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JAIN DIGEST
A publication of the
FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS
IN NORTH AMERICA
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Lata Champsee
35 Whitehom Crescent
Willowdale, ONT M2J 3B1
Phone: 416/493-1666, Fax: 416/493-1667 manish@ionsys.com
PUBLISHING EDITOR
Navin K. Jain
1596 East 115th Street, #903 Cleveland, OH 44106-3963 Phone: 216/754-1142 digest@nuvs.com, www.nurk.com
EDITORIAL BOARD
Arhant Jain, Bharti Shah
REGIONAL EDITORS
Canada
Mahendra Mehta
26 Vancho Cres
Islington, ONT M9A 422 Phone/Fax: 416/241-20441
Midwest US
Manubhai Doshi
931 Golden Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Phone: 847/735-01201
Northeast, US
Vinay Vakani
206 Sussex Street
Oradell, NJ 07649-2435
Phone: 201/967-9944
Southeart, US
Surendra Shah
1465 Sumter Drive
Marietta, GA 30064-2920
Phone: 770/422-1483
Southwest, US Jadavji Kenia
1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081-3942
Phone: 972/690-3593
West, US
Chandrakant Parekh
12914 Wolverton Lane
Cerritos, CA 90701-7265
Phone: 562/865-1679, Fax: 562/865-3915
engys@aol.com
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Articles
Subhash Jain
55 Charles Lane
Stoms, CT 06268
Phone: 860/429-8520, Fax: 860/486-5497
Committees
Manoj Dharamsi
11820 Triple Crown Road Reston, VA 20191-3014 Phone: 703/620-9837
Young Minds Gaurav Kopadia 67 Nassau Drive
Great Neck, NY 11021-1610
516/829-3316
gauravk@aol.com
Matrimonials
Hasmukh Shah
8721 Scrimshaw Drive
New Port Richey, FL 34653-6623 Phone: 813/376-7290
MANAGING EDITORIAL BOARD Lata Champsee, Manubhai Doshi. Jagar Jain, Ramesh Jain, Vijay Jain, Harshad Shah, Anop Vora
The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to publish all material submitted but reserves the right 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
PUBLICATION DATES AND DEADLINES Spring (March)
February 15.
Summer (Jane)
May 15
Fall (September)
July 30 November 15
Winter (December)
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Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA)
JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Dhiraj H. Shah
Phone/Fax: 716/775-0268
First Vice President
Mahendra K. Pandya
Phone: 718/816-0083, Fax: 212/319-4341
Regional Vice Presidents
Sobhagya S. Khamesra, Canada
Phone: 905/274-6464, Fax: 416/368-0007
Dilip T. Shah, Midwest US
Phone: 630/655-1670, Fax: 630/837-1099
Anop R. Vora, Northeast US
Phone: 716/473-9290, Fax: 716/473-9450
Pravin C. Mehta, Southeast US
Phone: 931/648-9535, Fax: 931/648-5901
Prabodh Mehta, Southwest US
Phone: 281/820-9325, Fax: 713/780-1013
Jashvant C. Shah, West US
Phone: 510/475-7882, Fax: 408/577-3594
Secretary
Dilip V. Shah
Phone: 215/561-0581, Fax: 215/567-3146
Treasurer
Jit Turakhia
Phone: 315/622-3287, Fax: 315/622-2998
Immediate Past President
Manibhai Mehta
Phone: 714/898-3156, Fax: 310-940-4583
JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST
Executive Council
Chairman Mahendra Pandya, New York, NY
Vice Chair Dhiraj Shah, Buffalo, NY
Comptroller-Jagat Jain, Buffalo, NY Secretary General Kirit Kapadia, New York, NY
Members-at-Large
Rajen Jaswa, Saratoga, CA
Bipin Parikh, Chicago, IL
Bhupendra Tolia, Norwood, NJ
Trustees
All Trustees names and photos are printed in this issue, page 3.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
All Board of Directors names were printed in the
Summer 1998 issue.
AFFILIATES
Brahmi Jain Sociery, US and Canada International Alumni Association of Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya, Rochester, NY
International Mahavir Jain Mission, US and Canada Jain Meditation International 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, Canada Shri Mahavir Jain Foundation, Santa Ana, CA Jain Academic Foundation of North America, Lubbock, TX
JAINA ON THE INTERNET
Young Jains of America http://www.yale.edu/yja/
Jain BBS http://www.jainism.org/ http://www.jaina.org/
COMMITTEES
Ahimsa Day Celebration Surendra Singhvi
Community Leadership Council Jagat Jain
Environment and Ecology Nancy Jain
Essay Competition
Chhaya Kapadia
Fund Raising-United States
Sanjay Pandya
Bipin Parikh
Fund Raising-Canada
Laxmikant Nagda
Interfaith Activities/World Council of Jains
Manoj Dharamsi
Rashmi Gardi
Jain Poojas
Naresh Shah Arhant Jain
JAINA Bulletin Board Service
Pravin Shah
JAINA Temple Guidelines Maherdra Pandya
Jiv Daya
Ratibhai Shah
Library and Education Prem Gada
Toronto
Associate
Edmonton Montreal
Ottawa Vancouver
MIDWEST
Regular
Chicago
Cinncinati/Dayton
Cleveland Columbus
Detroit
St. Louis Associate
Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee
Key to Regions Canada
Midwest
Northeast
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
Regular: Two directors on JAINA's Board (over 50 families). Associate One director on JAINA's Board (up to 50 families). CANADA SOUTHWEST Regular Dallas Houston Phoenix
Regular
NORTHEAST Regular
Boston
Buffalo
All Provinces
ND, SD, KS, MO, IA, MN, WI, IL, OH, IN, MI, NE ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY. PA, MD, DE, NJ, VA, DC
Cherry Hill
Essex Fells
Hartford
New York
Orange
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rochester
Washington, DC Associate
Albany Allentown Elmira Harrisburgh Syracuse
JAINA FOCUS
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 10 of each month:
SPECIAL OFFICE BEARERS
Special Assistant to the President Ramesh P. Shah
6737 Wildwood Terrace
Mayfield Village, OH 44143
Phone:
216/442-4596 216/442-4645
Fax:
For Private & Personal Use Only
Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342
Telephone Hours: Monday-Friday, 2 PM - 5 PM EST
Long Term Planning
Prabodh Vaidya
Marriage Information Service Hasmukh Shah
HEADQUARTERS PO Box 700, Getzville, NY 14068
Media Watch/Public Relations
Sushil Jain Anant Jain Manoj Jain
Membership Kamlesh Shah
North American Jain Families Assitance Program
Ila Mehta
Senior Citizens
Vinay Vakani
Scholar Visitation
Nirmal Dosi
V. R. Gandhi Scholarship Fund
Pravin C. Shah
World Community Service Bachubhai Ajmera Bhadresh Dhila Prakash Mehta
Young Jains of America
Gaurav Kapadia
Raju Shah Pravin Mehta
SOUTHEAST Regular Atlanta
Miami
Associate
Augusta Charlotte
FL. Meyers Jacksonville Memphis Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans Odando Palm Beach Kaleigh Tampa
Southeast
Southwest West
Associate Tulsa Lubbock
WEST
Regular
Los Angles San Francisco Associate
FL, GA, AT, MT, LA, AK, TN, SC, NC, KY, WV
AZ, NM, TX, OK, CO, UT AL, WA, OR, CA, NV, ID, MT.
WY, HI
P.O. Box 700
Getzville, NY 14068-0700
Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342
Portland Sacramento San Diego
Dilip V. Shah
1902 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4678 Phone: 215/561-0581, Fax: 215/567-31461 dilipyshah@aol.com
Executive Director of JAINA
Kamalesh Amin
jainahq@aol.com
Telephone hours are Monday-Friday, 2 rM-5 rm EST
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF JAIN DIGEST
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. Lara 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.
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