PR Leap (press release), CA
Aug 18 2007
Jewish Magazine Calls for Apology From Anti-Defamation League Leader
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
August 18, 2007
Internet & New Media News
(PRLEAP.COM) NEW YORK, NY – Jewcy Media, a leading Internet content,
commerce, and new media company for progressive free-thinkers,
announced today a petition calling for the Anti-Defamation League to
rescind its stance on the Armenian Genocide. Jewcy first criticized
the ADL in a June 10 editorial that one Armenian activist has
described as the beginning of a "backlash" against the organization.
On August 14th, the city council of Watertown, Massachusetts voted to
sever ties with the No Place for Hate Program, which is administered
by the ADL. Armenian-American activists in Watertown plan to lobby
the other 67 Massachusetts towns still participating in NPFH to drop
their connection, as well.
Speaking of House Resolution 106, which would describe events in
Turkey in 1915 as a genocide, Foxman told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, "I don’t think congressional action will help reconcile the
issue. The resolution takes a position; it comes to a judgment. The
Turks and Armenians need to revisit their past. The Jewish community
shouldn’t be the arbiter of that history, nor should the U.S.
Congress." In the June 10 editorial, Jewcy’s senior editor Joey
Kurtzman wrote that Foxman’s statement was "a scandal of
unprecedented proportion."
Jewcy’s online petition demands three actions from Foxman if he
should choose not to step down:
1.) He must acknowledge the Armenian Genocide
2.) He must apologize to the Armenian-American community
3.) He must apologize to the Jewish community, for humiliating us
before our fellow-citizens
Jewcy.com is the fastest growing Jewish media site in the country.
Since its beta-launch in November 2006, it has become the leading
online destination dedicated to helping Jews (and anyone else) find,
share, and expand meaning and community with a steady diet of
mind-expanding essays, wide-ranging debates, and social networking.
Through its online store, Jewcy has become a leading provider of
Judaica and products from the Jewish cultural vanguard. Through its
highly renowned live events – including an ongoing reading series,
annual Hipster Hanukkah, and two successful off-Broadway shows – the
company intends to leverage its multiple platforms to promote the
best of Jewish culture and religion, while establishing itself as the
leading content, commerce and new media business focused on the
Jewish marketplace.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
