The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Institute of Asian and African Studies
Hebrew University,
Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel
Prof. Michael E. Stone
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 972/ 2/ 642 6631
Armenian Studies Program
Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Armenian Studies Program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
commemorated the Armenian Genocide in a large public event held on April
28th in collaboration with the Honourary Consul of Armenia, the Armenian
Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Centre for the Prevention of
Genocide.
An audience of about 200 people, among them many Armenians from all over
the country, participated in the commemoration event at the Senate Hall
of the Hebrew University on Mt. Scopus.
The central speaker was the former minister and former Member of the
Knesset, Mr. Yair Tzaban. His talk was a moving call for Israel’s
recognition of the Genocide and was strongly applauded by everybody
present.
Other speakers at the event included Father Pakrad Bourjekian who spoke
on behalf of the Armenian Patriarchate, the Consul of Armenia in
Jerusalem, Mr. Tsolag Momjian, the dean of the Faculty of Humanities,
Prof. Reuven Amitai, the founder of the Armenian Studies Program at the
University, Prof. Michael Stone, and the Minister of the Diaspora of
Armenia, Mr. Hranush Hakobian, who greeted the audience through a video
that was recorded especially for the event.
The evening included a very moving musical program: Armenian music was
performed by Father Koosan Aljanian from the Armenian Patriarchate of
Jerusalem and by Ms Sose’ Krikorian, a student at the Rubin Academy of
Music in Jerusalem. However, The main performance was a remarkable
recital of Psalmodic and Prayer music from Jewish and Christian
traditions by the Charlotta Chorale from Tel-Aviv and its director and
conductor Eli Gefen, himself a Holocaust survivor. The Charlotta Chorale
dedicated this recital to the memory of the Armenians who were killed in
the Genocide.