On Saturday September 17, 2022, on the one-year death anniversary of his passing, Firoze Jungalwala was laid to rest peacefully in the Mt Pleasant cemetery in Sudbury, MA surrounded by friends and family. A small ceremony was conducted with prayers and blessings by Ervad Farhad Panthaki and Father James from the abbey Firoze and Cynthia…
ZAGNY Trip – Joint Religious Classes
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Children’s Religious Education Classes
2023-2024 Class Dates (All on Sundays except Sept.): September 9, 2023: There will not be a September class in Bedford, MA. Instead, a joint class will be held with the ZAGNY and ZAPANJ communities during the ZAGBA trip to the NY Dar-E-Mehr in Suffern, NY on Saturday, September 9, 2023. October 1, 2023 November 5, 2023…
Dr. Khatibi Scholarship 2022 – Deadline July 31 2022.
Dear ZAGBA community, This was kindly sent by Farshid Bakhtyari. This year, like previous years, Dr. Khatibi Scholarship is being offered to 15 deserving Zoroastrian students for the 2022 Academic year. Please note that this year’s scholarship amount is $1500 for each student. Deadline for submitting an application is July 31,2022. See attachment for details. Best wishes,ZAGBA Board
WZC Congress 2022
Bostonians at 12TH WORLD ZOROASTRIAN CONGRESS 2022
ZAGBA Scholarship Awards 2022
The ZAGBA Education Committee invites applications from high school Seniors graduating in 2022 for the annual ZAGBA Scholarship Awards. Awards for Outstanding High School Student and High School Student Recognition are presented each year at the ZAGBA New Year event in August. Awards will be presented to applicants based on high school academic excellence, community…
Cookbook
Cookbook Manna of the 21st Century: Parsi Cuisine May 26, 2021
by Rita Jamshed Kapadia
Cancelled – ZAGBA picnic -July 15 with youth visiting Boston from World Congress in New York.
UPDATE: July 9, 2022 Dear ZAGBA Community – the scheduled picnic event has been cancelled. Thank you.
ZYAB
Zoroastrian Youth Across Borders (ZYAB)
Youth Subsidy for the 12th World Zoroastrian Congress 2022
WZC 2022 Youth Subsidy for the 12th World Zoroastrian Congress 2022
Dr. Farah Shroff – March 19 2022
Dear ZAGBA community, Please join the zoom meeting to hear Dr. Farah Shroff presenting a lecture on International Women’s Day on “Celebrating Zarathushti Women on March 19, 2022 at 10:30am EST time. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87106029079 Meeting ID: 894 3796 7191 Passcode: 368311
Ukraine Donation
Dear ZAGBA community, This is an update on the donated items for Ukraine from Laila Dantas. Dear ZAGBA: The original location for receiving donated items for Ukraine has reached capacity. Instead I will be dropping items off to a dental practice in Franklin run by a Ukrainian dentist to distribute to Ukrainian relief organizations. Items for donation…
ZAGBA board changes 2022
Dear ZAGBA Community, We would like to share with you the following changes at the Board and Committee levels: ZAGBA Board Changes: We are very excited to announce Tanaz Yadav will join the board and will hold the Joint Treasurer position. Nauzar Vimadalal will take over as Treasurer as Pria Sarma has expressed her desire…
ZAGBA Navroze/Nowruz
Dear Zagba community, Due to low participation, we have to unfortunately cancel our ZAGBA Navroze function which was to be held on Saturday, August 27th. ZAGBA will refund the money to those members that have already paid. We wish everyone enjoys the rest of the summer. More to come on our Ghambar function that will…
Natak
Dear all, Just informing you in advance, to save the date of Sunday, 27th March, 2022 asWZCCME will be screening the play ‘PRETTY BOMAN’ on Zoom at 8.00 P.M IST. The play will be for 50 minutes in English with a bit of Gujarati and Hindi. It will enable all of us to celebrate Navroze together. Your special invitation…
Cooking Class
Hello Everyone, It has been a good 2021, hope you are doing well. We extend our warmest wishes for a delightful holiday season.We wish you and family, good health, happiness, and prosperity in the coming year. We have been expanding on my online classes since we last saw you with ZAGNY, ZAGBA and other associations…
Yoga
Evite sent out. Dear ZAGBA community, The Zoroastrian Association of Greater Boston and Area invites you to a yoga class with our community member Dr. Farah Shroff, who is a Harvard School of Public Health research fellow and yoga teacher. Dr Shroff has taught yoga in over 50 countries. She has practiced yoga since she was…
Sad news
Dear ZAGBA Community, We are saddened to inform you that our ZAGBA member – Rayo Bhumgara’s mom passed away on January 24, 2022 in Mumbai, India. He is presently in India with his family. His mom, Dinoo Bhumgara, aged 91 years old, passed away from a brain hemorrhage. She is survived by her husband of 62 years – Rusi Bhumgara, her…
Membership 2022
Dear ZAGBA community, Welcome to 2022! Hope this year is bigger and brighter for all of us. With limited activities in 2021, due to COVID, the board has made the following decisions regarding ZAGBA membership dues: · All 2021 ZAGBA members will retain their membership status for 2022 · Membership dues for 2022 are OPTIONAL. · Those who choose to…
ZAGBA Calendar 2022-23 request
Dear ZAGBA Family and Friends, We are pleased to announce that we are planning to have the ZAGBA calendar this year that will be from April 2022 to March 2023. Thanks in advance to Ferzin Engineer and Tanaz Yadav for their time and efforts in putting the ZAGBA calendar together. The ZAGBA calendar has photographs and captions of our community and their extended families and…
Register for 12th World Zoroastrian Congress 2022
Early Registration Deadline is January 31st. On our registration portal you will find all the information you need to register yourselves and also book the hotel rooms that we have negotiated at an incredible discount. If you have any questions regarding registration, please reply to this email or write in at register@wzc2022.nyc