Chief Rabbi of Armenia Promotes Inter-Ethnic Accord
Friday, October 28 2005
Federation of the Jewish Communities of the CIS
YEREVAN, Armenia – Chief Rabbi of Armenia Gersh Meir-Burshtein participated in a working session of the Armenian Assembly of America, which opened in Yerevan on October 22nd, [...].
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As he spoke to the Assembly's participants – which included prominent figures of culture and intelligentsia – the Jewish leader once again expressed his wish for the Armenian and Jewish communities to become closer to one another, especially given the commonalities between the cultures of these two ancient peoples. "Isn’t it a coincidence that in ancient times, long before the foundation of Armenia as a separate political-territorial entity, one of its kingdoms was called 'Biaynli'. The syllabic spelling this word, as Bi Ayn Li, has quite an Aramaic-Hebrew sound to it," explained Rabbi Burshtein.
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Federation of the Jewish Communities of the CIS
YEREVAN, Armenia – Chief Rabbi of Armenia Gersh Meir-Burshtein participated in a working session of the Armenian Assembly of America, which opened in Yerevan on October 22nd, [...].
[...]
As he spoke to the Assembly's participants – which included prominent figures of culture and intelligentsia – the Jewish leader once again expressed his wish for the Armenian and Jewish communities to become closer to one another, especially given the commonalities between the cultures of these two ancient peoples. "Isn’t it a coincidence that in ancient times, long before the foundation of Armenia as a separate political-territorial entity, one of its kingdoms was called 'Biaynli'. The syllabic spelling this word, as Bi Ayn Li, has quite an Aramaic-Hebrew sound to it," explained Rabbi Burshtein.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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