Jai Jinendra,

Below are some useful and fun details of our recent events:

Special Reminder: Please note the #GivingTuesday 2018 (November 27th at 8 AM) is approaching fast. JSMW Treasurer ( treasurer@jainsocietydc.org) has started receiving the pledges and matching donors. This is a great opportunity to make your donated dollar two to three times than the total donated amount as if donated before the limit reaches, Facebook will match your donation dollar to dollar and few of our members have pledged to match 10 cents per dollar. Refer to our past email for donation instructions.

Important Note:  
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JSMW Diwali Celebration 2018

Namkeen/ Farshan Competition

Namkeen/Farshan - Recipes and Pictures 
We had 10 entries for Namkeen/ Farshan Competition and we were fortunate to see so much talent and creativity from our members. Judges for this contest were: Kanta Dharamsi, Mina Shah, Harshid Shah.

1st prize was 25.00 Target card, 2nd got 20.00 & 3rd got 15.00 gift cards. 
Special Thanks to Sunilbhai Dharamshi, Rena Surana, Manan Shah, Sahil Shah, Manoj Shah & Rahul Jain.
 
Very Very Special Thanks to Kantibhai Gangar to have a humorous recipe specially for male audience and Meetaben Gangar for bringing Diwali Snacks for the members.

Dress Your Best 
Dress your Best Festive was a big hit, many had dressed so beautifully and felt like no one can celebrate Diwali better than JSMW. Kids from Nursery to adults had colorful and vibrant clothes and were very enthusiastic. Judges went to each classes and also had their binocular eyes on everyone in the hallway/ cafeteria.  We picked from each class 2 students (1 girl, 1 boy) and 4 in adult categories. 
Judges for this category were: Hemen Gandhi, Janak Rajani, Narita Surana, Monali Shah, Padma Shah. They did a wonderful job of picking 24 best dressers and hats off to them as their job was most difficult. We had 24 gift cards from Target for 10.00.
 
Decorative Diyas
Decorative Diyas for Pathshala students was completely managed by Rena Surana, Narita Surana and JYOC Kids. Shout out for Shreyal Gandhi, Simi Narula, Manjeet Surana, Rushil Shah and many other JYOC members to be involved in community and engaging our youths in making fancy diyas. There might be few more names missed here, kindly understand. 
 
Special Thanks for Rahul Jain, Sahil Shah and Manan Shah for supporting in miscellaneous tasks. Thank you & Micchami Dukhdam to all, without all your support this would not had been a successful event.

Mahavir Nirvan Pooja
We continued the tradition of Mahavir Nirvan Pooja on the morning of Diwali. This year we met on Diwali, November 7th at 7:30 AM for Mahavir Nirvan Pooja, bhakti and offered Coconut Laadu. The religious ceremonies were followed by Potluck and Diwali wishes.

Diwali Nav Smaran Path
On Thursday, November 8th, we recited Nav Smaran followed by Aarti & Mangal Divo at our Jain Center.  Nav Smaran is the reciting of Stotras in the memory of Bhagwan Mahavir's Nirvan, a state when a soul gets liberated after shedding all eight types of Karma particles. The event was well attended by 80+ members from our society.

Diwali Bhakti
This event was well attended on the Saturday after Diwali, November 10th. The members enjoyed singing a variety of bhajans with the live soulful music and bhakti nritya. The program ended with the Aarti performed by the entire group. 

Diwali at Capitol



On November 14, 2018, JSMW co-sponsored Diwali at the Capitol. 
The event was hosted by BAPS, co-hosted Hindu-American Foundation (HAF), Indiaspora, and co-hosted by JSMW, JAINA, JITO, The Art of Living, and US-India Friendship Council. 

The event was well attended by several persons of Indian origin, about 26 members of the House and Senate, Indian Ambassador to the USA, Navtej Sarna, White House Deputy Press Secretary, Raj Shah, first Indian American woman in the US Marine, Angelina Mehta and other representatives from local, state, and federal levels.


JSMW had over 20 representatives at the event making connections and spreading awareness about Jainism and JSMW.  

Wellness Session 1 - Preparing for College Admissions

As requested by few JSMW Members, here we are resending the Presentation for Wellness Session 1 - Preparing for College Admissions. 

Preparing for College Admissions Presentation

Wellness Session 2 - Foreign Assets Tax Compliance

Thanks for showing your interest and excitement for our Wellness Session 2 - Foreign Assets Tax Compliance. As requested, here is the slideshow and information from this presentation.

Foreign Assets Tax Compliance Presentation

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