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    SCATTERED PEOPLE STRIVE TO PRESERVE TRADITION
    By Naush Boghossian, Staff Writer

    Los Angeles Daily News, CA
    Oct 5 2005

    In many ways, the behavior of Armenians in the Diaspora is most
    similar to that of the Jews.

    Without the language, you can't maintain the culture in its
    same richness, and you lose the sense of the literature and the
    storytelling, said Caroline Allouche, who teaches Hebrew at a Jewish
    nursery school in North Hollywood.

    "If you go to a public school and learn English and English customs,
    you're going to lose what we teach them in private school: the
    holidays, the values of the Jewish culture," she said. "When you have
    a background, you have to keep it. In America, it's a melting pot,
    and with so many different cultures it's great to show we exist."

    But Koreans, for example, who have one grammar school in Los Angeles,
    don't find their identity in the world threatened.

    Charles Kim, who serves on the board of directors of the Korean
    Institute of Southern California, which operates the Korean Wilshire
    Elementary School and 13 Saturday schools, said losing the language
    is to be expected as new generations grow up in America.

    Only one of his four children speaks Korean.

    "They will become Americans. There's a high probability my kids
    may marry non-Koreans, and a few more generations and they'll say
    I'm one-eighth Korean," Kim said. "Then I think they will play a
    significant role in promoting different cultures. This is a country
    where we can showcase all different cultures harmoniously."
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