PAGE 25-ZIO 'I '1 RE ORD, APRIL 9, 1937.
FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY
NeJJJs of Jewish Activities Throughout South Africa
Bethlehem
was a fairlv well attended of Bethlehem Zioni.·ts on a\, March 2 , wl en Mr. Edgar tein, of the ''Zioni..:t Record,"
iil a visit t.o this important Free ate centre. He was accompanied by
1 • Bern tein and by Mr. Jack
·olatzky, chairman of the Senekal nist Society, and Mrs. Dwolatzky.
The meeting, which was held in the Hotel, wa presided over by Mr.
. W. Kaplan, chairman of the ni t Society and of the Hebrew ng egation, who introduced the
a ers.
r. Dwolatzky briefly addre.:is d meeting, taking as his theme the
·e 'ity for close unity within the nk of Zionism. Thereafter l'.Ir.
stein delivered an address on
i in a Muddled World." Hf'
efi~' reviewed tlle position of
des in the various countrie~ of
·orld, particularly in relation to e increase of anti-Semitic feeling op1pted by economic cl~auvi_ni. m. of e (azi type. In this s1tuat10n, oni·m gave the only dignified reply.
pite circumstances, there was no
~u ication for a gloomy outlook.
revitalising force of Zioni.~m .uld carrv Jews tluough the
di d wor.ld of to-day.
. r. Be1 nslein replied to a number
~u tions from th audience, par- larly in regard to Mr. Jabotin ky':
it to South Africa. He ch'ew atten- on to Professor Brodetsky's state- nt that chairs we1·e waiting for
Revisionists at the Zionist Con- and the onus therefore rested n the Revisionists to return· to gres .
ev. H. Lidven proposed a vote of nks to the speakers, which was onded by Mr. P. Seligson, vice- irman of the Hebrew Congrega- on. The chairman expre~sed the gra- t de of the meeting to Mr. and Mr ..
fl'. Myers, proprietors of the hotel,
· the accommodation they had
1 • dly provided.
n their arriYal, the visitor. \";ere lcomecl by Mr. and Mrs. ~ T. W.
• aplan, at \vhose home they ·were en- rtained to dinner. After tl1e meet- g Ir. and Mrs. Yaplan entertained
m to tea.
n the 14th of March a pleasant cial evening was held at the Royal tel in honour of Mrs. R. Rom, who going on a six months' tour
l broad. Mr. N. W. Kaplan, chairman f the Hebrew Congregation, pre-
nted Mrs. Rom with a gift fr9m e community as a token of their ap- r ciation for her sterling services,
d in a brief speech conveyed to her e good wishes of the community.
• Thanks were expressed to the ar- sts who rendered musical items dur- g the evening, and to Mr. and Mrs.
. . Resnik, the proprietors of the oyal Hotel, for their kind hospi- lity.
(From Our Own Correspondents)
Boksb rg
The Doksburg Hatechiya ~ ssocia- tion held a "Third Seder Night" on the 4th inst. in the Talmud Torah Hall. A large gath ring- W'l ~ pre.
sent. i\Iiss .. . Saretzky, the chair- lady, opened the evening and l\Ies rs.
I. Alter, H. L. Stonefield and the Misses M. Shapiro and H. Plett asked the "Kashes." Rev. J. Chaitowitz, Messrs. Blank (Johannesburg), S. C.
Ostrofsky (Benoni). ~r. Sewitz (Jo- hannesburg), ably replied in short in- teresting speeches. Songs were ren- dered bv ReY. Chaitowitz and Rev.
M. D. Ylaff.
Mr. A. J. Saretzky proposed a vote of thanks to the speakers and to the Hatechiya of Bnksburg and Doksburg- North.
East London
The amount of £2 14s. was raised for the Jewish National Fund by the East London Jewish Women's Zionist League at a card afternoon which took place at the larendon Hotel on March 18.
The first sewing me ling of the local Women's Zionist League took place in Octob r last year, at which Mrs. Abelman read an original paper on Zionist work and aspiiation.
\Veekly :::;ewing meetings hav now been in. tituted. At th e meeting.
the news bulletin and cultural papers are read.
Mrs. J. Fredman addressed a meet- ing in December on Women's Work in Palestine, which was greatly ap- preciated. In February, Mrs. Dr.
Landau add1·e. sed a very well at- tended meeting of the Jewish women of East London.
In August, Hl3o, a card afternoon was held at which an amount of £1 18s. was raised for the J.N.F.
Nigel
At the annual general meeting ot the local Zionist Sock~ty held on the 4th inst., the following honorary of- ficers were elected:
Chairman, Mr. M. J. Plen; viee- chairman, Mrs. N. Gamsu; joint hon.
secretaries and Treasurers, Mrs. H.
Plen and Mrs. L. Goodman. Com- mittee: Mrs. Donner, Mr. Judaiken, Mr. M. Lowenstein, Dr. Meyers, Mr.
P. Nochum, Mrn. Aronsohn, Mrs.
Rosenthal, Mi. s B. Lusstgarten.
Middelburg (Tvl.)
Mrs. N. Brozin, the hon. secretary of the local branch of the S.A. Jew- ish Orphanage, has forwarded to that institution the sum of £2 5s. being subscription collections from local members kindly made by Mrs. M.
Birman.
Pietersburg
A
DELEGATION from the S.A.Jewish Orphanage Committee, consisting of Mr. B. Moss Morris, Hon. President, Mr. L. Hoc:hstadter, Hon. Treasurer, Mr. A. Ullmann, Trustee. and l\Ir. J. M. Hellmann, Chairman of the Propaganda Com- mittee, visited the Pietersburg branch of the Orphanage on the 20th and 21st ult.
The delegation met the committee of the local branch at an informal meeting at the residence of the local chairman, Mrs. B. Herman, and dis cussed matters of importance. Th.~
chairman, Mrs. B. Herman, welcomed the delegation and exprcs:::;ed [ ppr ... ei aticm at their presenc"', c::tlbng- up ihc Hon. President, Mr. D. 'Moss l\Iorris, to speak on the work of th0 S.A. Jewish Orphanage.
l\lr. l\Ioss l\Io1·iis explaim<l that tlw actual running of the Orphanage wa not the only worl· done by the corn mittee. TlH'Y were also concern cl vdth making useful citizens of every child who pa sed through their hands.
They had been informed that the Orphanage housed few actual orphans, but the question of destitute and abandoned children was of increasing importan e and the n ce. sity for the car of these children had to be dealt with. The r habilitation of the family idea was al. o part of their work, and they had a mothei s' pen. ion sch me involving the payment of over £200 a month to destitute parents to en- able them to keep their children in their own homes. The After Car D partment entailed a tremendom;
amount of thought and work and, thanks to the efforts of Mr. Edwin Cohn and his committee, was functioning successfully. At present there were no cases of children being out of work;" all \vere in good posi- tions affording them the promise of futur advancement.
Efforts would be made in the ne<Jr future to meet the growing need for a Babies Home. The upkeep and maintenanc of the Orphanage, with all its vari tb sectional actiYities, in•
volvcd an enormous expense, and the committee looked to all branches tri assist the Orphanage Committee in their efforts to meet the needs of these South African Jewish children.
l\Ir. L. Hochstadter, the Hon. Trea- surer, drew attention to the fact that it required £15,000 a year to main tain this institution, catering as they did for the needs of all South Africa, with the exception of the Cape. He explained the Endowment of Beds Scheme and drew attention to the generous support given by the public to the "gifts in kind' section. Mr.
Hochstadter referred to the efforts of the Pietersburg Branch in the past and looked forward to increased con- tributions from them in the future.
Mrs. Herman thanked the speakers and hoped they would be successful.
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