Jain Digest 1999 11 Vol 15 No 04

________________ JAIN DIGEST A publication of the FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA (JAINA) EDITOR IN CHIEF Lata Champsee 35 Whitehorn Crescent Willowdale, ONT M2J 3B1 Canada Phone: 416/493-1666 Fax: 416/493-1667 latachampsee@usa.ner REGIONAL EDITORS Canada Dr. 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: 847/735-0120 Northeast, US Dineshbhai Chheda 9 Johnson Ave West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Phone: 973/808-2661 Southeast, US Surendra Shah 1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30064-2920 Phone: 770/422-1483 Southwest, US Jadavji Kenia (jkenia@iname.com) 1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081-3942 Phone: 972/690-3593 West, US Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701-7265 Phone: 562/865-1679, Fax: 562/865 3915 engsys@aol.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS Young Minds Reshma Modi 248/ 851-3965, reshmamodi@mail.com Rajan Mehta Phone: 510/704-5683, rajmehta@mail.com Matrimonials Hasmukh Shah 8721 Scrimshaw Drive New Port Richey, FL 34653-6623 Phone: 727/376-7989 MANAGING EDITORIAL BOARD Lata Champsee, Manubhai Doshi, Jagat Jain, Ramesh Jain, Vijay Jain, Harshad Shah, Anop Vora The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to publish all material submitted but reserves the right to edit and/or reformat for clarity and 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 JAIN DIGEST. PUBLICATION DATES AND DEADLINES Spring (March) February 15 Summer (June) May 15 August 15 November 15 Fall (September) Winter (December) 2/ JAIN DIGEST. WINTER 1999 Jain Education International 2010_02 詩 Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Mahendra K. Pandya Phone: 718/816-0083, Fax: 212/319-6781 First Vice President Bipin D. Parikh Phone: 847/699-1294, Fax: 312/726-4274 Regional Vice Presidents Jasvant Mehta, Canada Phone: 780/435-9070, Fax: 780/497-5598 Ila G. Mehta, Midwest US Phone: 419/865-2727, Fax: 419/868-7476 Hansraj C. Maru, Northeast US Phone/Fax: 203/775-1906 Deepika Dalal, Southeast US Phone: 954/431-5957, Fax: 954/545-6501 Kirit C. Daftary, Southwest US Phone: 254/776-4209, Fax: 254/753-1411 Girish P. Shah, West US Phone: 408/378-8765, Fax: 650/694-6961 Secretary Vinay K. Vakani Phone: 201/967-9344, Fax: 201/967-9344 Treasurer Anop R. Vora Phone: 716/473-9290, Fax: 716/473-9450 Immediate Past President Dhiraj H. Shah Phone: 716/773-1314, Fax: 716/775-0268 SPECIAL OFFICE BEARER Executive Director of JAINA Kamalesh Amin Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 jainahq@aol.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS All Board of Directors names to be printed in the Summer 2000 issue. JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST Executive Council Chairmen - Dhiraj Shah, Buffalo, NY Mahendra Pandya, New York, NY Jagat Jain, Buffalo, NY Secretary General - Kirir Kapadia, New York, NY Members-at-Large Comptroller Rajen Jaswa, Saratoga, CA Bipin Parikh, Chicago, IL Bhupendra folia, Norwood, NJ Trustees All Trustees names and photos to be printed in the Fall 2000 issue. JAINA ON THE INTERNET JAINA Jain BBS http://www.jaina.org/ http://www.jainism.org/ Young Jains of America. http://www.yja.org/ JAINA COMMITTEES Ahimsa Day Celebration Surendra Singhvi 937/885-7414 Community Leadership Council Ramesh Shah 440/442-4596 Environment and Ecology Nancy Jain 416/447-1650 Essay Competition Chhaya Kapadia 516/829-3316 JAINA Convention Board Bipin Parkih 847/669-1294 Govt & International Organizations Relations Dhiraj H. Shah 716/773-1314 Interfaith Activities/World Council of Jains Manoj Dharamsi 703/620-9837 Rashmi Gardi 847/428-4298 Jain Poojas Naresh Shah 516/741-9269 Arhant Jain 905/827-7494 JAIN DIGEST Membership Keerti Shah 630/837-8716 JAINA Bulletin Board Service Pravin Shah 919/469-0956 JAINA Temple Guidelines Jagat Jain 716/688-0104 Jiv Daya Ratibhai Shah 817/430-8081 Library and Education Prem Gada 806/794-4777 Toronto Associate Edmonton Montreal Ottawa Vancouver MIDWEST Regular Chicago Cinncinati/Dayton Cleveland Columbus Detroit St. Louis Associate Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee AFFILIATES Buffalo Cherry Hill Essex Fells Hudson Valley New York Orange For Private & Personal Use Only Philadelphia Pittsburgh Rochester Washington, DC MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS Regular. Two directors on JAINA's Board (over 50 families). Asociate: One director on JAINA's Board (up to 50 families). 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Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans Orlando Palm Beach Raleigh Tampa WEST Regular Los Angles San Francisco Associate Portland Sacramento San Diego JAINA FOCUS JAINA publishes the JAINA Focus monthly newsletter for administrative purposes. It is 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 by the 10 th of each month: Dilip V. Shah 1902 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-4678 Phone: 215/561-0581, Fax: 215/567-3146) dilipvshah@aol.com LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF JAIN DIGEST 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, Lata Champsee. We endeavor to publish all letters, space permitting. The JAIN DIGEST reserves the right to edit all material for clarity and/or space. 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SR No.	527076
Book Title	Jain Digest 1999 11 Vol 15 No 04
Original Sutra Author	N/A
Author	Federation of JAINA
Publisher	USA Federation of JAINA
Publication Year	1999
Total Pages	32
Language	English
Classification	Magazine, USA_Jain Digest, & USA
File Size	5 MB

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