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Bnoth Zion Association.

Th Annual Gen ral Meeting of the l\fuizenberg branch took placo at the Talmud T01·ah Rall, 'Yherry Road, l\foizenberg, on ·wedne day afternoon, 12th March. The Chairlady, Mrs.

Julia Dom bey, w lcomed the mem hers prese:qt, the Central Executive repre- sentatives, also a vi. iting Zionist, 1

1\frs. Fanny Raphael, from Johannes- burg.

1\Irs. Dombey read the report of last vear' s activities and thanked her Executive and Committee f01 their fine co-operation during her year (,f office. The Treasurer's report was read, and Mrs. Kouingsfest, co-con- vener of "Wiza, gaye her report, special tribute b ing paid to 1\11". Yet ta Katz, "Klinkers," levcdoIJ. Road, for her laborious contribution to the Wizo, having herself made 350 gar- ments this year. Trees were pre- sented to her. As a mark of apprecia- tion to past conveners of Wizo.

Mesdames Koningsf st, Lemansky, as isted by R. Sl1irkin, trees "·ere pre- S<.'nted. l\Irs. H. Lieberman acldresse<l the meeting on 1Vizo work, al. o our aims to reC'laim land in Eretz Israel;

~!rs. F. "'inoknr remarked on tbe necessity for cultural 'rnrk ancl Mrs.

Fanny Raphael brought greetings from the ".omen' · Zionist League, J oban- nesbnrg.

The election tlwn took plac: , with the following re ul s: C'hairlad.'· Mrs.

Julia DombPy; Vic'- 'hnirladies, l\lrs.

Lili Fc>it, 1~1r.·. }i'. Joc·um; Hon. Sect·e- blr,\', 1\lrs. 1.'. Block; .\ · ·i. tant arnl Soeial Secretary, l\Irs. B. Drint; Tlon.

'Ir asurl'r, l\Irs. Ii'. Po lla huk Com- mittee: Mc:-.dames L. Arcus, Il. Sy- mo11s, S. Solomon, Ji'. Friedman, J.

8l1aper, L. Friedman, A. Awtirbach, J.

Shapiro, A. Sh: piro, J. !::linger, l.

Cohen 'ohen, B 1 j, min, ..Ah l. R.

• 'lomn11 H. Brint ~\. L11ri ', Ii. C' rP0n-

blo, G. Hnkin, J,. Ho en berg, J.

Sha kohky, l\1. .Aph'r, M. Ynl1'r, I. rael, .::he1·, Jo ls( n

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Tit gn, t srwaker, l\.tr/. B. Herb t ¹i11 was then f'alled upon to give lwr n^1- port on the \Vizo C<.mf ¹rence :iml lier visit to Palestine. 'l his was listened to with the closest iutere> t an<l .l\lrs.

HPrh ·tein was cougrntulated on her magnificent report.

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'l'he Annual Gmcral .i\Iet>ting of the Ob ·c1-v.dor)·-)1owbray bran<'h was held on 1 hursday Pvening. 13th March, at the home of 1\Ir. and :\-frs. Tockar, Mowbray.

Mrs. hapiro, i11 her presidenLjaJ address, stated that progress had heen maintained in ev ry , phere of the acti,·itics of the bra1Jch. The Tr0asu- rcr"· report wa · a most gratifying one showing an increase of 100 per cent. in income for J.N.F. work, 1Yizo_.

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1\-fr ·. H. Lieberman extended gr et- ings from the ExccutiYe, an<l con- gratulated the branch on its vigorous prog:ramme of work achieYed through- out the year from the cultural point of ,·iew as well as the prac;tical one.

The reports were unanimously adopted, and the election of office- bearers for 1947 re ulted a fol- lows: hairlady, 11\Ir.. ('. Shapiro;

Vice-Chairladie ·, Mesdames A. Tockar au<l 1\1. nowis ; Hon. 'ecretary, l\1rs.

R. Kaplan; Hon. Treasurer, ~!rs. R.

Lizerbrum; Mowbray '\Yizo '01weners, Mesdames R. Hodes and i\1. G r; Ob- scrvatorv Wizo Convener:, l\fosdam0s Danilcwltz and R. Bravo; Committee:

:Mesdames Elkin, J. Ger, Goldhlatt, It. S. 'Milner, Marcovitz, A. Nick, urich Pogrund, A. , hapiro, H.

Rhattenstein, M. 8tein an<l Zackon.

Mrs. Mary S0gal, the guest .·peaker, gave an address on "Youth Aliyah,"

and urged members to do their utmost during tho period of the Campaign to make it a mo t out. tanding one. She said the task of the women in onth Africa is com para ti' cl~- an en ·y one,

that of acting a. foster-mothers to those unfortunate ehildreu in Europe who han' suffrrecl Slll'h jnde ·cribahle tortun's ancl haY" been <1 priYccl of normal ebilclhood.

<'reated the right atmo phere and ·tandmg ~:ork ~one by Dr. Re ·nel~ov greatly rontributcd to the sncces.· of irJ connection with Hebrew educat10~

the ev0ning. and trc ·:sed th fact o~ the_ Board of Jewi h Education hanng mtroduced method into chaos and having raised tlw tandard of Jewish education crenerallv. Con tinning (~fr. Rubin

~aid th~t ~Ir. l\I. . :iiarks was not only th prime pillar in the Palestine

~Iaritime L agu , but wa also an ardent worker for cYery worthy Jew- ish cans<.>.

A GoldeIJ- Book Certificate was pre- s011ted to .1.!r. and Mrs. A. Tockar on the Ol'casion of their Silver Wedding.

whid1 took plaC'e last year, b~' this branch of tlw Ilnoth Zion, the loc, l :Men's Z1oni't SoC'ie.ty, a1H1 the local Hebrew Congregation, as a tribute to the e.·c:elk'nt work done by th m in the C'ommunitv.

1\liss Ra~·. lCantor, during the course of the evening, delight<.'d the audic1}ce with an interlud of very t"njoyable modern Hebrew ongs.

.Irs. ...'hapiro proposed a Yer,\· cor- dial vote of thanks to tlte speakers,

~Icsdnmcs Segal and Lieberman, th~

young artist and the host and ho ·te ·s for th Ir ~rneions hospitality.

Scopus Club.

Social Welfare Scclio11.-0n Snn<lay e-\·ening, 23rd February, the first func- tion for 1917 of the ocial 'Velfare

ection of the copns Club took the form of an all-Jewish Concert for the iumates of th Cape JPwi.·h Aged Home, Vredehoek.

United Hebrew Schools.

On Thursday aftPruool}, Gth :March.

the hall of the L'nited Hehr w Sl'hools was rrowded with pnpils of all the branche · of the school, who l ad c·ome to cekbrnt0 Purim. 'rhe ehilclren w re in a festive mood as lc>sf'on · for the day had heen can- celled, and a spirit of happine s pre- vailed throughout.

The proceedings were 01wned by the singing of the school song, after which the Principal, Mr. Z. Avin, addressecl the C'hildren briefly on Purim. The highJjght of :the afternoon. ^:i film show, followed. Ffr t the children were shmv11 n. film of the school. an<l there was great e.·rit<'meut as the.·

rcrognised themse1Yes and their friends m1 the screen. This was fol- lowed hY a film of Pal tine and a number ·of cartoons, kindly lent by African Theatres Ltd.

Dnring the inte1 ml the ('hildre11 were giYen "H amantaschen" and C'ool drinks, which thC'~· ate and drank with grPat relish. An extrerncl~· Pnjo~·ahle

afternoon wns .pent by all.

'l'lw coneert ·wa.· a huge succ·C':s and Welcome to Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Marks thoroughly enjq~·etl by all. .A Yery and Dr. and Mrs. C. Resnekov at high l::itaudar<l mis maintaimcl hy all Woodstock.

the arti. ts well known in C'a1 TO\n1, A . oeinJ PYPlling to wPlC'om' i lr.

who gan• of their h<>:t. ¹.1.11'.

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at d -:\lrs. l\1. N. l\fnrks OU their retnrn Ln<l1•11 and )lr.. Zinnrnn (h•lighted th' horn<' from PalC'stine and Dr. and i lr.'.

mulie11 wii h hu moron:; monologn<-'. . 0. Ros1wkor from the nited Rtatt•s .Mrs. K 'hnrlaff HaJT,\' Rahinowitz was h kl in the 'fn1mnd Torah !foll on and autor ratzin r1¹ndcrcd Jt•wi!;h Tue. dnY l'YC'ning of la. t Wl't•k un<l r songs nml drnzonuth ,hir•h "·Ne a th¹ ai;·picP' of th(• "yoo<l·tock and treat to listt>n to. ;wd liHs Hilda Ralt HiYer HPhre\\' Congr<'gation nnd

.~<'lrn uhle. th well-hlOwn pianisto, th' comliim•d loc, I ~oci ties.

pla.,\ < d liPnntifnll:i·. .. Ir. Ellis Zion, ^l fr. T. Mt>1h•l prPsiclecl a1Hl

~i>cr0tar\· of i hP Instit11tt> thank cl rom cl th guP t · on l half of h eC'lio11 for a1 m \ging th rnne 1 t communi y.

nnd tlw nrti t: for tnking part. Cnn- , lr. P. l larks pnirl 1•ihutC' lo tor

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^zill rep]i1•d Oil lwha)f of the Olllllllllllll I\ j CS l<'H<krecl Ji.,\

nrtist~ 1'111pl1:i i ing tha it '' n. n pri- ' ileg<' to them to he ahh· to bring a

Ill a-;un• of u1jo~·nH'nt to the inmnt<'s.

;rnd .l\lr. \he iv• C'OllYcner, re pond d on hchnlf of the Soci:il \V(•llaro Rer- tion. Ten. wn s rved. wh •re111rnn ... Ir.

Zion lt><l nn in:•qwdion of tlw more important <lt partrnents of the Hom . 1t is ho1)('d that eoncerts for tl1P

Ag<•d Hom<' will Jw a n•gnlnr fe'ature of the work of the ~ocial 'Velfare Sec- tion, which is also associating itsPlf with other kindred organisations in 'ape Town for the purpose of as. i - ing in Jf'wi. h c•omnnmal aeti,·itics.

C11ll11f<!l ectio11.-0n Snn av. 9th

~Ir. Z. Galloon spoke on behalf of the Cultural Circle, while Mrs. S.

~fork and ~Irs. Z. Galloon welcomed .:\Irn. HesnekoY and l\Irs. ~L N. Marks l·n behalf of the W izo and Bnoth Zion respectively.

~Ir. 1\1. N. l\farks in de cribing prcsL'nt-clay life in Pal stine, laid em- phasis on the faet that whereas about

~O years ago he left "Jews" in Pale;'- tin~, to-day h not only left a Jewi h peopl' but the beginning of a Jewish n:ition. In co11clusion :Mr. :Marks said that the ec:ouomic and ocial life in Er •tz Israel wa. v ry encouraging.

After the tea interrnl. Dr. Resnekov deliYered a vi,·id address on Jewish life in Am •ric:i. The speaker divided tlw Jewish population into the "Ortho- do.·," "Cous 'n·ati\ e" an<l "Refor i"

<'atPgori and portrayed th Jewi h JifP lie f'. iwrimced among these ele- 1u nts. Dr. Re nekoY stressed that anti-'"\¹rniti. m had hc(·ome an ob ·es ion in the , tnte: and enormou. fund

\\'('re being srwnt to combat thi. evil.

Then' also appeared discrimination again t ,je,\ .· at the lP~u.ling univ r i-

tit'. • Jowi. h J a<l<.'rsliip in AmPri a did not <:cern of a v ry high order and th<• q11< lity o th1· Halibi11ate app ared indiffen¹11t. Dr. He~n kov •mph. i ·ed th, t the \ u t rnajority of Jew:-. <lid not C'l ng to an. ort o ''I~ hilla" ,nd thi l oc cl ill o th fntu1 o \tneri

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)ford1. l\Jr. Muir Lang entert;in cl a large gathering of the copns Club with a most int re. ting programme of recorded music entitled "'Not in the Score."

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The theme of fr. Lang': pro- gramme was that, although we do not find record of the particular emotio11 which inspired a composer to write his mu. ic marked in the score, when we listC'n syrnpathetieally to the com- position we ich,ntifv our .. elYe with th~

mood of the compos r and re. pon 1 to . it. As U\fr. Lang expre ed it, "music echoes the original stimulu. that in- . pired its composition." He then went on to ilhu~trate with records this stimulus and its p. ychological origin.

In l\1Pndelssohn's "Violin Con<'erto in E Minor," for example, Mr. Lang explained that, although we find in thi. work the quality of Yivacity which

t~·pifies l\Ie1J<lelssohn's life and biR ¹ work there is in it a deeper not<' of re i;tful hitterne .. , "a passionah' protest against the ugly . pectn' of anti-Serniti8m," to which ven Men- d<.'ls ohu, who was hrougl1t up as a Gentil was subjected.

Other illnstration. wer taken from CPsar Franck': "Prelude"; , arasete's

"Playera" : Rachmani110ff's "Piano Concrrto ro. 2"; Tschnikow ky'

"Capriccio Italienne"; DYorak's 'la- yonic Dance No. 2"; Sibelius' "1st

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were vast atJd conflicting but the Or- thodox communities were to be com- mended on the establishment of Day Hchools. In conclu ·ion Dr. Resnekov observed that ~ssimilation ^wa very rife and Jewish leaders were very much perturbed by this danger. fu general there is a feeling of no permanence for the Jews in America and all are agreed on the primacy of Palestine as the solution to the Jewish problem.

Cantor Katzin, Mrs. Tuch and Re'.

Baran contributed to the musical suc- cess of the function.

Muizenberg Talmudical Study Society.

At an Oneg habbat given in the Talmud Torah Hall. Wherry Road, l\foizenberg, by Mr. B. P. Phillips, of the Balmoral Hotel, on Saturday, 15th inst., Mr. Phillips was presented with a Golden Book certificate, his name, as Chairman of the Muizenberg Tal- mudical Study Society for the last four- teen years, having been inscribed on the occasion of his ·eventy-fi.fth birth- day by the above 'ociet~·.

Zionist Socialist Party.

A successful "Purim Function,'' or- ganised by the V redehoek branch, was held on Thursday night, 13th !March, at the house of Mr. and l\iirs. Goldin.

l\Ir. Harry Green presided.

Mr. S. Steyn evoked keen intere t with a talk on "Purim," showing a grasp aJJ.d knowledge of his subject that impressed all tho e who listened to him. He pointed out that the legend which formed the basis of the Purim festival was not based on his- toric fact, but that this did not detract from the beauty of the story nor from the message that went out to the Jew- i ·h people from the Book of Esther.

Mr. A. Bank, playing the piano ac- cordion, 1 d the community singing.

Massadah Association of Rondebosch.

A meeting was held in the home of

l\Ir. and Mrs. M. Honikma11 and took the form of a Purim Social during which "Hamantaschen" were con- sumed with delight. Mr. A. Dorfan ad- dre ed the gu st on Purim as it used to be in Palestine, and Dr. V. Resne- kov took as his theme the historical aspect of Purim, linking up Haman's decrees with the reform in the codes of Zoroaster at the time of Artaxeres TI, Following this, the more social aspect commenced, with Mrs. Betty Phillips at the piano and two teams acting various charades.

Members al}d friends are notified that the next meeting will take place at the residence of Mrs. Geffen, Milner Road, Rondebosch, on Monday evening, 24th March, when Mr. A. Goldberg, M.P., will be the speaker.

South African Jewish Ex-Service League.

'rhe Annual Meeting of the Cape Town branch of the outh African Jewish Ex-Service League was held on 4th Q\farch in the Zionist Hall.

In opening the meeting the Chair- man, Mr. l. Hickman, reviewed the past activities of the branch, which- a part from

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elfare and J nforma ti on Work-included a number of functions sucl1 as two servires, a Brains Trust and Lecturc·s, a Dance and a Film Evening.

It was reported that the Committee was .·till el).deavouring to establish a Roll of Honour of men from the Cape, and members were requested to supply particulars of any men or women from the Cape who had died on active ·ser- vice.

The branch is also represented on the National War Memorial Health Foundation and tho hairman ex- pressed the hope that the Jewish ex-

·erviceman will play his part in the work of the Foundation, which aims at creating a healthier and better South Africa. Members would receive a full report ou the forthcoming National

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Congress of the Foundation, to be held in Cape Town.

An ex .. serviceman recently arrh-ed from the United Kingdom gave some d tails of the work of the Jewish Ex-Servicemen's Organisations in Eng- land and their recent offer to Mr.

Bevin to supply 100,000 Jewish ex- servicemen to keep law and order in Palestine was discus ed.

A new Committee wa.s elected, con- sisting of Messrs. Hickman (Chair- man), Dorfan (Vice-Chairman), A. J.

Che ler (Treasurer), Dr. E. Bernstein (Secretary), Miss H. Ackerman and Messr . B. Gershon, N. Berman, P.

Taylor, Dr. H. Freund, Dr. L. Bass, Messrs. G. Simon, S. Bernstein and J.

Simonhoff.

Although the meeting was well attended, an appeal for increased mem- bership was made. All Jewish ex- servicemen and women are eligible, and ap;plication forms can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary, Dr. H. E. Bern- stein, P.O. Box 2302, Cape Town.

'Massadah Association of Vredehoek.

Members re-opel}ed the session by attending an At Home at the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. W. Sebba. A very interesting and novel programme was enjoyed by all those present.

An in,terfunction between the Sea Point and Vredehoek branches was held at the home of Miss Vera Bailen on 3rd March. During the evening a Symposium took place on "The Future of the Jews." Mr. A. }'acli r (Sea Point) very ably and in a most in- terestitJg manner presented his views on the future of the Jew in Europe and South Africa. Mr. J. Hanson dealt with Great Britain and lMrs. J.

Dickman with Eretz Israel. Although the attendance was small clue to un- foreseen circumstances, most of the members pre ent took part in th~ sub- sequent discussion. The meeting con- cluded with a vo,te of thanks to the Bailen family for their hospitality.

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S ocial & Personal.

Mr. J. Gitlin is leaving next week for the United States on a visit to his relatives. He will be away for a few months.

Mrs. S. Nurok and daughter Sheine left on Monday for Durban E'll route to Palestine on a five-months' visit.

They take this opportul)ity of bidding farewell to all their friends whom they were unable to contact personally.

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The marriage of Arona Cecilia, only daughtPr of Mrs. Annie Cohen and the late Mr. Sam Cohen, of Johannesburg, to George, younger son of 1Mrs. Fanny Berold and ~he late Mr. Barney Berold, of Parow, will take place at the Wolmarans Street Synagogue, Jo- ha]Jneshurg, on Tuesday, 25th March, at 4.30 p.m. R.S.V.P.: 6, Allenby Court, Bezuidenhout Street, Y eoville, Johannesburg.

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Mrs. E. Levite, of Muizenberg, left on Monday for Palestine on an ex-

tended visit. She desires to take this opportunity of bidding goodbye to her many relatives and friend:s.

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Mr. L. Katz, of the Strand, who recently left for Eretz Israel, wishes to take this opportunity of bidding farewell to all his relatiYes and friends whom he was unable to contact before his departure.

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The 10,474-ton Dutch hip "Johan de Witt" ardved at Sydney with 701 Jewish immigrants from Europe.