Modi row: Jewish panelist not to attend Wharton event



Ahmedabad/New Jersey, 13 March 2013

The list of those boycotting the 17th Wharton India Economic Forum is becoming longer and longer. Nissim Reuben, the Director of India-US-Israeli relations at American Jewish Committee who was to speak at Wharton India Economic Forum 2013 in the NRI panel session has pulled out of the summit and has refused to participate in reaction to organizers’ decision to drop Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi fromt he list of speakers. According to sources, Nissim Reuben has conveyed prominent members of Indian community in north America his decision. Reuben is director of the Indian-Jewish American Relations Program