Jain Digest 2001 03 Vol 18 No 02

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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JAIN DIGEST
Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA)
A publication of the FEDERATION OF JAIN ASSOCIATIONS
IN NORTH AMERICA (JAINA)
HEADQUARTERS PO Box 700. Gerzville, NY 14068-0700
Phone/Fax: 716/636-5342 Telephone Hours: Monday - Friday
2 PM - 5 PM EST
JAINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President Mahendra K. Pandya Phone: 718/816-0083, Fax: 212/319-6781
EDITOR IN CHIEF Lata Champsee 21 Swiftdale Place Don Mills, ONT M3B 1M3 Canada Phone: 416/441-2200 Fax: 416/441-2211 latachampsce@usa.net
First Vice President Bipin D. Parikh Phone: 847/699-1294, Fax: 312/726-4274
Regional Vice Presidents Jasvant Mehta, Canada Phone: 780/435-9070, Fax: 780/497-5598
REGIONAL EDITORS Canada Dr. Mahendra Mehta 26 Vancho Cres Islington, Ont M9A 472 Phone/Fax 416/241-2044
lla G. Mehta, Midwest US Phone: 419/865-2727, Fax: 419/868-7476
Hansraj C. Maru, Northeast US Phone/Fax: 203/775-1906
Midwest, US Manubhai Dashi 931 Golden Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 Phone: 847/735-0120
Deepika Dalal, Southeast US Phone: 954/431-5957, Fax: 954/545-6501
JAINA COMMITTEES Abimsa Day Celebration
JAINA Website Committee Surendra Singhvi 937/885-7414
Girish P. Shah 408/378-8765 Calendar Committee
Long Term Planning Rajiv Pandya
Prabodh Vaidya 630/985-9144 Community Leadership Council
Mahavir Memorial Ramesh Shah 440/442-4596
Dr. Manoj Dharamsi 703/620-9837 Environment and Ecology
Marriage Information Service Nancy Jain 416/447-1650
Hasmukh Shah 727/376-7989 Essay Competition
Media Watch/Public Relations Chhaya Kapadia 516/829-3316
Sushil Jain 301/670-0519 JAINA Convention Board
Membership Bipin Parkih 847/669-1294
Kamlesh Shah 301/838-9778 Gout - International Organizations Relations N. American lain families Assitance Program Dhiraj H. Shah 716/773-1314
Ila Mehta 419/865-2727 Interfaith Activities/World Council of Jains
Pilgrimage Manoj Dharamsi 703/620-9837
Dilip V. Shah 215/561-0581 Rashmi Gardi 847/428-4298
Senior Citizens fatin Poojas
Kantilal Shah 949/831-8687 Naresh Shah 516/741-9269
Scholar Visitation Arhant Jain 905/827-7494
Nirmal Dosi 732/390-0296 JAIN DIGEST Membership
Tirthodhdhar Keerti Shah 630/837-8716
Kirit Daftary 254/776-4209 JAINA Education Committee
VR Candhi Scholarship Fund Pravin K. Shah 919/859-4994
Pravin C. Shah 516/248-8265 JAINA Temple Guidelines
World Community Service Jagat Jain 716/688-0104
Bachtibhai Ajmera 301/924-8070 Jiv Daxe
Bhadresh Dhila 301/589-4610 Ratibhai Shah 8177430-8081
Prakash Mehta 703/318-8252 JAINA Library Committee
Young Jains of America (YJA) Virendra Shah 310/326-5685
Birud Jhaveri 503/292-1965 JAINA Publication Committee
Nirav Shah 215/361-1544 Prem Gada 806/794-4777
Young lain Professional (YJP) MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
Manav Jain 818/360-4178 Regulor Two directors on JAINA's Board over 50 families. Asezate: One director on JAINAS Bxird (up to 50 families
Kirit C. Daftary, Southwest US Phone: 254/776-4209. Fax: 254/753-1411
Northeast, US Dineshbhai Chheda 9 Johnson Ave West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Phone: 973/394-1701
Girish P. Shah, West US Phone: 408/378-8765, Fax: 650/694-6961
Southeast, US Surendra Shah 1465 Sumter Drive Marietta, GA 30064-2920 Phone: 770/422-1483
Secretary Vinay K. Vakani Phone: 201/967-9344, Fax: 201/967-9344
Treasurer Anop R. Vara Phone: 716/473-9290, Fax: 716/473-9450
Southwest, US Jadavji Kenia (jkenia@iname.com) 1819 Plymouth Rock Drive Richardson, TX 75081-3942 Phone: 972/690-3593
Immediate Past President Dhiraj H. Shah Phone: 716/773-1314, Fax: 716/775-0268
West, US Chandrakant Parekh 12914 Wolverton Lane Cerritos, CA 90703-7265. Phone: 562/865-1679, Fax: (562) 865-0851 engsys@aol.com
SPECIAL OFFICE BEARER Executive Director of JAINA Kamalesh Amin Phone/Fax: 716/646-5342 jainah@aol.com
CANADA Regular
Toronto Associate
Edmonton Montreal Ottawa Vancouver
SOUTHWEST Reynler
Dallas Houston
Phoenix Associate
"Tulsa Lubbock Colorado
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Young Minds Reshma Modi 248/ 851-3965, reshmamodi@mail.com
All Board of Directors names were printed in the Summer 2000 issue.
SOUTHEAST Regular
Atlanta Miami Asia Augusta Charlotte Fe Meyers Jacksonville Memphis Middle Tennessee Morgantown New Orleans Orlando Palm Beach Raleigh Tampa
NORTHEAST Regular
Boston Buffalo Cherry Hall Exsex Fells Hudson Valley New York Orange Philadelphia Pittsburgh Rochester
Washington, DC Ascociate
Albany Allentown Elmira Harrisburgh Hartford Syracuse
JAINA CHARITABLE TRUST
Mansi Shah 562-404-2851, MansiShah@aol.com
MIDWEST Regular
Chicago Cincinati/Dayton Cleveland Columbus Detroit St. Louis Associate
Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee
Executive Council Chairmen - Dhiraj Shah, Buffalo, NY
Mahendra Pandya, New York, NY Comptroller - Jagar Jain, Buffalo, NY Secretary General - Kiri Kapadia, New York, NY Members-ar-Large
Rajen Jaswa, Saratoga, CA Bipin Parikh. Chicago, IL. Bhupendra Tolia, Norwood, NJ
WEST Reguler Los Angkes
San Francisco Aware
Portland Sacramento San Diego
Matrimonials Hasmukh Shah 8721 Scrimshaw Drive New Port Richey, FL 34653-6623 Phone: 727/376-7989
AFFILIATES
JAINA FOCUS
MANAGING EDITORIAL BOARD Lata Champsee, Manubhai Doshi, Jagat Jain. Ramesh Jain, Vijay Jain, Harshad Shah, Anop Vora
Trustees All Trustees names and photos to be printed in the Fall 2000 issue.
The Managing Editorial Board will endeavor to publish all material submitted but reserves the right to edit and/or reformat for dacicy and space restrictions. The views expressed in the articles are chose of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Managing Editorial Board of JAIN DIGEST.
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