The Hamazkayin of New Jersey is a non-profit organization, that has several different groups running in fields such as dance, singing, music, acting, arts and craft, and etc. In addition to organizing cultural events, the Hamazkayin runs schools, publishes books through its printing press, maintains bookstores, publishes a monthly literary magazine, Pakin, and organizes the Hamazkayin Forum. It wa
s founded on May 28, 1928, in Cairo, Egypt by a group of nine Armenian intellectuals, including the writer and educator Levon Shant; historian, critic, and first Education Minister of Armenia, Nigol Aghbalian; former foreign minister of the Republic of Armenia Dr. Hamo Ohanjanian; and stage director and art critic Kaspar Ipekian.
