Jewish Organizations Of San Francisco Support Armenian Genocide Reco

JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS OF SAN FRANCISCO SUPPORT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

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26.03.2008 13:09

The Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, the Peninsula,
Marin, Sonoma, and Alameda Counties (JCRC) has re-iterated its
previous support for official recognition of the Armenian Genocide,
independent correspondent Jean Eckian reported from France.

The organization overwhelmingly approved a policy statement re-issuing
a 1989 letter to Armenian community leader Bishop Aris Shirvanian,
expressing support for the Armenian Genocide resolution pending in the
US Senate at that time. Senate Joint Resolution 212 sought to designate
April 24th as a national day of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.

"The JCRC’s policy statement is welcome and encouraging, especially
at this time of intensified denial of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey
and the US administration’s willingness to support Turkey’s dangerous
policy of denial," said Bay Area ANC Chairperson, Roxanne Makasdjian.

"The JCRC’s position reflects the broad majority of opinions we’ve
encountered by members of Jewish-American organizations, and we
hope this action will act as a moral beacon for Jewish American
organizations in Washington, DC," she concluded.

The JCRC represents more than 80 Jewish organizations across the Bay
Area of San Francisco.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS