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Jai Jinendra!
Dear Sadharmik Brothers and Sisters,
Each year, JCA organizes the Cultural Program to celebrate Mahaveer Bhagwan Janma Kalyanak in which over 1,500 to 2,000 Jains along with their families from around the Tri State area attend to celebrate the religious festivities and cultural programs. We are pleased to have the opportunity to organize this incredible event for all the community to take part in again.
We invite you to participate in our Annual 2015 JCA Mahaveer Jayanti Cultural Program. Please come with family and friends to celebrate this auspicious occasion and our Jain heritage! Please bring the entire family so they can enjoy the beautiful cultural programs performed by our youths.
| Date: | Sunday, April 26, 2015 | |
| Time: | Cultural Program Starts at 2:00 pm Sharp | |
| Swamivatsalya: | Snacks: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
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| Dinner: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm | ||
| Location: | Martin Van Buren High School (Hillside, Queens, NY) |  |
Please visit JCA Website for additional information. We cordially invite all JCA members with family and friends to support all of our young participants performing in these cultural programs.
We request all our members to contribute wholeheartedly to ensure the success of this great tradition. Sponsorship opportunities are available. You can sponsor food, trophies, hall facility, videography etc. Please Click on Sponsorship Form to download form or call JCA Temple for additional info.
We are very thankful to everyone who has joined in making Mahaveer Bhagwan Janma Kalyanak program as well as other JCA events so successful with your efforts and generous contributions. We look forward to your support for all JCA's programs throughout the year. With your continued support we are able to celebrate our great Jain traditions as well as pass on our heritage to our future generations.
Please feel free to contact anyone of us or speak with the JCA Manager at 718-478-9141 for any suggestions or to make a contribution towards the success of Mahaveer Bhagwan Janma Kalyanak 2015.
Please visit www.nyjaincenter.org to learn more about JCA’s Latest News, Upcoming Events and much more.
Thank you for your time and support and we look forward to having you at this auspicious event.
With Regards,
Jawahar A. Shetti
JCA Chairman
JCA Board of Trustees
JCA Executive Committee
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| Dear Sadharmik Brothers and Sisters, | |||
| Many of you have attended the Bahuman celebration for USA born, Diksharthi Nishaben Kapashi at our Jain Center and listened to her tell why and how she has reached this religious decision of taking Diksha. The program went very well, some of you may have missed this once in a lifetime celebration. | |||
| JCA has posted this memorable video and photo album on the JCA website, so that you will have chance to watch and listen how Nishaben followed this pious path. I request all our JCA Members to take time out and watch with family and children. | |||
| Her family has requested and invited all JCA members to attend this Diksha Ceremony of Nishaben at Tirth Sammetshikharji on January 18, 2015. They will make all arrangements at Sammetshikharji once you arrive. Please click on the link to view the Diksha Patrika from Nishaben's family. | |||
| Please view the Diksha Patrika and Bahuman Ceremony Video & Photo Album by clicking the below images. | |||
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| Thanks and Regards | |||
| On behalf of Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, | |||
| Jawahar A. Shetti Chairman Jain Center of America, NY |
| Dear Fellow Members of JCA, | |||||||||||||||
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| Jain Center of America, New York invites you to attend the Annual General Body Meeting on Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 2:00 PM at our Temple, 43-11 Ithaca Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373. The alternate date (in case of inclement weather) is Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 2:00 PM at our temple. | |||||||||||||||
| The meeting will commence at 2:00 PM sharp. However, in the absence of a quorum, the meeting will start at 2:30 PM, as per the JCA Constitution. | |||||||||||||||
| The Agenda for the General Body Meeting is as follows> | |||||||||||||||
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| If you wish to present any other issues or concerns at the General Body Meeting, please write, fax or e-mail the Secretary, Chairman or JCA Manager before November 30, 2014. | |||||||||||||||
| The 2013 JCA financial statements and the 2013 JCA General Body minutes will be available on the JCA website and at the temple from December 1, 2014 onwards. Mr. Manojkumar Mehta, JCA Manager, will show a copy of the accounts or minutes upon request. Please feel free to contact him. | |||||||||||||||
| Lunch will be served starting at 12:00 PM in our Bhojanshala.12:00 PM |
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| Participation at the meeting is a privilege and duty of all members of JCA and your attendance at the meeting would be greatly appreciated. | |||||||||||||||
| This letter has also been sent via email to members, posted on the JCA website and posted on the JCA notice board. | |||||||||||||||
| We look forward to seeing you all at the meeting. | |||||||||||||||
| Sincerely, | |||||||||||||||
| Robin Shah - Secretary | 917-749-6892 | robin_shah@yahoo.com Jawahar A. Shetti - Chairman | 201-387-0577 | jayconstruction@yahoo.com Manojkumar Mehta - Manager | 718-478-9141 | Fax - 718-478-9144 | jcamanager@yahoo.com |
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| Dear Friends, | ||||
| Jai Jinendra! | ||||
| The Jain Center of America, Young Jain Professionals, and Young Jains of America co-hosted a lecture by Diksharthi Nishaben Kapashi in Midtown Manhattan by Rockefeller Center on Sunday, November 9, 2014. She is the first American-born Jain to take Diksha. | ||||
| Over 275 Young Jains and Young Jain Professionals came from the Tri-State area as well as far away as Chicago, Washington DC, Upstate New York, South New Jersey, Long Island etc. to hear Diksharthi Nishaben speak on her journey from working in the corporate world in New York City to ultimately finding a different path for her own salvation. | ||||
| The lecture in English was directed at our Young Jains and Jain Professionals from the ages of 14 - 45 on how they can find a balance between the material and the spiritual world, and use this to enrich their lives, their families, and their community. | ||||
| Diksharthi Nishaben spoke and answered questions for over 2.5 hours and kept the audience of Young Jains engaged on her transformative journey as well as how they can incorporate Jain principles into their daily life. She was joined by her brother Rushabh Kapashi, a graduate of University of Pennsylvania - Wharton Business School, University of Cambridge and Harvard Business School and currently a Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company in New York. He discussed how his sister's decision to take Diksha has impacted his life and how he has turned to Jain principles to guide and balance his business life as a "Wall Street Capitalist" with his spiritual life. | ||||
| After seeing the tremendous turnout and response from the lecture from the young audience who was enthusiastic and passionate for more events like this, Jain Center of America has committed to co-hosting 3 to 4 of these lectures a year based on Jain Principles with Young Jain Professionals (YJP) and Young Jains of America (YJA) - both organizations under JAINA. | ||||
| If you were not able to attend this lecture, please take the time to watch it with your children. It is in simple English and is easy to understand. The impact of seeing someone that our children can relate to transformed by Jainism and through this process understanding the importance of Living a Jain Way of Life is the most valuable gift we can pass on to our next generation. | ||||
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| With Regards, On behalf of Jain Center of America Board of Trustees and Executive Committee Jawahar A. Shetti Chairman |
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| Jai Jinendra | ||||||||||||
| The Jain Center of America, Young Jain Professionals, and Young Jains of America are co-hosting a lecture by Diksharthi Nishaben Kapashi in Midtown Manhattan on Sunday, November 9, 2014. She is the first American-born Jain to take diksha. Come see her speak on her journey from working in the corporate world in NYC to ultimately finding a different path for her own salvation. | ||||||||||||
| The lecture is intended for Young Jains and Jain Professionals from the ages of 14 - 45 on how they can find a balance between the material and the spiritual world, and use this to enrich their lives, their families, and their community. She will be speaking in English for the better understanding of all the attendees. | ||||||||||||
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| Please Note: This event is intended only for Young Jains and Young Jain Professionals between the ages of 14 - 45 years. As there is limited space - first entry preference will be given to them. If there is space available others will be allowed. | ||||||||||||
| We look forward to seeing you at this unique once in a lifetime lecture. For more information, please visit our Facebook Page>. | ||||||||||||
| Brief Bio on Diksharthi Nishaben Kapashi | ||||||||||||
| Nishaben, daughter of Manojbhai and Manjariben Kapashi, was born in USA and raised in Mumbai . She will be taking Diksha on January 18, 2015 at Sammetshikharji. Manojbhai and Manjariben are the members of Jain Center of America, Queens, NY. | ||||||||||||
| At the age of 20 she left Mumbai to study fashion merchandising at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York. She studied for 1 year in Florence, Italy and for 3 years in New York. She then went on to work as a fashion merchandiser for J. Crew. During her college studies and professional life in New York City, Nishabhen attended Swadhyaya lectures at the Jain Center of America. Over time her excitement for the fashion world was soon replaced by a longing for something more meaningful. | ||||||||||||
| She quit her job and travelled to India to where she met Acharyadev’s and Sadhviji’s. Under their enlightened guidance she began to explore, understand and experience Jain religion. And this has ultimately resulted in her firm resolve to take Diksha and follow a different path for the purification of her soul. | ||||||||||||
| Her family has requested and invited all JCA, YJP and YJA members to attend Diksha Ceremony of Nishaben at Tirth Sammetshikharji, India on January 18, 2015. They will make all arrangements at Sammetshikharji once you arrive. Please click on the link to view the Diksha Patrika> from Nishaben's family. |
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