Armenia recognizes Palestine, adding to its strained ties with Israel
Armenia’s ties with Israel have been long strained over Israel’s refusal to recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide
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Opinion For Jews and Armenians, two victories in the war on hate
When your vocation is dealing with prejudice, hatred and antisemitism you don’t win many battles. Yet this past week, there were two moments that allowed for momentary rejoicing. Interestingly, both dealt with words and reminded us of the enduring power of speech. First, Joe Biden became the first American president to recognize the Armenian Genocide….
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Opinion Why won’t Israel acknowledge the Armenian Genocide?
There’s a report that Adolf Hitler once asked, “Who, after all speaks of the annihilation of the Armenians?” The veracity of that quote is unclear. But its popularity speaks to the uncertain place of the Armenian Genocide in the history of the 20th century’s ethnic cleansing movements — often sidelined, or conveniently forgotten about. History…
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News Amid fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s Jews pray for victory for their ‘motherland’
In Azerbaijan as in the United States, synagogues have been largely closed for months due to the coronavirus. Last week, however, one synagogue received special permission to open their doors — to pray for their country’s victory in its latest bloody conflict with Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. “We prayed that there will be…
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Fast Forward Armenia’s Capital Honors Holocaust Survivor Who Coined The Term ‘Genocide’
(JTA) — Armenia’s capital named a street for Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer who coined the term genocide. The deputy mayor of Yerevan, Sergey Harutunyan, said during the ceremony earlier this month that Lemkin’s legacy had a “serious impact” on world history, the Armenrpess agency reported from the Dec. 11 ceremony. Lemkin was born in what…
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Culture Trump’s Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Statement Continues Tradition Of Denial
Today is not only Yom HaShoah, but also Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. As I have previously discussed, the Armenian Genocide, a crime for which the term “genocide” was coined by Raphael Lemkin, has gone unacknowledged by Turkey, which perpetrated the genocide, and also by countries such as Israel, the U.K., and the United States. In…
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