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ARS Youth Connect at NYU to Feature Bohjalian, Zaman, and Ozbenian
Program will explore ‘Cultural Resistance and Informed Activism’ NEW YORK (A.W.)—The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Youth Connect Program (YCP) will be held at New York University (NYU) on March 11-12...
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Bohjalian Book Signing, ‘Kinetson’ Held at Hovnanian School
NEW MILFORD, N.J.—The Hovnanian School and the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of New Jersey recently co-hosted best-selling author Chris Bohjalian on the New Milford school...
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Philadelphia Armenian Inter-Communal Committee Commemorates April 24
By Arpy Voskeridjian Minasian CHELTENHAM, Pa.—On Sun., April 24, hundreds gathered at Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church in Cheltenham to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. The program sponsored by...
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FAR Children’s Center in Yerevan Gets Much Needed Boost
Children at the center A three-year-old boy runs every morning to the door waiting for his mother to return, but she never does. A seven-year-old girl who has lived with her family underground due to...
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AGBU Expands Education Innovation Platform to Improve English Proficiency in...
AGBU is pleased to announce the addition of ANI to its growing AGBU Education Innovation platform. AGBU is pleased to announce the addition of ANI to its growing AGBU Education Innovation platform....
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Philanthropist Edward Avedisian Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Edward Avedisian PARAMUS, N.J.— This year, Edward Avedisian was not only one of the distinguished recipients of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, but was one of a very select few invited to give his...
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Holy Cross Armenian Church of Union City Celebrates 110th Anniversary
By Elizabeth Akian On May 15, nearly 300 guests gathered at the Villa Amalfi Restaurant in Cliffside Park, New Jersey to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the Holy Cross Armenian Church of Union City....
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First Trip to Begin in July NEW YORK, N.Y.—Venture Armenia, initiated and organized by the Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) and the Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR), will take place...
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The AGBU Performing Arts Department to Hold Concert with Armenia-Based Band...
The AGBU Performing Arts Department will hold a concert featuring The Bambir and poet/musician Alan Semerdjian NEW YORK, N.Y.—The AGBU Performing Arts Department will hold a concert featuring The...
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ARS New Jersey ‘Shakeh’ Chapter Raises $35,000 for Artsakh
RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (A.W.)—The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) New Jersey “Shakeh” chapter held a fundraiser to benefit Artsakh on May 21 at the Armenian Community Center in Ridgefield. The fundraiser,...
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National Representative Assembly 2016 Held May 12-14
DOUGLASTON, N.Y.—The Eastern Prelacy’s National Representative Assembly, hosted by St. Sarkis Church of Douglaston, New York, concluded on May 14. Clergy and lay delegates deliberated May 12-14, to...
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Walking Tour Discovers Philadelphia’s Armenian History
A crowd aged 11 to 91 gathered at Arlington Cemetery outside Philadelphia on May 14 to experience a walk through the city’s Armenian history. This is part of a growing trend throughout the diaspora in...
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Ekmekcioglu to Speak at Ramapo College on Nov. 29
Dr. Lerna Ekmekcioglu, McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will speak about her recent book Recovering Armenia: The Limits of Belonging in...
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New York ARF Hosts 126th Anniversary Celebration
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) New York Armen Garo Gomidehutiun celebrated the 126th anniversary of the ARF on Nov. 19. The event took place at the Armenian Center in Queens and included a...
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New York’s HMADS Proudly Welcomes New School Year with Newly Appointed Alumna...
By Natalie Gabrelian The Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School (HMADS) opened its doors and loving arms to the New York community on Nov. 7, welcoming children and families to its milestone 50th academic...
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AMAA’s Best of Christmas Holiday Concert
PARAMUS, N.J.—The Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) hosted a Christmas Concert at the Armenian Presbyterian Church of Paramus, N.J. on Dec. 2. The concert was led by Artistic Director...
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Havresc: The Heroic, Endangered Iraqi Armenian Village Fighting ISIS
NEW YORK—It’s a remarkable Armenian village on the edge of ISIS controlled territory in Iraq with about 200 to 500 people; a village that very few, if any, people have heard of. And it is surviving...
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ANCA-ER Celebrates Artsakh’s Independence, Grassroots Advocacy at Sold-Out...
The 10th Annual Banquet and Weekend Activities Bring Together Hundreds of Advocates from Around the Eastern U.S. to Nation’s Capital WASHINGTON—Hundreds of advocates from New England to the Midwest,...
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Mouradian Appointed Nikit and Eleanora Ordjanian Visiting Professor at Columbia
Dr. Khatchig Mouradian has been appointed the Nikit and Eleanora Ordjanian Visiting Professor in the Department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University for the Spring of...
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Artsakh War Film ‘Kyank u Kriv’ Has East Coast Premieres
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) started off the year off with the screening of the much anticipated film about the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh/NKR)...
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