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JAIN DIGEST
Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA)
HEADQUARTERS PO Box 700, Geczville, NY 14068
Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 Telephone Hours: Monday - Friday, 2 PM - 5 PM EST
JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
2 obcation of be FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS
IN NORTH AMERICA EDITOR IN CHIEF Lata Champs as Whinchore Crescent Willowdale, ONT MZJ 3BI Phone: 416/499-1666. Fax: 416/493.1667 ataclampsuesit
President Dhiraj H. Shah Phone/Fax: 716/775-0269
First Vice President Mahendra K. Pandya Phone: 718/816-0083, Fax: 212/319-4341
PUBLISHING EDITOR Navin Klein 223 Siurrey Run Amherst, NY 14221-3363 Phobe 716/632-3716 digeste nuvs.com, http://www.nur.de
Regional Vice Presidents Sobhagya S. Khamesra, Canada Phone: 9057274-6464, Fax: 416/368-0007
COMMITTEES Ahine Day Celebration
Surendra Singhvi 937/885-7414 Community Leadership Council
Jagat Jain 736688-0104 ERWironment and Ecology
Nancy Jain 416/447-1650 Fray Competition
Chhaya Kapadia 516/829-3316 Fund Raising - United States
Sanjay Pandya 718/816-0083
Bipin Parikh 847/669-1294 Fred Raising - Canada
Laxmikant Nagda 416/614-3030 Future JAINA Contention
Bipin Parkih 847/669-1294 Gawramiental & International Organizations Relations
Dhiraj H Shah 716/775-0268 Interfaith Activities/World Council of Jain
Manoj Dharamsi 703/620-9837 Rashmi Gardi 847/428-4298
EDITORIAL BOARD Athan Jaia, Bharti Shah
Disip T. Shah, Midwest US Phone: 630/655-1670, Fax: 630/837-1099
Anop R. Vora, Northeast US Phone: 726/473-9290, Fax: 716/473-9450
Pravin C. Mchta, Southeast US Phone: 931/648-9535, Fax: 931/648-5901
le Day
Ratibhai Shah 817/430-8081 Library and Education
Prem Gada 806/794-4777 Long Term Planning
Prabodh Vaidya 630/985-9144 Marriage Information Service
Hasmukh Shah 727/376-7999 Media Werch/Public Relations
Sushil Jain 301/670-0519 Anant Jain 214/231-5208
Manoj Jain 617/237-5997 Membership
Kamlesh Shah 301/838-9778 North American Jarn Families Assance Program
Ila Mehta 419/665 2727 Prlerimage
Dilip V. Shah 215/561-0581 Senior Citizen
Vinay Vakani 201/967-9344 Scholer Visitation
Nirmal Dosi 732/390-0296 V. R. Gandhi Scholarship Fund
Pravin C Shah 516/248-8265 World Com Service
Bachubhai Ajmera 301/924-8070 Bhadsesh Dhia 301/580-4610
Prakash Mehta 703/318-8252 Young Jairs of America
Ameet Shah 919/613-1194 Neal Shah 425/843-2050 Pravin Mehta 931/648-9535
Prabodh Mehta, Southwest US Phone: 281/820-9325, Fax: 713/780-1013
Jashvant C. Shah, West US Phone: 510475-7882, Fax: 408/577-3594
Secretary Dilip V. Shah Phone: 215/561-0581, Fax: 215/5673146
REGIONAL EDITORS
Canada Mabeedri Mebra 26 Vanche Cors Islington, ONT MA 422 Phone/Fax: 416/241-2044 Midwest US Manubhai Doshi 931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 84741795-0120 Norbeast. Us Vinay Vakan 206 Susser Street Oradell, NJ 07649-3435 Phone: 201/967.9344 Southeart. US Surendra Shah 1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30061 2920 Phone: 770/422-1483 Sout. Us Jadavja Kenia 1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 7508.-3942 Phone: 9721690-3593 Wet, US Chandrakant Pasekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90701-2265 Phone: 562/865-1679, Fax: 562/865-3915 engsysdal.com
Jain Pooja
Naresh Shah 516/741-9269
Arhant Jain 905/827-7494 JAN DNGAST Members
Keerti Shah 630/837-8716 JAINA Bulletin Board Service
Pravin Shah 919/469-0X956
Treasurer Jic Turakhia Phone: 315/622-3287. Fax: 315/622-2998
JAINA Temple Guidelines
Mahendra Pandya 718/816-0083 Jitnodidhar
Kirit Daftary 254/776--209
Immediate Past President Manibhai Mehta Phone: 714/899-3156. Fax: 310/940-4583
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST Executive Council Chairman - Mahendra Pandya, New York, NY Vice Chair - Dhiraj Shah, Buffalo, NY Comptroller - Jaga Jain, Buffalo, NY Secretary General - Kiri Kapadia, New York, NY
Members-at-Large Rajen Jaswa, Saratoga, CA Bipin Parikh, Chicago, IL Bhupendra Tolia, Norwood, NJ
Regular. Two directors on JAINA's Board over 50 families). Associate. One director on JAINA's Board (up to 50 families CANADA NORTHEAST
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Phoenix Montreal Essex Fells
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Arsaciare Ottawa New York
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Tulsa Vancouver Orange
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Lubbock Philadelphia
Jacksonville
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Memphis Pittsburgh MIDWEST
Rochester Rrlar
Middle Tennessee WEST Chicago Washington, DC
Morgantown
Regular Cincinati/Dayton Asociate
New Orleans
Los Angles
Orlando Cleveiandi Albany
San Francisco Columbus Allentown
Palm Beach
Aware Elmira Detroit
Raleigh
Portlanul St. Louis Harrisburgh
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Sacramento Arorists Hartford!
San Diego Kansas City
Hudson Valley Minneapolis
Syracuse Milwaukee Toledo
Trustees All Trustees names and photos are printed in the Fall 1998 issue.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS Arider Subhasa Jain 55 Charles Lane Sentos, CT 06268 Phone: 8608429-8520, Fax: 8608486-5497 Cowowin Manoj Dharams 11820 Triple Crown Road Reston, VA 20191-3016 Phone: 703/G20-9897. Young Minas Naishad Shah 18 Stout Court Fast Brunswick, NJ 08816-3579 732/651-8734 mail@excise.com Marrimenih Harekh Shah 8721 Scrimshaw Drive New Port Richey, FL 34653-6623 Phone: 7276376-7989
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
All Board of Directors naisies were printed in the Summer 1998 issue.
Southeast
Key to Regions Canada All Provinces Midwest
ND, SD, KS, MO, TA, MN, WI.
IL, OH, IN, MI, NE Northeast ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY.
PA, MD, DE, NJ, VA, DC
Southwest West
FL, GA, AT, MT, LA, AK, IN SC, NC, KY, WV AZ, NM, TX, OK, CO, UT AL, WA, OR, CA, NV, ID, MT, WY, HI
AFFILIATES
JAINA FOCUS
Brahmi Jain Society, 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 Sociery, 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 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 10of each month:
Dilip V. Shah 1902 Chestnut Sereet Philadelphia, PA 19103-4678 Phone: 215/561-0581. Fax: 215/567-3146 dilip shah@aol.com
MANAGING EDITORIAL BOARD Lata Champ.ee Marubhai Doshi, lagu Jain, Ramesh Jain, Vuay sin, Harshad Shah. Anar Vore
SPECIAL OFFICE BEARERS
The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to pasbdish all material submitted but reserves the tighet to edit andlor reformat for durity and space redictions. The views expressed in the artides are those of the authors and de grot necessarily represent the views of the Managing Editorial Board of JAN DIGEST
Special Assistant to the President Ramesh P. Shah 6737 Wildwood Terrace Mayfield Village, OH 44143 l'hone 440/442-4586 FAX: 440/442-4667
Executive Director of AINA Kamalesh Amin PO Box 700 Getzville, NY 14068-0700 Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 jainahaol.com Telephoac hours arc Monday-Friday, 2 PM-5PM EST
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PUBLICATION DATES AND DEADLINES Spring (March)
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May 15 Fall Scptctober)
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Weencourage 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 musr indude the sender's name, address and phone number to be considered for publication.
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