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________________ JAINA Executive Committee JAIN DIGEST Volume 12, No. 1, May, 1996 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 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 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 Southwest US - Hansa Varia Publishing Editior John D'Arcangelo 665 Minnesota Avenue Buffalo, New York 14215 West US - Harilal Shah Secretary - Niranjan Shah Treasurer - Kamlesh Shah Advertizing 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 422 Phone/Fax: 416/241-2044 CANADA Regular Toronto Anas++ Edmonton Montreal Ottawa Vancouver Committees Midwer, US Manubhai Doshi 931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 708/735-0120 SOUTHEAST Regular Arlanta Miami Associate Augusta Charlotte Ft. Meyers Jacksonville Memphis Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans Orlando Palm Beach Raleigh Tampa Northeast, US Vinay Vakani 206 Sussex Street Oradell, NJ 07649 Phone: 201/967-9344 MIDWEST Regular Chicago Cincinari/Daycon Cleveland Columbus Detroit St. Louis Associate Minneapolis Milwaukee 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 Interfaith 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 Jie Turakhia Museum and Art Gallery Kirit Gosalia Senior Citizens Dilip Shah Scholar Visitation Nirmal Dosi Summer Camps Haribhai Shah World Community Service Dhiraj Shah Young Jains of America Lisa Baird Parvin Mehta Amit Shah Souther, 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 1812 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081 Phone: 214/690-3593 West, US Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone: 310/865-1679 NORTHEAST Regular Boston Buffalo Cherry Hill Essex Fells Hartford New York Orange Philidelphia Pittsburgh Rochester Washington, DC Asociais Albany Allentown Elmira Harrisburgh Syracuse WEST Regular Los Angles San Francisco Associate Portland Sacramento San Diego Associate Editors Committees Manoj Dharamsi 11820 Triple Crown Road Reston, VA 22091 Phone: 7037620-9837 JAINA HEADQUARTERS 11403 Tortuga Street Cypress, CA 90630 714/898-3156, phone 714/893-0053, fax Telephone Hours: Saturday 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM - EST Young Minds Minu Turakhia 33654 Caliban Drive Fremont, CA 94555 Phone: 510/548-6120 Affiliates Brahmi Jain Society, US and Canada International A. A. of M. J. Vidyalaya, Rochester, NY International M. J. Mission, US and Canada Jain Meditation Int'l Center, US and Canada Jain Social Group LA. and Toronto Kutchhi Gurjar Jain Society. Grand Island, NY Shri S. S. Jain Foundation, Toronto, Can. Shri Mahavir Jain Foundation, Santa Ana, CA Matrimonials Hasmukh Shah 8721 Scrimshaw Drive New Port Richey, FL 34653 Phone: 813/376-7290 Managing Editorial Board Manubhai Doshi Jagar lain Ramesh Jain Vijay Jain Harshad Shah Anop Vora Regions Canada Midwest Southeast JAINA FOCUS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR JAINA publishes the JAINA Focus monthly We encourage our readers to send their quesnewsletter for administrative purposes. It is tions, comments or views on current issues or of being sent to all member organizations and concerns facing the Jain community of North committee members of JAINA. All news America to the Editor in Chief, Harshad Shah items for publication in the JAINA Focus (address above). We endeavor to publish must be sent to the Editor (address below) by letters space permitting. The Jain Digest re mirting The Lain Dipest re the 10th of each month. serves the right to edit all material for clarity and/or space. The views expressed in these Chandrakant Parekh letters are those of the sender and do not 12914 Wolverton Lane necessarily reflect the views of JAINA. All Cerritos, CA 90701 letters must include the sender's name, ad- Phone: 310/865-1679 dress and phone number to be considered for publication. 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 Northeast Publisher - JAINA All Editors. please submit all articles typed or on a 3.5" computer disc in MacWritell or Word Perfect (Macintosh or IBM). 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SR No.	527064
Book Title	Jain Digest 1996 05
Original Sutra Author	N/A
Author	Federation of JAINA
Publisher	USA Federation of JAINA
Publication Year	1996
Total Pages	28
Language	English
Classification	Magazine, USA_Jain Digest, & USA
File Size	10 MB

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