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JAINA Executive Committee
JAIN DIGEST Volume 13, No. 1, March, 1997
President - Manibhai Mehta Phone: 714/898-3156, Fax: 310/940-4583
First Vice President Dhria Shah Phone: 716/773.1314, Fax: 716/285-2802
A publication of the
FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS IN
NORTH AMERICA
Regional Vice Presidents
Canada - Gyanchand Jain Phone: 416/447-1650, Fax: 416/469-1024
Editor in Chief Harshad Shah 81 Sable Run E. Amherst, NY 14051 Phone: 716/689-9549
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 Mchta, 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
Midwest US. Kushal Bhaiji Phone: 216/237.7589. Fax: 216/237-0646
Northeast US - Anop Vora Phone: 716/473-9290, Fax: 716/473-9450
Southeast US-Parvin Mehta Phone: 615/648-9535. Fax: 61576485939
Southwest US. Hansa Varia Phone: 214/644-0294, Fax: 214/789-3434
West US - Harilal Shah Phone/Fax: 510/487-9380
Secretary Niranjan Shah Phone: 847/635-7780, Fax: 847/635-7778
Treasurer - Kamlesh Shah Phone: 301/353-0481, Fax: 301/916-4446
Publishing Editior John D'Arcangelo 665 Minnesota Avenue Buffalo, New York 14215 Phone/Fax: 716/833-7207
Regional Editors Canada Mahendra Mehta 26 Vancho Cres Islington, Ont. M9A 4Z2 Phone/Fax: 416/241-2044
Immediate Past President - Jagat Jain.
Phone/Fax: 716/688-0104
Midwest, US Manubhai Doshi 931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 8471735-0120
CANADA Rerular Toronto Associate Edmonton Montreal Ottawa Vancouver
SOUTHEAST Regular Atlanta Miami Associate Augusta Charlotte Fr. Meyers Jacksonville Memphis Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans Orlando Palm Beach Raleigh
MIDWEST Regular Chicago Cinncinati/Dayton Cleveland Columbus Detroit St. Louis Associate Minneapolis Milwaukee
Tampa
SOUTHWEST Regular Dallas Houston Phoenix Associate Tulsa Lubbock
NORTHEAST Regular Boston Buffalo Cherry Hill Essex Fells Hartford New York Orange Philidelphia Pittsburgh Rochester Washington, DC Associate Albany Allentown Elmira Harrisburgh Syracuse
WEST Regular Los Angles San Francisco Associate Portland Sacramento San Diego
Northeast. US Committees
Vinay Vakani
206 Sussex Street Ahimsa Day Celebration Marriage Information Service
Oradell, NJ 07649 Surendra Singhvi Hasmukh Shah
Phone: 201/967-9344 Environment and Ecology
Media Watch/Public Relations Nancy Jain
Sushil Jain
Southeast. US
Surendra Shah Fund Raising - United States
Anant lain
1465 Sumter Drive Sanjay Pandya
Manoj Jain
Marietta, GA 30064 Bipin Parikh Membership
Phone: 770/422-1483 Fund Raising - Canada
Jir Turakhia Lax Nagda Museum and Art Gallery
Southwest, US Interfaith Activities/World Council of Jains
Kirit Gosalia
Jadavji Kenia Manoj Dharamsi
1819 Plymouth Rock Drive
+ Senior Citizens Rashmi Gardi
Richardson, TX 75081
Dilip Shah Jain Poojas
Phone: 972/690-3593 Naresh Shah
Scholar Visitation Arhant lain Nirmal Dosi
West, US JAINA Bullerin Board Service Summer Camps
Chandrakant Parckh
12914.Wolverton Lane Haribhai Shah Pravin Shah
Cerritos, CA 90701-7265 JAINA Temple Guidelines World Community Service
Phone: 562/965-1679 Maherdra Pandya Dhiraj Shah
Fax: 562/865-3915 Jiv Daya and Vegetarianism Young lains of America
E-mail: engsys@aol.com Narendra Sheth
Raju Shah Library and Education
Ravi Gada
Associate Editors Prem Gada Parvin Mehta
Committees Manoj Dharamsi 11820 Triple Crown Road Reston, VA 22091
Phone: 703/620-9837 JAINA HEADQUARTERS
Young Minds Raju Shah
203/436-1338 11403 Tortuga Street
shah@zoo.cs.yale.edu Cypress, CA 90630
Gauruv Kopadia
67 Nassau Drive 714/898-3156, phone
Great Neck, NY 11021
516/829-3316 714/893-0055, fax
gauravk@aol.com E-mail: mbmehta @mem.po.com
Matrimoni
Hasmukh Shah Telephone Hours:
8721 Scrimshaw Drive
New Port Richey, FL 34653 Saturday
Phone: 813/376-7290 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM - EST
Managing Editorial Board Manubhai Doshi
Vijay Jain LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Jagar Jain
Harshad Shah JAINA FOCUS
Ramesh lain
Anop Vora JAINA publishes the JAINA Focus monthly We encourage our readers to send their ques. newsletter for administrative purposes. It is tions, comments or views on current issues or
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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 Kutchhi Oswal Samaj, San Francisco Shri S S Jain Foundation, Toronto, Can. Shri Mahavir Jain Foundation, Santa Ana, CA
Regions: Canada Midwest
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All Provinces ND, SD. KS. MO. IA. MN, WI, IL. OH, IN, MI, NE FL, GAAT. 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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