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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
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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
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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 Managine 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
Southwest West
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- Two directors on JAINA's Board
(over 50 families) - One director on JAINA's Board (up to 50 families)
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