San Francisco Jewish organizations stand for Armenian Genocide recognition
The Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, Sonoma, and Alameda Counties (JCRC) reiterated its previous support for official recognition of the Armenian Genocide, independent French journalist Jean Eckian told PanARMENIAN.Net.
The organization overwhelmingly approved a policy statement reissuing a 1989 letter to Armenian community leader Bishop Aris Shirvanian, expressing support for the Armenian Genocide resolution pending in the U.S. Senate at that time. Senate Joint Resolution 212 sought to designate April 24th as a national day of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.
"The JCRC's policy statement is welcome and encouraging, especially at this time of intensified denial of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey and the U.S. administration's willingness to support the dangerous policy," said Roxanne Makasdjian, Bay Area ANC Chairperson.
"The JCRC's position reflects the broad majority of opinions we've encountered by members of Jewish-American organizations, and we hope this action will act as a moral beacon for Jewish American organizations in Washington, DC," she concluded.
The JCRC represents more than 80 Jewish organizations across the Bay Area of San Francisco.
The organization overwhelmingly approved a policy statement reissuing a 1989 letter to Armenian community leader Bishop Aris Shirvanian, expressing support for the Armenian Genocide resolution pending in the U.S. Senate at that time. Senate Joint Resolution 212 sought to designate April 24th as a national day of remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.
"The JCRC's policy statement is welcome and encouraging, especially at this time of intensified denial of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey and the U.S. administration's willingness to support the dangerous policy," said Roxanne Makasdjian, Bay Area ANC Chairperson.
"The JCRC's position reflects the broad majority of opinions we've encountered by members of Jewish-American organizations, and we hope this action will act as a moral beacon for Jewish American organizations in Washington, DC," she concluded.
The JCRC represents more than 80 Jewish organizations across the Bay Area of San Francisco.
