July 2011 - Page 8 of 8 - The Armenian Weekly

Rendahl: Hope Has Two Daughters

July 5, 2011 Kristi Rendahl 2

Society in the U.S. says that we become adults at age 18 or 21, depending on whether you want to drink a beer or fight for your country. Car insurance rates for men drop once […]

Sassounian: Armenians Must Counter UN Security Council Bids by Turkey, Azerbaijan

July 5, 2011 Harut Sassounian 11

Diasporan political organizations and influential Armenians, in cooperation with the Armenian Foreign Ministry, should launch an international lobbying campaign to block Turkey and Azerbaijan from gaining coveted seats on the United Nations Security Council. Three […]

Old Armenian Postcards Preserve the Past

July 5, 2011 Guest Contributor 6

By Levon A. Saryan Old postcards exude a certain charm. Faded pictures of bygone eras, people, and places, sometimes mailed with short snippets of correspondence, they tantalize the viewer with even more hidden within. The […]

Tutunjian Takes Quantum Leap Forward

July 5, 2011 Tom Vartabedian 2

SHREWSBURY, Mass.—It’s one thing to break a 52-year-old long jump record in the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Olympics. It’s an entirely different story to jump two feet further than that in a major collegiate meet […]

Evolving Armenian Realities and the Surp Giragos Dikranagerd Church

July 1, 2011 Raffi Bedrosyan 36

I would like to share my thoughts about Armenian realities—evolving ones, forgotten ones, and new ones. Until 20 years ago, the Armenian reality was mainly Soviet Armenia and the diaspora. Then, a double miracle happened […]

Meline Tufenkciyan’s Fight Against Tuberculosis in Armenia

July 1, 2011 Weekly Staff 0

NEW YORK—Of historic and archeological significance, Gyumri is an epicenter of both culture and cataclysmic natural disaster. To this day, Armenia’s second largest city is readily and infamously associated with the 1988 earthquake that left […]

Philadelphia ‘Ani’ ARS Honors Past, Promotes Future

July 1, 2011 Guest Contributor 0

By Silva Santerian The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) “Ani” Chapter hosted a Centennial Celebration Luncheon on Sun., May 22, at Saint Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church. The event, which welcomed nearly 200 ARS members, family, and […]