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  • In Yerevan, Jews Honor Victims of Armenian Genocide

    http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=276789

    The Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS (FJC), Russia
    April 3 2005

    In Yerevan, Jews Honor Victims of Armenian Genocide
    Tuesday, May 3 2005

    YEREVAN, Armenia - The Jewish community of Armenia visited the
    memorial built in honor of the millions of victims who perished in
    the Genocide against the Armenian people, a brutal crime committed
    under the Ottoman Empire just 90 year ago. This great tragedy was
    responsible for the death of at least 1.5 million Armenians at that
    time, a figure which is often estimated to be even larger.

    Every year on this day, millions of people come out to public
    commemorations in order to pay tribute to these innocent victims and
    to lay flowers on the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial.

    Among those attending this year's event were a sizeable group of
    Jews, representing the Jewish community of Armenia. While visiting
    the memorial, Chief Rabbi of Armenia Gersh-Meir Burshtein led the
    delegation in laying a wreath featuring a yellow Magen David, to
    express their solidarity with the Armenian people on this tragic
    anniversary.

    http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=276789
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