Jain Digest 2000 07 Vol 16 No 03

________________ JAIN DIGEST Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) A publication of the FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA JAINA) HEADQUARTERS PO Box 700, Getzville, NY 14068-0700 Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 Telephone Hours: Monday - Friday, 2 PM-5 PM EST EDITOR IN CHIEF Lata Champsee 21 Swiftdale Place Toronto, ONT MBB IM3 Canada Phone: 416/441-2200 Fax: 416/441-2211 latachampsce@usa.net 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 REGIONAL EDITORS Canada Dr. Mahendra Mehta 26 Vancha Cres Islington, One M9A 4Z2 Phone/Fax 416/241-2044 Ila G. Mehta, Midwest US Phone: 419/865-2727, Fax: 419/868-7476 Hansraj C. Maru, Northeast US Phone/Fax: 203/775-1906 Midwet US Marubhai Doshi 931 Golden Road Lalce Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 847/735-01 20 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. d 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 Deepika Dalal. Southeast US Phone: 954/431-5957, Fax: 954/545-6501 Long Term Planning Prabodh Vaidya 630/985-9144 Mahavir Memorial Dr. Manoj Dharamsi 703/620-9837 Marriage Information Service Hasmukh Shah 727/376-7989 Media Watch/Public Relations Sushil Jain 301/670-0519 Membership Kamlesh Shah 301/838-9778 N. American Jain Families Assisance Program Ila Mchta 419/865-2727 Pilgrimage Dilip V. Shah 215/561-0581 Senior Citizens Kantilal Shah 949/831-8687 Scholar Visitation Nirmal Dosi 732/390-0296 Tirthad har Kirit Daftary 254/776-4209 VR Gandhi Scholarship Fund Pravin C. Shah 516/248-8265 World Community Service Bachubhai Ajmera 301/924-8070 Bhadresh Dhila 301/589-4610 Prakash Mehta 703/318-8252 Young Jains of America (YJA) Shubhra Jain 314/345-3296 Naishadh Shah 732/651-8734 Young Jain Professional (YJP) Mona Kothari 905/820-0659 Kirit C. Daftary, Southwest US Phone: 254/776-4209, Fax: 254/753-1411 Norius, US Dineshbhai Chheda 9 Johnson Ave West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Phone: 973/808-2661 Girish P. Shah, West US Phone: 408/378-8765, Fax: 650/694-6961 Southeut, US Surendra Shah 1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30064-2920 Phone: 770/422-1483 Secretary Vinay K. Vakani Phone: 201/967-9344, Fax: 201/967-9344 Treasurer Anop R. Vora Phone: 716/473-9290, Fax: 716/473-9450 South , US Jadavji Kenia Gikenia@iname.com) 1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081-3942 Phone: 972/690-3593 Immediate Past President Dhiraj H. Shah Phone: 716/773-1314, Fax: 716/775-0268 West, US Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90703-7265. Phone: 562/865-1679. Fax: (562) 865-1851 engsytaol.com SPECIAL OFFICE BEARER Excutiny Director of JAINA Kamalesh Amin Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 jainahq@aol.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS Regular Two directors on JAINAS Board (over 50 families). A CANADA NORTHEAST Regular Regular Toronto Boston Associate Buffalo Edmonton Cherry Hill Montreal Essex Fels Ottawa Hudson Valley Vancouver New York Orange MIDWEST Philadelphia Regular Pittsburgh Chicago Rochester Cincinati/Dayton Washington, DC Cleveland Ats Columbus Albany Detroit Allentown St. Louis Elmira Asociate Harrisburgh Kansas City Hartford Minneapolis Syracuse Milwaukee gte: One director on JAINAS Board (up to 50 families). SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST Regular Regular Atlanta Dallas Miami Houston Associate Phoenix Augusta Asociate Charlotte Tulsa Ft. Meyers Lubbock Jacksonville Colorado Memphis Middle Tennessee WEST Morgantown Regular New Orleans Los Angles Orlando San Francisco Palm Beach Acciate Raleigh Portland Sacramento San Diego Your Mind Restima Modi 28/ BST-3965, reshumamodia mail.com All Board of Directors names to be printed in the Summer 2000 issue Rajan Mehta Phone 510/204-5683, rachamail.com Tampa Matra Hamukh Shah 8721 Scrimshaw Drive New Port Richey, FL. 34653-6623 Phone 727/376-7989 7290 MANAGING EDITORIAL BOARD Lata Champce Manubhai Doshi, Jagat Jain. Ramesh Jain, Vijay Jain, Harshad Shah, Anup Vora JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST Executive Council Chairmen - Dhiraj Shah, Buffalo, NY Mahendra Pandya, New York, NY Comptroller - Jagat Jain, Buffalo, NY Secretary General - Kirit Kapadia, New York, NY Members-ar-Large Rajen Jaswa, Saratoga, CA Bipin Parikh, Chicago, IL Bhupendra Tolia, Norwood, NJ AFFILIATES JAINA FOCUS Trustees All Trustees names and photos to be printed in the Fall 2000 issue. The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to publish all material submitted but reserves the tight 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. Brahmi Jain Society, US and Canada International Alumni Association of Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya, Rochester, NY International Mahavir Jain Mission, US and Canada Jain Meditation International Center, US & Canada Jain Social Group, LA and Toronto Kutchhi Gurjar Jain Society, Grand Island, NY Kutchhi Oswal Samaj, San Francisco Shri S. S. Jain Foundation, Toronto, Canada Shri Mahavir Jain Foundation, Santa Ana, CA Jain Academic Foundation of N. America, Lubbock, TX 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 10th of each month: Dilip V. Shah 1902 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-4678 Phone: 215/561-0581, Fax: 215/567-3146 dilipvshah@aol.com JAINA ON THE INTERNET JAINA Jain RBS http://www.jai.org/ httpillwww.jaim.org/ Young hains of America http://www.yja.org LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF JAIN DIGEST PUBLICATION DATES AND DEADLINES Spring (March) February 15 Summer (une) May 15 Fall (September) August 15 Winter (December November 15 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. All letters must include the sender's name, address and phone number to be considered for publication. 2 / JAIN DIGEST FALL 2000 Jain Education Intemational 2010_02 For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

SR No.	527079
Book Title	Jain Digest 2000 07 Vol 16 No 03
Original Sutra Author	N/A
Author	Federation of JAINA
Publisher	USA Federation of JAINA
Publication Year	2000
Total Pages	44
Language	English
Classification	Magazine, USA_Jain Digest, & USA
File Size	10 MB

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