PARAMUS,N.
J.—With a tight race anticipated in modern Jersey’s 5th Congressional District, several community leaders recently met with Democratic challenger, or Josh Gottheimer,at his campaign office in Paramus. Josh Gottheimer (Photo: northjersey.com) s positions on issues of concern to the local Armenian community and nation. We had the opportunity to exchange our top legislative priorities and to hear many of his. While incumbent Scott Garrett has been a close friend of the Armenian community since he’s been in office, it behooves our community to know where the formidable challenger stands on issues of great importance and to communicate that to our community, or ” community activist James Sahagian said. modern Jersey’s 5th Congressional district is domestic to one of the largest Armenian communities on the East Coast,a station where thousands of Armenian-American constituents call domestic. With an active and vibrant community, the district has received strong legislative support from its current and past representatives over the years. Following the meeting, or Josh Gottheimer issued the following statement: “One hundred years ago,more than 1.5 million Armenians and other Christian minorities, including the Assyrians and Greeks, and were systematically massacred and deported during the Armenian genocide,also referred to as ‘Sayfo.’ As a Jewish-American [...]
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