FEZANA JOURNAL FEZANA TABESTAN 1376 AY 3745 ZRE VOL. 21, NO. 2 SUMMER 2007 G SUMMER 2007 JOURNALJO Mah Tir-Amardad-Sherevar AY 1376 (F) Mah Bahman-Asfandarmad 1376 AY Fravardin1377 AY (Sh) Mah Asfandarmad 1376 AY Fravardin-Ardibehest 1377 AY (K) FEZANA TURNS 20 Also Inside: 20TH ANNUAL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION GENERAL MEETING TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP DEFINING MILESTONES— MOMENT—IZA, NY NAVJOTE, NEW NAVARS PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERATION OF ZOROASTRIAN ASSOCIATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA FEZANA JOURNAL Vol 21 No 2 Summer 2007 TABESTAN 1376 AY - 3744 ZRE www.fezana.org 3 CELEBRATION OF LIFE- Khorshed Jungalwala 4 EDITORIAL, Dolly Dastoor 5 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, Rustom Kevala 7 FEZANA UPDATES 20th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING-DALLAS 20 COMING EVENTS 21 CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS 22 FEZANA-1987-2007. 20th ANNIVERSARY Special Feature 26 DEFINING MOMENTS Read 33 PHOTO DOCUMENTARY 58 DEFINING MOMENTS Committees and Associations 68 COMMUNITY BUILDING 77 A LOOK AT FEZANA FROM THE OUTSIDE 83 REFLECTIONS ON FEZANA FROM THE INSIDE 85 EVENTS AND HONOURS 91 YOUTH FULLY SPEAKING 93 FARSI SECTION Send a gift subscription to family and friends Send a gift 95 INTERFAITH /INTERALIA 99 PERSONAL PROFILE 101SUNDAY STORIES 105MILESTONES 108WZCC 110 BETWEEN THE COVERS Photo on cover: Collage of men and women who served FEZANA for the first 20 years FEZANA Journal Vo 21 No 2 ISBN 1068-2376 (USPS 021-495) published quarterly by FEZANA 5750 S. 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SUBSCRIPTION MANAGERS: Kershaw Khumbatta [email protected] Guest Editor Arnavaz Sethna Homi Dhalla [email protected] BUSINESS MANAGER: Rusi Gandhi Spring 2008 [email protected] PRESIDENT FEZANA: Rustom Kevala Religion and [email protected] Medicine CHAIRPERSON PUBLICATIONS Guest Editor COMMITTEE: Nikan Khatibi Deadline for Fall 2007 Submission August 1st 2007 Opinions expressed in the FEZANA Journal do not necessarily reflect the views of FEZANA or members of this publication's editorial board. Published at Regal Press, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 2 FEZANA JOURNAL — Summer 2007 A Celebration Of Life Khorshed Jungalwala 1940- 2007 Today we celebrate the life of a person Through all these activities, her love for who was loved by all, a lady of courage her fellow man always shone through. and conviction that few can demonstrate. She arranged many seminars and She came and touched the life of the lectures on Zarathushti religion through North American Zarathushti community her contacts with eminent scholars. Two and moved on to her spiritual domain with years ago, FEZANA instituted the formidable prowess mixed with humility. A "Khorshed F. Jungalwala Lecture Series" tower of strength in good health, she in her honor. The first lecture in this demonstrated true resilience and fortitude series will be delivered by Professor in her failing health. Kaikhosrov Dinshaw Irani at the XIV North Khorshed had that quality American Zoroastrian that is rare in humans: Congress in Toronto on complete trust in the Sunday, July 1, 2007. She goodness of mankind and would have been so proud an openness and to be present at this acceptance of everyone epochal event. without hesitation. This An avid supporter of quality endeared her to all classical music and the who came in contact with arts, Khorshed was on the her. We instantly felt that we Boards of Arts Councils had always known her and and Cultural organizations; we felt compelled to always and was the president for live up to her high 12 years of the MetroWest expectations. International Concerts By 1998, Khorshed was in the forefront of Association. Her legacy of unflagging FEZANA's activities, while maintaining energy, her passion for life, journalism, her leadership in Boston. She chaired the music, arts, truth, decency and above all "Information Receiving and Disseminating humanity will never be forgotten. Committee," which is responsible for the FEZANA Journal and other publications. Khorshed was one of us, and there is a She was also the chair of the "World Body little bit of Khorshed in all of us. She is Working Group," charged with survived by her husband Feroze, coordinating FEZANA's mandate to daughter Ferzin (Rajan), grandson Davin, ensure that there should be only ONE son Jehan (Pam). World Body of Zarathushtis. She worked tirelessly to develop the ground rules and concept for a united world body that we Thank you Khorshed for sharing and thought would meet everyone's touching so many lives in such a profound expectations and needs. Sadly, way. Zarathushtis in other parts of the world On behalf of the FEZANA community, were not ready for this, and today instead of one world body, we have at least three organizations who want to represent Rustom Kevala FEZANA President Zarathushtis in the world arena. Hers Dolly Dastoor, was the voice of moderation, a voice of optimism. Editor-in-chief, FEZANA Journal FEZANA JOURNAL – Summer 2007 3 A word from the Editor Dolly Dastoor A salute to the dedication of leaders of representing Zarathushtis on this the first 20 years of FEZANA continent. The benefits of FEZANA’S charities Putting this issue together has been an amazing and critical assistance efforts are experience, to realize that the growth and achievement being felt across the world, of FEZANA is solely due to the amount of work people FEZANA has been in the forefront over the past 20 years have given for free —for the of providing academic scholarships love of the community. In this journey we meet men to deserving youth, scholarship and women who make up FEZANA and who have programs are being developed by associations and created the “gift economy” by donating small and large other private individuals based on the FEZANA model. quantities of their time and expertise. Many of these From simple beginnings with a few hundred dollar pioneer people are still with us, others we have lost budget in 1987 of monies collected mainly from either through death or they have moved on to different member associations as dues, FEZANA, now has things after leaving their mark on the fabric of the nearly a hundred thousand dollar budget with several community. But we have much to celebrate, as a whole endowed funds, with committees and working groups new coterie of the emerging generation has joined the proliferating. FEZANA has been the catalyst for FEZANA Chorus, progress and for establishment of infrastructures. All this in only 20 years.!! Bravo If we trace the 20 year history of FEZANA we find the This incredible journey is unfolding at full speed, with same common thread among all the associations: new vistas, new opportunities, new talent and new preservation of the socio-religious identity through the challenges at every turn. This is not to say there are no organization and development of religious classes, road blocks along the way. The divide between the pro- building of places of worship, some assisted by birth and pro- choice for admission into the religion generous donations from Arbab and Morvarid Guiv, and continues, and will continue, but the community in Mehraban and Faridoon Zardoshty and some through North America has learnt to build bridges and to live grass root efforts from the community. But in either around it. And in spite of its organizational limitations case a lot of community people-power and effort has FEZANA has created a climate of trust, understanding gone into the creation and construction of the edifices. and fellowship, areas of comfort, where each association and each Zarathushti is encouraged to achieve his or her maximum potential. As the community matured so did the vision for the future. Gone was the fear of “will we survive”, only to be replaced by a new found confidence in “This is who we Come join us as we celebrate our journey of 20 years are, and this is how we want our contribution in North and salute the community leaders past and present America recognized”. The 10 year strategic Plan 1997- who have guided us through troubled and smooth 07 gave us the road map, the World Congress on the times, who have been both visionary and reactionary shores of North America, gave us the visibility as a and who have carved a strong voice of the diaspora, the NGO status at the place for the small United Nations recognized the North American community of ours on community as a force to be reckoned with.-- 20 years the North American later FEZANA is acknowledged as a definitive body panorama. Read Send a gift subscription to family and friends 4 FEZANA JOURNAL — Summer 2007 A Message from the President At the last FEZANA Annual General cultures and viewpoints.