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JAINA Executive Committee
President - Jagat Jain
First Vice President - Manibhai Mehta
Regional Vice Presidents
Canada - Remesh Jain Midwest US - Niranjan Shah
Northeast US Naresh Shah Southeast US Mahendra Dosi Southwest US - Hansa Varia
West US - Harilal Shah Secretary - Ramesh Shah Treasurer - Vinod Doshi
Immediate Past President - Sulekh Jain
Member Associations of
the Federation
CANADA
Regular+
Toronto
Associate++
Edmonton
Montreal
Ottawa
Vancouver
MIDWEST
Regular
Chicago
Cinncinati/Dayton
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
St. Louis Associate Minneapolis
Milwaukee
NORTHEAST
Regular
Boston
Buffalo Cherry Hill
Essex Falls Hartford New York
Orange
Pittsburgh Rochester
Washington, DC
Associate
Albany
Allentown
Elmira
Harrisburgh Syracuse
Regions: Canada Midwest
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest West
SOUTHEAST Regular
Atlanta
Miami
Associate
Augusta
Charlotte
+ Regular ++Associate
Fr. Meyers Jacksonville
Memphis
Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans
Orlando
Palm Beach
Raleigh
Tampa
SOUTHWEST
Regular
Dallas Houston
Phoenix
Associate
Tulsa
Lubbock
Affiliates
Brahmi Jain Society, US & Canada International A.A. of M. J. Vidyalaya, Rochester, NY
International M. J. Mission, US & Canada Jain Meditation Int'l Center, US & Canada Jain Social Group LA. & Toronto
Kutchhi Gurjar Jain Society, Grand Island, NY Shri S. S. Jain Foundation, Toronto, Can.
Shri Mahavir Jain Foundation, Santa Ana, CA
WEST
Regular
Los Angles San Francisco Associate Portland San Diego
All Provinces
ND, SD, KS, MO, IA, MN, WI, IL, OH, IN, MI, NE
FL, GA, AT, MT, LA, AK, TN, SC, NC, KY, WV
ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, PA, MD, DE, NJ, VA, DC AZ, NM, TX, OK, CO, UT AL, WA, OR, CA, NV, ID, MT, WY, HI
- Two directors on JAINA Board (over 50 families)
- One director on JAINA Board (up to 50 families)
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Committees
Ahimsa Day Celebration
Surendra Singhvi
Animal Compassion and Vegetarianism Narendra Sheth
Code of Conduct for Jain Spiritual and Community Leaders in North America
Khusal Bhaiji
Constitution Update
Narendra Shah
Environment and Ecology
Nancy Jain
Fund Raising United States
Sanjay Pandya
Bipin Parikh
Fund Raising Canada
Lax Nagda
JAINA Charitable Trust Executive Council
Chairman Mahendra Pandya New York, NY Vice Chair - Niranjan Shah Chicago, IL Comptroller Dhiraj Shah Buffalo, NY Secretery General Bharat Tolia Detroit, MI Members-at-Large
Rashmikant Gardi, Chicago, IL Bhupendra Tolia, Norwood, NJ Mahendra Varia, Martin, KY Trustees
Interfaith Activities Manoj Dharamsi
Jain Poojas
Vinod Shah
Arhant Jain
JAINA Bulletin Board Service
Pravin Shah
JAINA Temple Guidelines
Maherdra Pandya
Jain Awards and Recognitions
Manibhai Mehta
Library and Education
Prem Gada
Khushal Bhaiji, Cleveland, OH Kirit Gosalia, Phoenix, AZ Ashok Jain, Detroit, MI Gyan Jain, Toronto, Ont. Jagar Jain, Buffalo, NY Prem Jain, San Francisco, CA Ramesh Jain, Toronto, Ont. Rajan Jaswa, San Jose, CA Manibhai Mehta, Los Angeles, CA Parvin Mehta, Buffalo, NY Bipin Parikh, Chicago, IL Kundan Sata, Detroit, MI Girish Shah, San Francisco, CA Narendra Shah, Athens, GA Ramesh Shah, Cleveland, OH Vinod Shah, Leonard Town, MD Jitu Turakhia, Syracuse, NY Prabodh Vaidya, Chicago, IL
Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone: 310/865-1679
Long Range Planning Prabodh Viadya Bharat Tolia
Marriage and Family Counseling Fakirchand Dalal
Marriage Information Service
Hasmukh Shah Media Watch
Sushil Jain
Membership Jit Turakhia
Museum and Ars Gallery
Kirit Gosalia
JAINA FOCUS
JAINA publishes the JAINA Focus monthly newsletter for administrative purposes. It is being sent to all member organizations and committee members of JAINA. All news items for publication in the JAINA Focus must be sent to the Editor (see address below) by the 10th of each month.
Nomination and Election 1995
Vinay Jain
Public Relations
Anant Jain
Manoj Jain. Scholar Visitation Nirmal Dosi
Summer Camps Shan Jain
World Community Service
Dhiraj Shah
World Council of Jains (Exploration)
Rashmi Gardi
Young Jains of America
Urmila Talsania
Anil Jain Aashish Vaidya
JAINA HEADQUARTERS
66 Viscount
Williamsville, New York 14221 Phone/Fax: 716/688-3030
Hours: Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 7:00 PM 10:00 PM Saturday
2:00 PM 5:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We encourage our readers to send their questions, comments or views on current issues or concerns facing the Jain community of North America to the Editor in Chief, Harshad Shah (see address above). We will endeavor to publish letters space permitting. The Jain Digest reserves the right to edit all material for clarity and/or space. The views expressed in these letters are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JAINA. All letters must include the sender's name, address and phone number to be considered for publication.
JAIN DIGEST
For Private & Personal Use Only
JAIN DIGEST Volume 11, No. 2, June, 1995
Quarterly publication of the FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA
Editor in Chief
Harshad Shah
81 Sable Run
E. Amherst, NY 14051 Phone: 716/689-9549
Publishing Editor
John D'Arcangelo 665 Minnesota Avenue Buffalo, New York 14215
Advertizing Manager Bhupendra Shah 9858 N. Kedvale Skokie, IL 60076 708/674-0592
Regional Editors Canada
Mahendra Mehta
26 Vancho Cres
Islington, Ont. M9A 4Z2
Phone/Fax: 416/241-2044
Midwest US
Manubhai Doshi
931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 708/735-0120
Northeast US Vinay Vakani
206 Sussex Street Oradell, NJ 07649 Phone: 201/967-9344
Southeast US Surendra Shah
1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30064 Phone: 404/422-1483
Southwest US
Jadavji Kenia
1819 Plymouth Rock Drive
Richardson, TX 75081
Phone: 214/497-7068, Fax: 214/497-7069
West US
Chandrakant Parekh
12914 Wolverton Lane
Cerritos, CA 90701
Phone: 310/865-1679
Associate Editors
Committees
Manoj Dharamsi
11820 Triple Crown Road.
Reston, VA 22091
Phone: 703/620-9837
Feature Articles Manubhai Doshi 931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 708/735-0120
Fresh Ideas From Youth Seema Bhimani 55 St. James Place Piedmont, CA 96411 510/482-0860
Matrimonials Hasmukh Shah
1409 Rising Wind Court Silver Spring, MD 20905 Phone: 301/384-1746
Managing Editorial Board Manubhai Doshi Jagat Jain Ramesh Jain Vijay Jain
Publisher JAINA
Manibhai Mehta Dhiraj Shah Harshad Shah Anop Vora
All Editors - please submit all articles typed or on a 3.5" computer disc in MacWricell or Word Perfect (Macintosh or IBM). The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to publish the material sent, and reserves the right to edit and/or reformat for clarity and/ or space restrictions. The views expressed in the articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Managing Editorial Board of JAINA.
Publication Dates and Deadlines August 15 November 15 February 15 May 15
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