Like any Armenian mother, my mom loves her plastic containers. Our family recently built a house in Armenia, and we have yet to buy even the most basic essentials for it. For me, that means […]
Every time Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan makes a public statement, he ends up damaging Armenia’s interests. The latest example of Pashinyan’s detrimental words is the 90-minute interview he gave to Armenia’s Public Television on […]
The theme of community has been relevant of late due to its critical impact on a thriving diaspora. We can learn and improve from reflection on how we connect to our communities. If we have […]
I just received the first volume of a valuable book published in Yerevan in 2021 that makes public for the first time some of the 8,000 handwritten letters by survivors of the 1894-96 Turkish massacres […]
On November 22-23, 2024, the world premiere of Lembit Beecher and Karen Ouzounian’s co-composed new work, DEAR MOUNTAINS, opened Cantori New York’s 40th season. This new work combines a 100-year-old story from Ouzounian’s Armenian family’s […]
The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated less than a year after the Pilgrims settled in the new land. They made the long journey to the continent of America primarily to worship God as their conscience […]
“The season of giving” typically refers to the period during the late fall and winter, especially around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, when people focus on generosity and kindness by giving to others. This can […]
I have long been fascinated with the nuances of the sociology and human behavior of our Armenian communities in the United States diaspora. Perhaps it has to do with the basic definition of community as […]
In last week’s column, I criticized the government of Jordan for buckling under Azerbaijan’s pressure to withdraw its nomination of a documentary about Artsakh as an Oscars entry. While it is bad enough that a […]
It rhymes, doesn’t it? Say it out loud, nay, sing it. “O.E. + R.o.T. = Continuity”! Of course, O.E. = Ottoman Empire and R.o.T. = Republic of Turkey, and any Armenian knows about the continuity, […]
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