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2017 AYF Olympics: The Frozen Custard Capital of the World

2017 Armenian Youth Federation Senior Olympic Games, Hosted by the AYF-YOARF Racine “Armen Garo” Chapter, to Take Place in Downtown Milwaukee A little known fact is that, per capita, Milwaukee has the highest concentration of frozen custard shops in the world. That makes Milwaukee the [more...]

August 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

Americana Agrees to Advertise ‘Architects of Denial’

GLENDALE, Calif. (Asbarez)—Moments ago, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Glendale chapter received a letter from Caruso Affiliated Executive Vice President of Operations Jackie Levy, condemning “violence and atrocities of any form anywhere in the world, including the Armenian [more...]

August 17, 2017 // 2 Comments

NAASR/Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series to Feature Dr. Henry Theriault

‘Setting the Agenda: Genocide Studies Today and the Place of the Armenian Genocide’ The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)/Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues will present “Setting the Agenda: Genocide Studies Today and the [more...]

August 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

A Generational Question: ‘If You Don’t Speak Armenian, Are You Really Armenian?’

By Marie Papazian Barnard College of Columbia University Class of 2021 ANCA Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program Summer 2017 Participant “If you don’t speak Armenian, are you really Armenian?” On our walk to the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) offices under the [more...]

August 17, 2017 // 18 Comments

ANCA, East Los Angeles College Summer Fellows Share Capitol Hill Experiences

MONTEREY PARK, Calif.—East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Washington D.C. Hilda Solis Internship and Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) summer fellows discussed their experiences in the nation’s capital and opportunities for future cooperation at a networking dinner celebrating [more...]

August 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

New Book: ‘Forced into Genocide’

Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in Ottoman Turkey “I remember it as if it was yesterday—after spending the night on the banks of the Halys River, the grisly caravan that included my family was woken and driven up the Kartashlar Yokush Hill. They were scaling the Armenian Golgotha. I stood there [more...]

August 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

Additional Charges of Corruption Filed against Armenian Judge

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—An Armenian law-enforcement agency has brought additional charges of corruption against a senior judge who was arrested two months ago. State prosecutors said in early June that Aghvan Petrosyan, the chairperson of a court in Armenia’s Gegharkunik province, was paid $23,000 to [more...]

August 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

AYF Summer 2017: A Village on the Borderline

The “AYF Summer 2017” section of the Armenian Weekly’s Youth page will highlight the 2017 summer programs of the Armenian Youth Federation—Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF) Eastern United States. *** A Village on the Borderline By Nareg Mkrtschjan [more...]

August 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Charny Presents a New Approach to Psychological Diagnosis and Therapy in Latest Book

A new book titled A Democratic Mind: Psychology and Psychiatry with Fewer Meds and More Soul by Israel W. Charny focuses on how one is living out one’s life, and it combines the question emphasized in traditional psychiatry, how one is doing harm to oneself, with the question whether one is doing [more...]

August 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

Letter to the Editor: Armenia Will Always ‘Feel Like’ Armenia…

Letter to the Editor A view of Yerevan from the Cafesjian Museum of Art (Photo: Serouj) Don’t have expectations of Armenia to make you feel a certain way. She doesn’t owe us any particular experience when we choose to visit… In the article “Why Did Armenia Not Feel Like Armenia?” the [more...]

August 11, 2017 // 16 Comments

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