]u:y :~1st, 19:i(i.
Cape Zionist Youth Activities.
Cape Zionist Youth Executive.
This week-end all ection of Zionist Youth will be "en fete." At Worcester the Cape>
Zionist Youth Executive are having a Town and Country Rally. In Cape Town, the first Western Province Hahonirn Hagigah is takinp.
plate. The Hagigah i" in t\\O sel tion ....
sporti11g and athletic, and cultural. On Sunda) morning at 9.30 a.m. sharp. at Ackerman Footha-1 Field, Behedere Road.
Cla1cmont, :vlr. H. L. . tern, the Ba-Koach.
will formally open the Hagigah. ThereaftPr nume1ous inter-Gedud and championship athletic events for both Bonini. and Bonot will be held. Aft r lunch, there will lw ir1Ler-Gedudim Soccer matche for the Bonim and hockey matches for the Bonot. At se' en o'clock, Habonim will a semhle for supper at the Claremont Talmud Torah Hall. and thereafter. a social will he held.
The: Cultural HagiE!ah takes place at thf' Zionist Hall, on Monda), <'Ommencing
9.:- :rn
a.m. harp. There will be numerous compe- titions in the cultural sphere of Hahonim activity, e.g., singing, reciting, horn danC'inf!'.
play-acting and individual and orche tral m11sical items. The e~says, Le enim (hricks) and hohhie. will he exhihit d. Ever ·hod~
interested is cor<lialh i1witc<l to 1H' prf'~<·nt
<1t all ses. ion . .
At \Xrm<·estC'r. tcmn and countrv .o<'i<'tif':-.' 1·cprcsenlati"\e '\ill participal in a "Wo1 ld Jewish Congress.'' A representative of thf' Briti.;:;h Government will deliver a report on the VTandate for the year, after \\hich a motion of no confidence in the Mandaton Powf'r will be mo\ed. Another report on the acth ities of the Jewish Agency will lw rnowd and discussed by Congress. Ever)·
hody interested is cordially invited to attend all sessions. On Monday (weather per- mitting) delegates will he entertained out of doors.
A Tree Drin.' was held la t Sunda, h, the Youth in the Peninsula and ahout .£ 10 '\ orth of trees were sold.
C.T. Maccabi Cultural Group.
A meeting took place on Wednesday, 22nd July, at the· residence of Miss L. Symons.
Mrs. Ch. Maissel was in the chair. Mr. A.
Gordon read a news-sheet, and report on th<' J.N.F. Study Circle of the Cape Zionist Youth Executive. He made an appeal for members to assist in the tree drive. Mr. :\f.
Wolozinsky, M.A., then delivered an interest- ing and informative address on the "Lifro an<l Works of Bialik," which was very much appreciated by all. Mr. M. Shewlew passed the vole of thanks to the speaker.
JI ottentots Holland Young Israel Society.
The Society entertained members of the>
Muizenberg, Sea Point and False Bay societies to a dance at the Victoria Hotel on Saturday, 11th inst. On Sunday the visitors spent the morning at Somerset West, and in the afternoon, motored out to the Faure Marine Drive. In the evening, the local members and visitors listened to an address at Somerset West, delivered by Mr.
A. Roberts and Miss P. Salber, the f~rmer speaking on the "Life of Theodor Herzl."
and the latter on "Chaim Nachman Bialik.··
From the audience, Mr. Resnekov gave an address on the "Pre ent Position of Jewry in Eretz Israel." It was stressed that societies should pay more attention to cultural work.
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Zionist Conversazione.
Adv. H. M. BLOCH ON
"RA CEO LOGY.
nTht> fortnightlv Conversazione took place at the Zionist. Hall on Tuesda, niµ;ht.
Dr. S. E. Kark '\as in the chair .. Adv. H. M. Bloch gave a \•en inlerf'stin::!
leclure on '' Raceolo~), '' giving. an anahs7s of Th. Julian Hu lf',·s book ""~e Euro- peans." The tr rm ·•race,'' he , aid, was difficult to define and had no exact connota- tion. In the popular Sf'nse it '\as used in
di.ITerc>nt '\ ays. e.~.. lo characteri e an jmal!inar~. hypoth<'ti<'al µ:roup of which thr pre enl p:roup arr the descendants; hf'tH'<' the ordic theory. 5ometime · the term race
\\as used to descrihe a group using tlw same language, e.g., Aryan.
Anal) sing th<-> ordic theon. \1r. Bloch said that it was Lhe Scandi~a\ ian peop]r' mainly who be]onf!ed to the 1'.iordi<' t' pc having certain phvsical characleristics. l c
had heen proYerl difficult lo Lrace the descent of the Germans of to-day hack to their remote Germanic ance~lors. As~uming e\en a hyp thetical ordic or Alpine race, it wa1' difficult to trace direct riesl'ent hack. Under :modern conditions it \\as difficult to estah- 1 ish a chain of descent. Amongst German- . peaking peoples the proporlion of illegiti- matf' hirth was the highe-.t. lt was 'c n diffirnlt to trace racial pmily.
With reganl lo the tNm .. rvan, ,. I 1.
Bloch said. thi::- was c•onnec·t<'d «rnh with languag<' and not with race. A large nnmher of languaµ:r" -were ind uded in thr
!Nm "Ary an'' or In do-Germanic.
H<'f erring to thC' Jews, Mr. Bloch said there v.as a much variation in phy ica i t' pe amongst them as amongst other peoples.
11 characteristics usually attrihuted to Jewf!
'\!Ne va1 iahle, alLhough as a people the
fr,"
had the greatest possihilit\ of breedin'!true to type. - .
The group senLimenl of the Jews wa, due lo certain cultural, historical and geo- graphical factors: to livin~ a similar mode 0f liff', t0 the e istence of common tradi- tions and Lo external pressure.
The Jews were not a race but a nation v.hich depends on common language, tradi- tions, troubles, etc. It was this that madf' up the group sentiment we know in modern life to-day.
A discus ion followed m which Mr.
Witehsky, Adv. G. Gordon, Dr. I. M. Hur- 'vitz and Dr. Kark took part. Vlr. Bloch replied.
Miss Skoll gave a pianoforte solo.
B. BRESLIN,
The Hebrew Sculptors and
~Ionumental Works, 136, BUITENKANT ST.,
CAPE TOWN.
Phone for designs 2-4033.
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JEWISH SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE.
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spoke of the succe of Jewish colonisation in the Argentine for the last forty years and of the work don in Brazil, building up of school and communities, and in Eastern Europe, where Jewish agriculturiEt.s were trained and prepared for a futurf" life over-
_eas. He was very grateful for the assistance
f!iven by the social workers to the lea everv-
\\ here. ·
The next speaker was Dr. Karpf, "'ho .-.poke of the soeial and constructive work in the Jewish community.
It should be the task of the conference.
Dr. Karpf concluded, to learn from the-
<."xperience of all countries and to co-ordinal!"
th<:t experience -without fear or favour. The {!reat aim of the conference was to win th<>
he~p of tho~e who were willing to help their neighbours.
Mr. Girmounski next spoke on hehalf of 1\1. Louis Oungre, of Paris, on the present problems of economic assistance. He saicl that never before was help for Jews needed more urgently. Howe\er necessary it was to further immigration and to o-i""~
assi~tance
in the immigration countries, there was also that necessit) to rrive hel1>h . b
w ere it was needed. An important factor of the Jewish distress might he found in the wrong profe sional diversion~. Recent trends to , horten the way from production to
<'onsumption had led the Jew. to <' -pcricnce a "< VC'f<' C'C'ot10mic cri~is, for t hP
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t'W~ \\ C'lf' mmth tradesmen. A readjusLrnC'nt had.therefore, to he undertaken hy plannf'd \oca- tional guidance and training in other pro- fessional groups. As the need wa8 vrn u_rgent, one should try to avoid too expe~
s1ve and extensive training. One of the mo t important professions was, in spitf' of the great difficulties of the presrnt situation, agriculture. Great numbers of Je\\S ought to be trained for agricultural pursuits.
By means of loans, Mr. Girmounski said.
farmers ought to he assisted to rebuild their homesteads. Such economic aid should hf' given mostly in immigration countries. A warning, however, ought to be issued against exaggerated notions in training Jews for agricultural pursuits and settling them on the land. The personality of those who df'-
~ired to take up agriculture had to be care- fully examined, and that examination should be extended also to his family.
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OUR CHILD REN'S CIRCLE
Conducted by COUSIN HELEN.
Our Motto:
"lJo not unto others, what you would not lwve others do unto you."
"A little child sha! l lead them." -Isaiah xi., 6.
P.O. Box 2000, Cape Town.
My Dear Little Cousins,
Miriam Markman, one of our little cousins, has sent me the following com- po ition which I am sure ) ou \\ill all like.
The L ife History of a Drop of Water.
I v.as born in a fleecy cloud high up in Lhe heavens. One day this cloud became
\ery sad and began to Cr} and I fell down as one of her tears. I do not know how l fell through the air, hut \\ith a tl.md I
~rnJdenly fell into the heart of a beautiful rose. \\hich closed its petals o\ er me and [ fell into a sound sleep.
l\ext morning I awoke feeling bright and fresh and I lay loo kin~ at the rose' 8 beauti- ful petal and at her heart on which I was pillo\\ed.
A sudden thought made me lia\e a little peep at the other fltmers in the garden and as I reached the edge of the ro8e I fell down and "ith a light thud readied the gro1111d. The rmw IH'l'koned lo llH'. hut to
Ill) disltl'SS l C'ould not go back.
Before I could think I felt myself hei11g pullrd down into the darkne ~ I shrieked and cried for help but no help <'Hme. Cn- willingly I let my~elf to pulled into the darkne::.s and as I looked around I shuddered with fear. I went a little further and to my delight met some of my companions and m\ay we bubbled. We soon formed a stream and trickled along owr stones and ledge". After a while I aw a beautiful golden ladder which wa a sunbeam. and I hegan to ascend and ery soon '"as high up in the sky. As I looked about I found
Jn) elf once more in the cloud I thought I would never reach again. I vowed that if I eYer should come upon earth again I hall visit my beautiful ro e palace.
The D estru ction of J erusalem.
From the last hill that looks on thy once holy dome,
I beheld thee, 0 Zion, when render' d lo Rome:
'Twas thy last sun \\enl down, and the flames of thy fall
Flash'd back on the la t glanc I gave to thy wall.
look'd for thy temple, I look'd for my home,
And forgot for a moment my Londage to come;
I beheld but the death-fire that fed on th\
fane,
And the fast fetter\} hands that madt·
vengeance in vain.
On man) an e' e, the high :pot whence gazed
Had reflected the la t beam of day a~ it blazed:
While I stood on the hci~ht and beheld the decline
Of the rays from the mountain that shunt>
on thy shrine.
nd nO\\. on that mountain stood on that day,
But I mark'd not the L\vilight beam mellin~
away!
Oh! would that the lightning had glared i11 its stead,
And the thunderbolt bur~t on the conqueror , head!
But the god~ of tl1e Paga11 :-.hall 11e\ e1 profane
The shrine where Jehu\ ah di8dain 'd nut tn reign;
t\nd _calter'd an<l scorn'd a~ th) peop~e may be,
Our "or::.hip. 0 ~ atht•r. j..., only for thee.
Lord B) r(m.
Correspondence.
1}/ iriam 1l/ar/a11e11.- Thank : ou wr) much for your letter and l'ompo~itio11. Plea""
write again soon.
Aaron Brnier.· \l<111y thanks for your letter. Please write again ~oon.
Your loving,
COUSIN HELEN.
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bulletin was next read and discussed. after
\\ hich Miss L. egal delivered a hurt add re s on Maimonides. Hebrew songs \\.en' ::,ung, and the Circle clo~ed '"ith the singing, of Hatikvah.
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GAPE ZIONIST YOUTH ACTIVITIES.
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False Bay Herzlia.
The fortnightly meeting of the above
!3ocietv was held at the Talmud Torah Hall on S~mday night, 26th July. Mr. . M.
Levin delivered a lecture on the meaning and .;;ignificance of Tishe B' AY. This lecture was given to both the Herzlia and the Young Israel Society. Mr. J. Bloom read a paper on the present Palestine situation and there- after Miss M. Harl read another paper entitled "1 Jewish Settlement Responsible for Drhing the Arab off his Land." A Hebrew so~g and Hatikvah terminated the meeting.
:Vlaitlarul
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unior Zionist SocielJ'·On the 16th Jul), the society held its hi-anrual election, at the residence of Mr.
and Mr . Carlin, and the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing six months: Hon. Chairman. Mr. S. Sack ; Hon.
\rice-Chairlad), Miss R. Kaufman; Hon.
Secretai v, Ir. B. Kaufman; Hon. Treasurer, Vlr. D .. Kramer. Additional Cornmitte~
member : Misse B. and S. Kramer, Me sr . B. Katzeff and A. Nochemowitz. Joint
\Ienorah Commissioners, Messrs. A. Joffe nnd B. Katzeff. J.1\.F. Commissioner, Miss H. Carlin.
Crzpe Town Herzlia.
On Sunda) night, 25th inst., Mr. \. Resne- krn deliYered a lecture on "Son of Hag~ar."
After tracing the history of the Arab people JuieAy, he went on to describe the compo- JH'nt ,ections- the tribesmen, the villages.
·~nd tlto. e d\\ elling in the larger towns. Hc- -:}Hrn ed the effect on them of, and their r<:'ddion lo, Zionism, and the ha\oc \\rought
h· their extreme uscept1bility lo fierv oration of an} nature. \Ir. Resneko\ well nwritPd tht' 'olt' of thauh "hiC'h the audielH'{' µ.avt• him.
011 Sunda) night, 9th August, al the .Minor Ziunist Hall. at 8.] S p.m., Herzlia holds the fi r"t Youth Conversazione. Mr. Walter Bone
"ill he the guest of the evening and will
!!:i\e an address on the "Idea of Liberty in Llie Modern Community." Musical items
"ill he rendered and refreshments served.
i\11 Peninsula soC'ieties are invited lo attend.
Remember the llerzlia Dance at the Seach Hotel, Hout Bay, on the 10th October, 19:36. The tickets (Gs. 6d. double) C'an now be hou~ht.
Vluizenberg Young Israel Society.
The above society held a Tisha B' av e\ening at the Talmud Torah Hall, on Sunday, 26th July. Mr. D. lpp was in the chair, and after welcoming the audience, introduced Mr. S. :\I. Levin, Chairman of the Cape Zionist Youth Executive, who gave an interesting and illuminating address on Tisha B'av; stressing the fact that the 9th of Ab commemorated Jewish history in fivf' di~tinct sla?;es, he traced the events con- nected with Tishe B' av from 2,600 years ago until the outbreak of the Great War in l 914. This '"a followed by a debate
"That the celebration of Jewish festival j<;
ab olutelv necessarv for the welfare of th0 .Jewish neople." The motion was up ported by Mr. D. fou Find Miss . Haft and oppo ed h) Messrs. E. Levinsohn and I. Sacks.
Stellenbosch Young Israel Society.
The study circle held by the Stellenbosch Young Israel Society on Wednesday, 22nd July, was well attended. The monthly new
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