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JAINA Executive Committee
President - Manibhai Mehta
First Vice President - Dhriaj Shah Regional Vice Presidents
Canada Gyanchand Jain Midwest US - Kushal Bhaiji
Northeast US Anop Vora
Southeast US - Parvin Mehta Southwest US Hansa Varia
West US - Harilal Shah Secretary - Niranjan Shah Treasurer Kamlesh Shah
Immediate Past President - Jagat Jain
CANADA
Regular+
Toronto
Associate++
Edmonton
Montreal
Ottawa
Vancouver
MIDWEST
Regular
Chicago
Cinncinati/Dayton
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit St. Louis Associate Minneapolis
Milwaukee
NORTHEAST
Regular
Boston
Buffalo Cherry Hill
Essex Fells.
Hartford
New York
Orange
Philidelphia Pittsburgh Rochester
Washington, DC
Associate
Albany
Allentown
Elmira
Harrisburgh Syracuse
Member Associations of
the Federation
Regions: Canada Midwest
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest West
+ Regular
++Associate
SOUTHEAST Regular
Atlanta
Miami
Associate
Augusta Charlotte
Ft. Meyers
Jacksonville
Memphis
Middle Tennessee
Morgantown
New Orleans
Orlando Palm Beach
Raleigh
Tampa.
SOUTHWEST Regular
Dallas
2
Jain Education International
Houston Phoenix.
Associate
Tulsa
Lubbock
Affiliates
Brahmi Jain Society, US and Canada International A. A. of M. J. Vidyalaya, Rochester, NY
WEST
Regular
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
Los Angles
San Francisco
Associate Portland Sacramento
San Diego
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
-Two directors on JAINA's Board (over 50 families)
- One director on JAINA's Board (up to 50 families)
Nancy Jain
Fund Raising United States
Sanjay Pandya
Bipin Parikh
Committees
Ahimsa Day Celebration Surendra Singhvi
Animal Compassion and Vegetarianism
Narendra Sheth
Environment and Ecology
Fund Raising Canada
Lax Nagda
Jain Poojas
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
Interfaith Activities/World Council of Jains
Manoj Dharamsi
Rashmi Gardi
Vinod Shah.
Arhant Jain
JAINA Bulletin Board Service.
Pravin Shah
JAINA Temple Guidelines
Maherdra Pandya
Library and Education
Prem Gada
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
Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone: 310/865-1679
Marriage Information Service Hasmukh Shah
Media Watch/Public Relations
JAINA FOCUS
JAINA 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 (address below) by the 10th of each month.
Sushil Jain
Anant Jain Manoj Jain
Membership Jit Turakhia
Museum and Art Gallery
Kirit Gosalia
Senior Citizent
Dilip Shah Scholar Visitation
Nirmal Dosi Summer Camps
Haribhai Shah
World Community Service
Dhiraj Shah
Young Jains of America
Lisa Baird
JAINA HEADQUARTERS
11403 Tortuga Street Cypress, CA 90630 714/898-3156, phone 714/893-0053, fax
Parvin Mehta
Amit Shah
Telephone Hours: Saturday 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM - EST
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 (address above). We 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 sender and do not necessarily reflect the views of JAINA. All letters must include the sender's name, address and phone number to be considered for publication.
JAIN DIGEST
For Private & Personal Use Only
JAIN DIGEST Volume 12, No. 1, May, 1996
A publication of the FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA
Editor in Chief
Harshad Shah
81 Sable Run
E. Amherst, NY 14051 Phone: 716/689-9549
Publishing Editior John D'Arcangelo 665 Minnesota Avenue Buffalo, New York 14215
Advertizing Manager Bhupendra Shah 9858 N. Kedvale Skokie, IL 60076 708/674-0592
Regional Editors Canada
Mahendra Mehta 26 Vancho Cres
Islington, Ont. M9A 422 Phone/Fax: 416/241-2044
Midwest, US Manubhai Doshi
931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 708/735-0120
Northeast, US Vinay Vakani 206 Sussex Street Oradell, NJ 07649 Phone: 201/967-9344
Southeast, US
Surendra Shah 1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30064 Phone: 404/422-1483
Southwest, US Jadavji Kenia
1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081 Phone: 214/690-3593
West, US
Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701 Phone: 310/865-1679
Associate Editors
Committees
Manoj Dharamsi
11820 Triple Crown Road
Reston, VA 22091
Phone: 703/620-9837
Young Minds
Mintu Turakhia 33654 Caliban Drive Fremont, CA 94555 Phone: 510/548-6120
Matrimonials
Hasmukh Shah
8721 Scrimshaw Drive
New Port Richey, FL 34653
Phone: 813/376-7290
Managing Editorial Board
Manubhai Doshi Jagat Jain Ramesh Jain
Vijay Jain Harshad Shah Anop Vora
Publisher -JAINA
All Editors-please submit all articles typed or on a 3.5" computer disc in MacWritell or Word Perfect (Macintosh or IBM). The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to publish the material sent but 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 November 1996 September 30
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