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JAINA Executive Committee
JAIN DIGEST Volume 11, No. 1, March, 1995
President - Jagat Jain
First Vice President - Manibhai Mehra
Quarterly publication of the
FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN
NORTH AMERICA
Regional Vice Presidents
Canada - Remesh Jain
Midwest US - Niranjan Shah
Northeast US - Naresh Shah
Editor in Chief Harshad Shah 81 Sable Run E Amherst, NY 14051 Phone: 716/689-9549
Southeast US - Mahendra Dosi
Southwest US - Hansa Varia
Publishing Editior John D'Arcangelo 665 Minnesota Avenue Buffalo, New York 14215
West US - Harilal Shah
Secretary - Ramesh Shah
Treasurer - Vinod Doshi
Advertising Manager Bhupendra Shah 9858 N. Kedvale Skokie, IL 60076 708/674-0592
Immediate Past President - Sulekh Jain
Member Associations of
the Federation
Regional Editors Canada Mahendra Mehra 26 Vancho Cres Islington, Ont. M9A 472 Phone/Fax: 416/241-2044
CANADA Regular+ Toronto Associate Edmonton Montreal Ortawa Vancouver
JAINA Charitable Trust
Executive Council Chairman - Mahendra Pandya New York, NY
Vice Chair - Niranjan Shah Chicago, IL
Comptroller - Dhiraj Shah Buffalo, NY Secrctery General - Bharat Tolia Detroit, MI
Members-at-Large Rashmikant Gardi, Chicago, IL Bhupendra Tolia, Norwood, NJ Mahendra Varia, Martin, KY
Trustees Khushal Bhaiji, Cleveland, OH
Kirit Gosalia, Phoenix, AZ
Ashok Jain. Detroit, MI Gyan Jain. Toronto, Ont.
Jagat 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 Committees
Long Range Planning Ahimsa Day Celebration
Prabodh Viadya Surendra Singhvi
Bharat Tolia Animal Compassion and Vegetarianism
Marriage and Family Counseling Narendra Sheth
Fakirchand Dalal Code of Conduct for Jain Spiritual and
Marriage Information Service Community Leaders in North America
Hasmukh Shah Khusal Bhaiji
Media Watch Constitution Update
Sushil Jain Narendra Shah
Membership Environment and Ecology
Jit Turakhia Nancy Jain
Museum and Art Gallery Fund Raising - United States
Kirit Gosalia Sanjay Pandya
Nomination and Election 1995 Bipin Parikh
Vinay Jain Fund Raising - Canada
Public Relations Lax Nagda
Anant Jain Interfaith Activities
Manoj Jain Manoj Dharamsi
Scholar Visitation Jain Poojas
Nirmal Dosi Vinod Shah
Summer Camps Arhant Jain
Shan Jain JAINA Bulletin Board Service
World Community Service Pravin Shah
Dhiraj Shah JAINA Temple Guidelines
World Council of Jains (Exploration) Maherdra Pandya
Rashmi Gardi Jain Awards and Recognitions Manibhai Mehta
Young Jains of America Library and Education
Urmila Talsania Prem Gada
Anil Jain Aashish Vaidya
SOUTHEAST Regular Atlanta Miami Associate Augusta Charlotte Ft. Meyers Jacksonville Memphis Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans Orlando Palm Beach Raleigh
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
MIDWEST Regular Chicago Cinncinati/Dayton Cleveland Columbus Detroit St. Louis Associate Minneapolis Milwaukee
Tampa
Southern US Surendra Shah 1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30064 Phone: 404/422-1483
SOUTHWEST Regular Dallas Houston Phoenix Asociate Tule Lubbock
NORTHEAST Regular Boston Buffalo Cherry Hill Essex Falls Hartford New York Orange Pittsburgh Rochester Washington, DC Anocide Albany Allentown Elmira Harrisburgh Syracuse
Southwest US Jadavji Kenia 1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081 Phone: 214/690-3593 WA US Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone: 310/865-1679
WEST Regular Los Angles San Francisco Associate Portland San Diego
Associate Editors Committees Manoj Dharamsi 11820 Triple Crown Road Reston, VA 22091 Phone: 7037620-9837
JAINA HEADQUARTERS
66 Viscount Williamsville, New York 14221
Phone/Fax: 716/688-3030
Feature Articles Manubhai Doshi 931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 708/735-0120
Affiliates Brahmi Jain Society, US & Canada International A.A. of M. J. Vidyalaya,
Rochester, NY International M. J. Mission, US & Canada Jain Meditation Inc'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
Hours: Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Fresh Ideas From Youth Seema Bhimani 55 Se James Place Piedmont, CA 96411 510/482-0860
Regions: Canada Midwest
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
Southeast
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 (sec address below) by the 10th of each month.
Matrimonials Hasmukh Shah 1409 Rising Wind Court Silver Spring, MD 20905 Phone: 301/384-1746 Managing Editorial Board Manubhal Dashi Jagat Jain Ramesh Jain Vijay Jain Publisher- JAINA
Manibhai Mehta Dhiraj Shah Harshad Shah Anop Vora
Northeast
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We encourage our readers to send their ques tions, 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.
Southwest West
Regular
Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone: 310/865-1679
- Two directors on JAINA Board
(over 50 families) - One director on JAINA Board (up to 50 families)
++ Asociate
Addion please submit all articles typed or on a 3.5 computer dinc in MacWritell or Weed Perfect Macintosh or IBM). The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to publish the material sent and reserve the right to edit and/or reformat for clarity and or space restrictions. The views expressed in the artides are those af the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Managing Editorial Board of JAINA
Publication Dates and Deadlines June 1995
May 15 September 1995
August 15 December 1995
November 15 March 1996
February 15
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