the hands of the Turkish.
Senate and House Members condemn Sumgait, Baku.
���Armenian Americans from Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, and California and across America thank these bold legislators for adding their voices to those of their Congressional colleagues in commemorating the Azerbaijani government fomented pogroms against the Armenian. The people of Nagorno Karabakh and the victims of this senseless massacre played a critical role in promoting a democracy movement which helped to end the Soviet Union.
Jews and the Armenian Genocide - Tablet Magazine
In confronting Turkeys refusal to accept the history of the Ottoman governments eradication of the Armenians and their 2,500-year-old culture, many Jewish voices have been eloquent and pointed.. Jewish witness to the Armenian genocide goes back to Henry Morgenthau, Sr., the U.S. ambassador to Turkey (1913-16) who had the courage to confront the Turkish leaders about the massacres of the Armenians and implore the U.S. government to intercede and stop��.
The real legacy of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
From its very inception, ever since my friend Baruch Tenembaum, together with the late US Congressman and Holocaust survivor, Tom Lantos,have founded this NGO, they have focused on the saviors of victims of the Shoah, shedding light on their magnificent feats, unveiling. Their voices can be heard loud and clear.. So if you ask me what is the legacy of the victims of the Armenian genocide, I think the answer is clear: ���Remember us, but dont forget the living.���.
Kardashians at Dzidzernagapert Remember Genocide Victims
On the third day of their visit to Armenia, the Kardashian sisters visited the Dzidzernagapert Armenian Genocide monument and laid wreaths at the eternal flame, in memory of the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Armenian genocide survivor marks 100th anniversary
Armenouhi Tenkerian-Piliguian was a baby when the Armenian genocide began in 1915, but she clearly remembers how her father later described the streets of Armenia. Rivers of blood, she. Turkey insists those killed were victims of a civil war, not.
Who Owns the Holocaust? | New Voices
American Jewry and the State of Israel need to give Auschwitz back to history, where it can stand alongside American slavery, the Armenian genocide, the Palestinian Nakba, South African apartheid, and others as catastrophic markers. If American Jewry wants to live up to our ���liberal��� street cred; if we want to recreate that mythical, golden age of the ���Jewish-Black alliance��� (which never really existed to begin with); if we want to remember the victims of the Holocaust��.
Armenians remember Sumgait massacre victims - News.
On February 27, Armenians throughout the world are remembering the victims of the Sumgait massacre. Twenty-five years ago, the seaside town of Sumgait in Azerbaijan, then part of the Soviet Union, became the scene of��.
Israeli Knesset Members Mark Armenian Genocide in Yerevan
MK Shai noted that the Israeli Knesset has repeatedly remembered the Armenian victims in the past. Israels parliament has also held special sessions to discuss the Armenian genocide. ���The ancient Armenian people��.
Obama Breaks Promise to Call the Armenian Genocide a.
On the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Turkeys genocide against an estimated 1.5 million Armenians, a handful of na��ve and/or indefatigable Armenian-American activists had been hoping that somehow, despite a convincing. to Man (in which U.S. presidents are tasked with leading ���a day of remembrance for all the victims of genocide, especially the one and one-half million people of Armenian ancestry who were the victims of the genocide perpetrated in��.
Kim Kardashian Really, Really Cares About the Armenian Genocide
���Kim Kardashian, her daughter, husband, and sisters want to visit Armenia to commemorate victims of the���genocide,��� the organizer told AFP, adding that the star is also planning a documentary about the slaughter and is set to visit the genocide.
Armenia: April 24 ��� Genocide Memorial Day �� Global Voices
Following the recent and disputed 19 February presidential election, the radical opposition led by former president, Levon Ter-Petrossian, held their own march where rather than remember those that died, slogans from the several thousand which. April 24 is the traditional day to commemorating the victims of the Armenian Genocide, Kardashs protest shocked many Armenian Americans who were angry and confused at the radical protest on such a solemn day.
April 24: Remembering the Armenian Genocide | Rhythm.
It was conducted by the prodigious Armenian-American composer, Alan Hovhaness, who performed his Symphony No. 27, Op. 285 and Symphony No. 28, Op. 286, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian��.
Danielle R. Shapazian: Healing begins with speaking the truth
My words are for the abused children who have grown up to remember. My words. More than 100 years ago, before the period of mass genocide, the initial waves of atrocity against the people of Armenia had already begun to wreak havoc.. I will never.
Watch Serj Tankians 100 Years Commemoration Video for.
The bands relationship to the Armenian Genocide is a rather direct one: theyre all Armenian-Americans and themselves descendants of survivors of the Genocide. Tankian himself has already distinguished himself as a��.
Denial of the Armenian Genocide Is Brutalizing the World
I need to remember her and honor her memory, her life and her death. And I also have. I keep seeing her in the famous pictures that Armin T. Wegner, a German writer and former field medic in the Ottoman Empire, left us -- todays iconic images of.
Rex Smith: Kimyes trip yields a call to conscience
In fact, Kardashian emerged as voice of conscience, a description rarely applied to a reality TV star, which I guess is her occupation. Kardashian is a third-generation Armenian American. Her great-great-grandparents came to. It was no coincidence.
Fresno service honors Armenians who died as saints
Under a warm evening sun, Fresno-area Armenians gathered Thursday at Ararat Cemetery where they heard new prayers and hymns in a special service to remember those who died during the Armenian genocide a century ago. The 12-minute service at. The.
Denial of the Armenian Genocide Is Brutalizing the World.
I keep seeing her in the famous pictures that Armin T. Wegner, a German writer and former field medic in the Ottoman Empire, left us -- todays iconic images of the Armenian Genocide.. the globe whenever somebody important uttered the g word, generations of humans have been exposed to reasons why the first major genocide of the 20th century was not worth remembering, simply had to be committed and why the victims were responsible for their own fate.
Kim Kardashian, System of a Down and Real Armenian.
The liner notes included this before the tracks listing: ���System of a Down would like to dedicate this song to the memory of the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by the Turkish Government in 1915.. ���When I was in an [Advanced Placement] U.S. history class, my teacher was asking all of us if we knew of any genocides, and everyone was sharing things about the Holocaust and whatnot, and I couldnt help but remember this song and System of��.
Whatever It Is, Im Against It: Genocide and the passive voice
���the Armenian people of the Ottoman Empire were deported, massacred, and marched to their deaths.��� All that passive voice. Deported by whom? Massacred by whom? Did they march to their deaths because they really enjoyed marching? Also note. Then he sort of skips past the specifics of mass atrocity to celebrating Ambassador Henry Morgenthau for collecting information about what was going on and making it public, and the American people for relief work.
Mayor Sparks Controversy in How Armenian Massacre will be Remembered
At a meeting a few weeks ago, a local man asked Major Nan Whaley to commemorate the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire with a proclamation. This Friday, April 24. Alahverdian did say he is glad the city is remembering the day. The.
Jews worldwide mark Yom HaShoah
Sadly, every year there are fewer and fewer Holocaust survivors among us. We must take up their mantle, educate our youth, and tell their stories. Otherwise, there is a far greater risk of history repeating itself. Today, I remember the victims of the.
Lessons on power and oppression from Moses 4
As a case in point, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times wants President Obama to be blunt with Turkey on the Armenian genocide. Indeed, Turkey should hold a reckoning about its genocide. Yet in all his articles Kristof. God does not benefit by.
The Christian tragedy in the Middle East did not begin with Isis
Soldiers standing over skulls of victims from the Armenian village of Sheyxalan in 1915, believed to be victims of the Armenian Holocaust. But the Christian tragedy in the Middle East today needs to be re-thought ��� as it will be, of course, when.