Members of the Indo-Jewish Coalition met on May 31, 2006 at The Palace
Restaurant. While enjoying Indian cuisine, they explored the role of film
in interpreting culture and ethnicity. Matthew Bernstein, Emory University
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, was the guest speaker.

Dr. Bernstein is the host of the Key Sunday Cinema Club at the Garden Hills
Theater.

Participants viewed Indian and Jewish films and discussed the growth of the
American Jewish Committee's Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and the Indian Film Festival.

The Indo-Jewish Coalition is a new Coalition, established in 2005 to
strengthen relations between these two communities in Atlanta. As relations
between the United States, India and Israel expand, there is a natural
alliance developing within the Indian American and Jewish American
communities.

As Atlanta's demographics change, the Indian-American community in Georgia is the 8th largest in the U.S. The recent Jewish Federation of Greater
Atlanta demographic study reported Atlanta's Jewish community to be the 11th largest in the U.S.

Ani Agnihotri and Cedric Suzman, leaders within their own communities, are
serving as co-chairmen of the Indo-Jewish Coalition.

Past meetings have explored U.S., India, Israel relations; religious aspects
of our two communities; terrorism and the threats to world peace. Participants have attended Film Festival events and other cultural and
educational programs sponsored within each respective community.

For more information or to join the Indo-Jewish Coalition, call Ani Agnihotri at 404-394-6678 or email Ani01@aol.com.