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Source: http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3063406
American Jews are Key Advocates of U.S.-India Ties
(Reuters) - Carol Giacomo When India's deputy prime minister, L.K. Advani, was in Washington last month, his brief visit included dinner at the elite Cosmos Club, courtesy of the American Jewish Committee. "It's a natural alliance between Israel and India," said Jason Isaacson, the committee's director of government and international affairs. "It's about trade and common interests between democracies (and), complimenting that is the growing relationships between Indian Americans and American Jews," he said. Isaacson has visited India seven times since 1995 and the AJC plans to set up a liaison office in India this year. The organization is also renovating a school in Gujarat, where minority Muslims have been the victims of ethnic violence. As evidence these ties have "come of age," the AJC, AIPAC, and the U.S.-India Political American Organization plan a joint reception for Congress on July 16.