31/05/2010 13:03
Seminar on Armenian, Jewish nations launched in Yerevan
A seminar-discussion entitled “Armenians and Jews: transformation of the historical perceptions” was kicked off in Yerevan Monday. The event is organised within the framework of the Paideia Project Incubator program designed in Stockholm in August of 2009 and is taking place in the Department of Arabic Studies of the Yerevan State University from May 31 to June 5.
The aim of the seminar is to give participants an overview of Jewish culture and history and to compare and reveal the similarities between the Jewish and the Armenian experiences.
The seminar program includes series of lectures on parallels between Armenian and Jewish destinies, historical memory and cultural ties between the two nations.
Included in the event’s program are a film about the present-day problems of the Jewish people, their traditions, holidays and national festivals.