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armenian
Some ‘Profiles in Courage’
South L.A. will, hopefully, have a hospital that won\’t have the term \”killer\” in front of its name, because of the very difficult steps that have been taken over the past two weeks and the hospital is reborn. Perhaps, Turkish governmental leadership will begin to confront its dreadful past vis–vis the Armenians when they realize they can no longer successfully bully organizations to ignore history to its benefit.
The Subbotniks: an Armenian community on the fringe of extinction
A community of rural residents in the former Soviet Union, descended from Russian peasants who converted to Judaism two centuries ago, may soon be consigned to the dustbin of history.
Jewish Split Marks Armenian Genocide
There\’s always been a strong Jewish angle to the story of the Armenian genocide, whose 90th anniversary is commemorated this weekend
On What It Means To Be Armenian in America
About a decade ago, I was interviewing Professor Richard Hovannisian, the eminent UCLA authority on modern Armenian history.\n\nHe lamented the state of the Armenian Diaspora in Los Angeles, with its infighting and confrontations between church leaders, and its American-born generations forgetting the mother tongue and marrying out at an alarming rate.\n