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PRESS RELEASE
April 23, 2014
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA
Contact: Taniel Koushakjian
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (202) 393-3434
Web: www.aaainc.org
NEW YORK CITY RADIO INTERVIEWS MARK MOMJIAN ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Washington, D.C. - Earlier this month, former Armenian Assembly of
America (Assembly) board member Mark Momjian, Esq. discussed the Armenian
Genocide on WBAI/NYC 99.5 FM Radio, reported the Assembly. On Sunday, April
13, Momjian appeared on the show "Beyond the Pale," which explores cutting
edge Jewish culture and offers local, national, and international political
debate and analysis from a Jewish perspective.
A native of Philadelphia, Mark Momjian is a lawyer in private practice for
over 25 years. An advocate for social justice and civil rights on behalf of
numerous communities, including the indigent and homeless, Mr. Momjian is
the current Chair of the Armenian Center at his alma mater, Columbia
University. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Armenian
Assembly of America.
Adam Sacks, host of `Beyond the Pale,' provided a compelling introduction
of the Armenian Genocide before welcoming Momjian. He began with a
compilation of audio testimony from then-presidential candidate Barack
Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ), former
U.S. Ambassadors, Holocaust scholars and academics attesting to the
Armenian Genocide, alongside Ankara's genocide denialism. Sacks also drew
parallels between the Armenian and Jewish experiences of the last century.
`The 1.5 million Armenian victims of World War One constituted the
same
percentage of casualties of that conflict as did the Jewish victims in the
Second World War, between 10-15 percent. Furthermore, one-third of the
worldwide Armenian population was murdered, the same percentage as the
worldwide Jewish population during the Holocaust,' Sacks said. =80=9CAnd what
was unique, what one can claim as similar to the Holocaust, is that it was
the culmination of centuries-long persecution.'
Adam Sacks told the Assembly: `Perhaps no two peoples mirror each other as
Jews and Armenians. Claimed poetically both as people of dreams long with
imagination, faithful to their distinct religious traditions in which they
were brave pioneers. They faced the challenge of living as minorities in a
20th Century where their great gifts in many endeavors enriched their
surrounding worlds. Rather than inaugurating an unprecedented period of
prosperity, the greatest calamity in their long histories of suffering:
planned, systematic genocide befell both groups leaving the surviving
communities and the world as a whole racked with incomprehension, trauma
and sadness. It is my sincere belief that whatever sway temporary
geostrategic realities hold, the deeper truths and affinities of the
Armenian and Jewish experience will fully persevere and reveal themselves
in both history and memory.'
A recording of the radio broadcast is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5BLeZPylUY&list=UU7pLSWFBDqDlTH6igPkhl7w
Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest
Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public understanding and
awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
membership organization.
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NR: # 2014-022
Available online: http://bit.ly/1i9oxgi
April 23, 2014
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA
Contact: Taniel Koushakjian
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (202) 393-3434
Web: www.aaainc.org
NEW YORK CITY RADIO INTERVIEWS MARK MOMJIAN ABOUT THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Washington, D.C. - Earlier this month, former Armenian Assembly of
America (Assembly) board member Mark Momjian, Esq. discussed the Armenian
Genocide on WBAI/NYC 99.5 FM Radio, reported the Assembly. On Sunday, April
13, Momjian appeared on the show "Beyond the Pale," which explores cutting
edge Jewish culture and offers local, national, and international political
debate and analysis from a Jewish perspective.
A native of Philadelphia, Mark Momjian is a lawyer in private practice for
over 25 years. An advocate for social justice and civil rights on behalf of
numerous communities, including the indigent and homeless, Mr. Momjian is
the current Chair of the Armenian Center at his alma mater, Columbia
University. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Armenian
Assembly of America.
Adam Sacks, host of `Beyond the Pale,' provided a compelling introduction
of the Armenian Genocide before welcoming Momjian. He began with a
compilation of audio testimony from then-presidential candidate Barack
Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ), former
U.S. Ambassadors, Holocaust scholars and academics attesting to the
Armenian Genocide, alongside Ankara's genocide denialism. Sacks also drew
parallels between the Armenian and Jewish experiences of the last century.
`The 1.5 million Armenian victims of World War One constituted the
same
percentage of casualties of that conflict as did the Jewish victims in the
Second World War, between 10-15 percent. Furthermore, one-third of the
worldwide Armenian population was murdered, the same percentage as the
worldwide Jewish population during the Holocaust,' Sacks said. =80=9CAnd what
was unique, what one can claim as similar to the Holocaust, is that it was
the culmination of centuries-long persecution.'
Adam Sacks told the Assembly: `Perhaps no two peoples mirror each other as
Jews and Armenians. Claimed poetically both as people of dreams long with
imagination, faithful to their distinct religious traditions in which they
were brave pioneers. They faced the challenge of living as minorities in a
20th Century where their great gifts in many endeavors enriched their
surrounding worlds. Rather than inaugurating an unprecedented period of
prosperity, the greatest calamity in their long histories of suffering:
planned, systematic genocide befell both groups leaving the surviving
communities and the world as a whole racked with incomprehension, trauma
and sadness. It is my sincere belief that whatever sway temporary
geostrategic realities hold, the deeper truths and affinities of the
Armenian and Jewish experience will fully persevere and reveal themselves
in both history and memory.'
A recording of the radio broadcast is available here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5BLeZPylUY&list=UU7pLSWFBDqDlTH6igPkhl7w
Established in 1972, the Armenian Assembly of America is the largest
Washington-based nationwide organization promoting public understanding and
awareness of Armenian issues. The Assembly is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
membership organization.
###
NR: # 2014-022
Available online: http://bit.ly/1i9oxgi