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Jain Digest
JAINA Executive Committee PRESIDENT . Dr. Jagat D. JainEIRST VICE PRESIDENT - Dr. Manibhai Mehta, VICE PRESIDENTS - Mr. RameshC. Jain (Canada), Mr. Harilal G. Shah (Western U.S.), Mrs. Hansa Varia (Southwestern U.S.). Dr. Mahendra K. Dosi (Southeastern U.S.), Mr. Niranjan C. Shah (Midwestern U.S.), Mr. Naresh Shah (Northeastern U.S.); SECRETARY-Mr. Ramesh P'. Shah TREASURER. Mr. Vinod B. Doshi; PAST PRESIDENTS - Dr. Manoj Dharamsi, Dr. Tansukh J. Salgia, Dr. Sulekh C. Jain
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Jain Digest is a quarterly news magazine published by the Federation of JAINA for the North American and international Jain community, and many others who have interest in Jainism. The magazine covers domestic and international news of various Jain organizations including youths, matrimonial ads, updates on library and education, reviews of books and news on the bulletin board service. Another important feature is the letters to the editor on issues facing the Jain community. Articles of general interest are also published as space permits. The directors of Jain Centers both in the United States and abroad should send their newsletters and other items of interest to the Editor as per the details given below: It is requested that all articles submitted be typed and of good quality. If you are able to send information on a 3.5" computer disk in ASCII (text) format MacWrite II or WordPerfect (Macintosh or IBM formats) please do so. Black and white, nonreturnable photographs may be sent for possible publication. We will try our best to publish the materials sent, but due to space restrictions, the Editor reserves the right to edit any of the material submitted. Materials submitted will not be returned, regardless of being published or not. Editor-in-Chief: Surender K. Jain, Phone & Fax (614) 592-1660. Views expressed in the past, present and future articles published are those of the authors and not necessarily the opinions of the editor, the editorial board members or JAINA.
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Executive Advisory Board & Staff Sulekh C. Jain, Jagat P. Jain, Pramod Jhaveri, Premchand Gada, F.J. Dalal, Urmila Talsania, John Cort, Ravindra K. Jain, Prem Jain, Dhiraj Shah, Narendra Sheth, Surendra Singhvi, John Laplante, Mahendra Pandya, Michael Tobias, Sam McCoy (Publishing Editor) and John Zimmerer (Graphics Editor). "Regions Northeast -ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, PA, MD, DE, NJ Southeast - FL, GA, AL, MI, LA, AK, TN, SC, NC, KY, WV, VA Midwest-ND, SD, KS, MO, IA, MN, WI, IL, OH, IN, MI, NE Southwest-AZ, NM, TX, OK, CO, UT West - AL, WA, OR, CA NV, ID, MT, WY, HI Canada - All provinces
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