Armenia

Six arrested after allegedly spitting, throwing rocks at Armenian church in Jerusalem's Old City

According to the police, five of the suspects were minors, and one was an adult.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Monastery of St. James, Jerusalem - the Armenian Quarter.
The Knesset plenum is seen during a vote on the communications reform, in Jerusalem, July 16, 2026

Recognition of Armenian Genocide belongs to Israel, not to one government - opinion

The Knesset's postponement need not be a setback. If the next parliament completes the process, recognition of the Armenian Genocide should be completed in order to do the right thing.

|ByNADAV TAMIR
Members of Armenia’s Russian-speaking Jewish community, along with invited Muslim guests from Egypt and Lebanon, attend a Shabbat dinner July 3, 2026, in Yerevan.

Armenia’s Jews hope Israeli recognition of 1915 Ottoman genocide will jumpstart bilateral ties

Both Turkey and its ally, Azerbaijan, immediately condemned the Cabinet vote; the chief rabbi of Azerbaijan’s Ashkenazi congregation in Baku, Shneur Segal, has already urged Israel to reverse it.

|ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA
Members of the Armenian diaspora rally in front of the Turkish Embassy after U.S. President Joe Biden recognized that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2021.

Israel recognizing Armenian Genocide doesn't go far enough – they must protect Armenians - opinion

States do not recognize genocides because they have suddenly discovered a moral conscience. They do so when it aligns with their political, strategic, diplomatic, or domestic interests.

|ByBEDROSS DER MATOSSIAN

Two Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani fire in first major incident since talks began

Azerbaijan's border service said in a statement that it staged a "a revenge operation" in retaliation for a "provocation" it said Armenian forces had committed the day before.

FEBRUARY 13, 2024ByREUTERS
An ethnic Armenian soldier looks through binoculars as he stands at fighting positions near the village of Taghavard in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, January 11, 2021.

Don't turn a blind eye to antisemitism abroad - opinion

There should be a political price to pay for failing to act against acts of antisemitic violence and the Israeli government should make this clear.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByMORDECHAI KEDAR
A person steps on a graffiti of the Star of David sprayed on a pavement in Bourj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp in Beirut, Lebanon, October 25, 2023

Old City of Jerusalem's Armenian photo shop stands the test of time

The shop has been around since 1949. Interestingly, it is located in the Christian Quarter rather than the Armenian sector.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS
Elia Photo – Service has been a fixture in the Old City since 1949.

Armenian capital: Antisemitic movement marches with Nazi flag

JANUARY 4, 2024ByMARK FISH
Wreaths are pictured at the Gleis 17 (Platform 17) memorial, a platform at Berlin-Grunewald train station from where Jewish citizens were deported by train to the Nazi concentration camps between 1941 and 1945, in Berlin, Germany, January 27, 2021

Armenian Christians attacked in Jerusalem, some in serious condition

Patriarchate: "Armenian clerics in Jerusalem are fighting for their lives."

DECEMBER 28, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
THE ARMENIAN monastery compound in the Armenian Quarter.

New Armenian museum to tell story of French philosemite Charles Aznavour

Despite his love of Jewish music and Jewish people, Charles Aznavour, a diminutive singer and songwriter later nicknamed the “Frank Sinatra of France,” wasn’t Jewish.

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByLARRY LUXNER/JTA
Charles Aznavour chantera à Tel-Aviv

Jerusalem Christians rally round Armenian Church over land deal

Armenians say they risk being uprooted by a deal to lease about 25% of their area to developers who want to build a luxury hotel on the site.

NOVEMBER 19, 2023ByREUTERS
The Armenian Quarter parking lot in Jerusalem's Old City.

Twice in two months: Pro-Palestinians set fire to Jewish center in Yerevan, Armenia

Rabbi Zamir Isayev of the Georgian Sephardic community in Azerbaijan: “I am sorry to see the warnings materialize with a hate discourse ending in setting fire to the sanctuary”.

NOVEMBER 19, 2023ByMARK FISH

Former Armenian military and gov't official: I will help Hamas kill Jews

Armenia is the most saturated with antisemitism among the post-Soviet countries, with anti-Jewish sentiments shared by 58% of its population, according to the ADL.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByREUTERS
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan greets reservists at the Defence Ministry's base before their departure for the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Yerevan, Armenia, October 16, 2020.

Synagogue in Armenia set alight in latest attack on Jewish diaspora

A similar attack occurred in October by ASALA, which targeted the World Jewish Center in Yerevan.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
The vandalized World Jewish Center in Yerevan, Armenia.