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JAINA Executive Committee
JAIN DIGEST Volume 11, No. 3, Sept/Dec, 1995
President - Manibhai Mehta
First Vice President - Dhriaj Shah
Regional Vice Presidents
A publication of the
FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN
NORTH AMERICA
Canada - Gyanchand Jain
Midwest US - Kushal Bhaiji
Northeast US - Anop Vora
Editor in Chief Harshad Shah 81 Sable Run E. Amherst, NY 14051 Phone: 716/689-9549
Southeast US-Parvin Mehta
Southwest US - Hansa Varia
JAINA Charitable Trust
Executive Council Chairman - Mahendra Pandya New York, NY
Vice Chair - Niranjan Shah Chicago, IL
Comptroller - Dhiraj Shah Buffalo, NY Secretary 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
West US - Harilal Shah
Publishing Editor John D'Arcangelo 665 Minnesota Avenue Buffalo, New York 14215
Secretary - Niranjan Shah Treasurer - Kamlesh Shah
Advertising Manager Bhupendra Shah 9858 N. Kedvale Skokie, IL 60076 708/674-0592
Immediate Past President - Jagat Jain
Member Associations of
the Federation
Regional Editors Canada Mahendra Mehta 26 Vancho Cres Islington, Ont. M9A 4Z2 Phone/Fax: 416/241-2044
CANADA Regular Toronto Acreciate Edmonton Montreal Ottawa Vancouver
Committees
Midwest US Manubhai Doshi 931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 708/735-0120
SOUTHEAST Regular Atlanta Miami Associate Augusta Charlotte Fr. Myers Jacksonville Memphis Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans Orlando Palm Beach Raleigh
Northeast US Vinay Vakani 206 Sussex Street Oradell, NJ 07649 Phone: 201/967-9344
MIDWEST Regular Chicago Cincinnati/Dayton Cleveland Columbus Detroit St. Louis Asociate Minneapolis Milwaukee
Tampa
Ahimsa Day Celebration
Surendra Singhvi Animal Compassion and Vegetarianism
Narendra Sheth Environment and Ecology Nancy Jain Fund-Raising United States
Sanjay Pandya Bipin Parikh Fund-Raising - Canada
Lax Nagda Inserfaith Activities/World Council of Jains Manoj Dharamsi Rashmi Gardi Jain Poojas Vinod Shah Arhant Jain JAINA Bulletin Board Service
Pravin Shah JAINA Temple Guidelines
Maherdra Pandya Library and Education Prem Gada
Marriage Information Service
Hasmukh Shah Media Watch/Public Relations Sushil Jain Anant Jain Manoj Jain Membership
Jit Turakhia Museum and Art Gallery
Kirit Gosalia Senior Citizens Dilip Shah Scholar Visitarien
Nirmal Dosi Summer Camps
Haribhai Shah World Community Service
Dhiraj Shah Young Jains of America Lisa Baird Parvin Mchta Amit Shah
Southeast US Surendra Shah 1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30064 Phone: 404/422-1483
SOUTHWEST Regular Dallas Houston Phoenix Associate Tulsa Lubbock
Southwest US Jadavji Kenia 1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081 Phone: 214/690-3593
NORTHEAST Regular Boston Buffalo Cherry Hill Essex Fells Hartford New York Orange Pittsburgh Rochester Washington, DC Aureciate Albany Allentown Elmira Harrisburg Syracuse
West US Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone: 310/865-1679
WEST Regular Los Angeles San Francisco Associate Portland Sacramento San Diego
Associate Editors Committees Manoj Dharamsi 11820 Triple Crown Road Reston, VA 22091 Phone: 703/620-9837
JAINA HEADQUARTERS
11403 Tortuga Street Cypress, CA 90630 714/898-3156, phone 714/893-0053, fax
Telephone Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM - EST
Saturday - Sunday 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM - EST
Young Minds Mintu Turakhia 33654 Caliban Drive Fremont, CA 94555 Phone: 510/3900
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
Matrimonial Hasmukh Shah 8721 Scrimshaw Drive New Port Richey, FL 34653 Phone: 813/376-7989 Managing Editorial Board Manubhai Doshi
Vijay Jain Jagat Jain
Harshad Shah Ramesh Jain
Anop Vora
Regions: Canada Midwest
Southeast
All Provinces ND, SD, KS, MO, IA, MN, WI, IL, OH, IN, MI, NE FL, GA, AT, MT, LA, AK, TN, SC, NC, KY. WY 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
JAINA FOCUS TAINA 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 (sce address below) by the 10th of each month.
Northeast
Southwest West
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.
Publisher - JAINA All Editors - please submit all artides typed or on a 3.5" computer disc in MacWritellor Word l'erfect (
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 March 1996
February 15 July 1996
June 15
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)
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