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Recounting Righteous Acts in Times of Hopelessness
After the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in March, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed never to mention the name of the terrorist responsible for those horrific actions. “Speak the names of those who were lost, rather than the name of the man who took them,” she told her parliamentary colleagues. “He may have sought notoriety, but we in New Zealand will give him nothing. Not even his name.” Hearing this, I was reminded of the Bible verse, Proverbs 10:7—“The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.”
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A thought prompted by the article – in order to reach out beyond Armenians/ immediate sympathisers…..could Armenian Weekly think of establishing (unless it already does exist) something similar to the Righteous Among The Nations that memorialises/ celebrates brave non-Jews who took great risks to save Jews during the Holocaust. See https://www.yadvashem.org/righteous.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvJyM6YHr4QIVGYbVCh3QpwPiEAAYASAAEgIdQPD_BwE
Why not an equivalent to memorialise/ celebrate brave non-Armenians [esp Turks] who took great risks to save Armenians during the Holocaust-Genocide?
Also to acknowledge those living who speak out for recognition of the Armenian genocide….Orhan Pamuk, Elif Shafak, Taner Ackam etc….
What do readers think?
I have another suggestion.
The Armenian Weekly or the ANCA or the AGBU can establish a special fund that buys Wendy Elliott’s book “Grit and Grace in a World Gone Mad…..” and send it to:
– The president
– Each Senator
– Each member of the House
– Editor of the New York times
– Editor of the Washington Post
– Chairman of the ADL
And may be some others can be added.
Total about 550 copies. It is not a huge amount and a worthy expense.
I’ll be the first to contribute to such a fund.
The humanitarian acts of these righteous people are compelling and beyond any denial about the Genocide. It can be effective to touch the moral compass of the recipients.
Vart Adjemian