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Published on April 01, 2008
JCRC: ARMENIANS AND JEWS SURVIVED GENOCIDE
- As part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness of the Armenian Genocide and other crimes against humanity, the Armenian Assembly of America partnered with the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Boston to support “Out of Darkness”, a performance dance exploring the tragic events of 1915. The Assembly and JCRC co-hosted a reception for the March 22nd performance, which featured the world-renowned Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Sayat Nova Dance Company, the internationally-known Armenian troupe. Adapted from Lerman’s Small Dances About Big Ideas, “Out of Darkness” explores mass violence in contemporary times and provides a healing reflection on the scope of human compassion. Leaders from the Armenian and Jewish communities, including Israeli Consular General to New England Nadav Tamir, attended the pre-reception and the performance. In her remarks at the reception, Nancy K. Kaufman, Executive Director of the JCRC of Greater Boston, reminded those gathered of the special connection that both communities share and the importance of remembering and acknowledging the genocides perpetrated against both Jews and Armenians in the last century. This came during the same week that Andrew Tarsy, former Director of the Anti-Defamation League of New England, gave a major speech at Northeastern University, where he expressed hope that the next President of the United States will acknowledge the Armenian Genocide by its proper name. “When the term ‘genocide’ applies, as it does...in the case of the Armenians, it is imperative that we be unhesitating and unambiguous in applying it, regardless of the political consequences,” said Tarsy, who is now working for Facing History and Ourselves. “Anything less facilitates the obfuscation of truth. Anything less dishonors the memory of the dead, and anything less ultimately imperils the safety of the living.” Tarsy also said that the common ground Jews and Armenians find as victims of genocide makes them uniquely interested in understanding each others’ historical experience. “Their mutual empathy can be a source of healing, and their mutual efforts can produce wisdom,” he explained. “The opportunity for the Armenian community and Jewish community to join in partnership projects to explore our common experience with genocide does sensitize our communities to each others’ sufferings,” said Board of Trustees Public Affairs Chair Anthony Barsamian. “It is important that our communities continue to work together and draw lessons from the past to prevent future crimes against humanity, such as the current genocide in Darfur.”
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Today in Armenian history- 1396 Tamerlane returns to Transcaucasia via the Alans.
- 1657 Birth of church-figure, musicologist, and writer Aveteek Yevdokatsee in Paris.
- 1846 Petros Minasyan (president) and Mkrtich Peshiktashlyan (secretary) create the cultural association named "Association of the United Nation" in Constantinople.
- 1861 Death of Mkrtich Amira Jezayilian, one of the founders of theNersissian School in Khasgyoogh. He was born in 1805.
- 1863 Garegin Srvanjtiants edits the "Eagle of Taron" periodical at the St. Karapet monastery in Moush and issues 43 numbers.
- 1878 Birth of Movses Arazee (Harootyoonyan), writer of the "Israel Oree" and "The Sun" novels, in Yerevan. He died in 1964.
- 1906 The Bolshevik "Spark" newspaper first published in Tbilissi (Georgia) by Shahoomyan and Spandiaryan. Its publication was forbidden in August.
- 1908 Birth of seismologist Armenak Nazarov in Paris. He was a professor and member of the Academy of Sciences.
- 1909 Birth of civil engineer Vazreek Sekoyan in Igdir.
- 1910 Birth of trumpeter and conductor Tsolak Vardazarian in Stepanavan (formerly Jalaloghlee).
- 1918 The independent government of Van, being surrounded by Turkish and Kurdish forces, retreated to Iraq.
- 1920 Birth of Academician, linguist, and Doctor of Philological Sciences, Gevorg Jahookyan in Shahnazar (now Metsavan), Kalinino (Dasheer) region of Loree Province. He is a Professor with an interest in contemporary Armenian.
- 1920 After the Genocide of the Armenians of Marash, Hatjn, and Oorfa, the Kemalist Turkish army laid seige to Ayntab. After a 15-day defense, some 18000 were saved from murder. With the betrayal of the French forces, which suddenly withdrew from Cilicia to ahnd over the territory to the Kemalists, however, these Armenians had to flee, in 1921, to Syria.
- 1921 Bolsheviks regain control of Yerevan after having lost it during the February revolt.
- 1924 Birth of Karapet (Garoosh) Karapetian in Gyoomree (formerly Alexandropol then Leninakan). He was a coach and important sports figure. He was first Vice President of the European Weight Lifting Federation.
- 1928 Birth of Vladimir Greegoryan in Yerevan: a philologist, professor, and linguist. He was one of the creators of the first translation machine in the USSR. He died in 2001.
- 1930 Birth of actor and film directorr Khoren Abrahamyan.
- 1933 Birth, in Constantinople (Istanbul) of the linguist Barsegh Tooghladjyan. He authored bilingual and trilingual general and specialized dictionaries. He also authored "Ovgyanos", an encyclopedic, etymological dictionary in three volumes.
- 1935 Inauguration of the Russian Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan.
- 1938 First meeting of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences.
- 1958 Opening of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute in Yerevan.
- 1984 Under pressure from Turkey, the Canadian government terrorizes Toronto by alleging that "Armenian terrorists" had planted a bomb in the city's subway system. No bomb was ever found. The disclosure of any evidence was denied by Canadian police forces (CSIS and RCMP) under the pretext of "National Security".
- 1993 Artsakh forces control Kelbajar (Artsakh).
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