ARTO TUNCBOYACIYAN, ALIDZ AGBABIAN TO PERFORM AT GLOBAL SOUL 2009
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.02.2009 13:25 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Storyteller Alidz Agbabian and musician Arto
Tuncboyaciyan will join artists from around the world on February
26, when Jewish World Watch (JWW) will host Global Soul, an evening
of music, culture, and genocide awareness at the Skirball Cultural
Center. The event will honor Rabbi M. Schulweis, co-founder of JWW,
for his lifetime of activism and innovation, and will celebrate the
accomplishments of JWW during its first five years.
"I am very happy to be presenting stories and songs from the Armenian
oral tradition at Global Soul 2009," said Ms. Agbabian. "Listening
to the messages of the other performers is very important for
me. . . . What a great opportunity to experience our mutual humanity
through art."
Since its inception, JWW has made great strides in mobilizing the
Jewish community in Los Angeles as well as the public at large to
crusade against genocide and human-rights violations throughout
the world.
In addition, JWW has engaged in significant outreach to interfaith
and ethnic communities in Los Angeles, including the Armenian and
Cambodian communities. In partnership with the Armenian community of
Los Angeles, JWW led the Jewish community to recognize the Armenian
Genocide by hosting a Jewish-Armenian Shabbat Dinner and Service to
observe the 92nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, in 2007.