News
Month: December 2012
Tom Vartabedian
Christmas Letters Keep Us Connected
When is a Christmas card not a card? When it’s a letter detailing every iota of a family’s life, including children, grandchildren, and their monumental success stories, and just looking to keep the reader posted. […]
Tom Vartabedian
Vartabedian: Thoughts to Ponder while Shaving
Time to lather up my face, get out a sharp razor, and go to work. Not that it’ll change my appearance any. But it will give me a chance to get some thoughts on the […]
Obituaries
Obituary: Armen Babamian, 97
Armen P. Babamian, a longtime resident of New Milford, N.J., formerly of Cliffside Park, passed away on Dec. 24, 2012, at the age of 97. Armen, a retired insurance salesman, an avid tennis player, and […]
Opinion
Bezjian: Clair’s Knee and Hera’s Sneeze
I watch the news on the TV screen, see hastily taken images on hand-held mobile phones, images of hands wiping blood, hands carrying guns, hands begging for life, hands and palms pushing and shoving left […]
Culture
Special Issue of ‘Armenian Review’ Discusses Genocide Reparations
The Armenian Review recently announced the publication of a special issue about “The New Global Reparations Movement,” the growing movement to require reparations for cases of mass human rights violation. Professor Henry Theriault of Worcester […]
News
Obama Taps Kerry for Secretary of State
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama nominated long-time Armenian-American issues supporter, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), as his next secretary of state, with Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) widely considered to take his place as the next chairman of the […]
News
ACAA Raffle Drawing Held in Detroit
DETROIT, Mich. (A.W.)—The drawing of the ACAA raffle was held at the Armenian Community Center in Detroit on Nov. 10, with more than 80 church and community leaders and members present. The event was MC-ed […]
News
AVC Professional Corps: ‘If you can dream it, you can do it!’
YEREVAN, Armenia—Thirty years in corporate publishing was enough. But what wasn’t enough for Suzanne Daghlian, 53, of New Jersey was the two weeks she spent volunteering in Armenia each summer. She’d been travelling to Armenia […]
News
Apigian-Kessel: Christmas 2012
It’s not the big house on the hill. It’s the modest house on the last street in Bloomfield Township, with cedar roping around the front door. It is the red brick house with the mailbox […]