India, Israel and Berkeley

Soma Chatterjee, Board member of the Silicon Valley  Interreligious Council, will moderate a Commonwealth Club’s Member-led Middle East For  program based on an Indian Jewish exhibition  which were curated by Francesco Spagnolo, PhD.The artifacts are from UC Berkeley’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Culture. Deputy Consul General  Matan Zamir,   for Israel in the Pacific N.W. will discuss personal experiences during his last assignment  in Mumbai. The panel also includes wSamson Koletkar, the world’s only Indian Jewish standup comedian who was  born and educated in India and founded the Oakland Comedy Club.