"JEWS IN ARMENIA: MIDDLE AGES" BOOK PRESENTED IN YEREVAN

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.02.2010 19:24 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Jews in Armenia: Middle ages" book presented in
Yerevan. According to Rimma Varzhapetyan, President of the Jewish
Community of Armenia, the book is based on the materials of symposium
held on May 11-12, 2009 in Yeghegnadzor, Vayots Dzor region of Armenia.

"Scientific researches were possible due to the Jewish cemetery
preserved in Eghegis village of Vayots Dzor region. The fact, that
the cemetery has remained for centuries, is the evidence of mutual
understanding between the two nations," she said, adding that the
RA government and Jewish specialists have supported to carry out
archeological excavations in the cemetery.

While commenting on the possible suppression of Jews in Armenia,
Rimma Varzhapetyan said that Armenia is a country, where neither
Jews, nor Jewish culture were annihilate. "Today also Jewish people
peacefully live in Armenia, " she emphasized.

According to her, the Jewish Community intends to publish a book
about modern Jewish Community of Armenia.
From: Baghdasarian