~\.pi-il 00. Hl:.23. THE ZIONIST REOORIJ. 2\1
FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.
EDITORIAL NOTJCE.-ln view of our limited spacl', Secretaries of Societies and others sending Reports for insertion in these Columns or in our other Local News Columns must make them as brief as ponible.
Benoni.
We are glad to note that with the election of a new committee the Do1·shei Zion As ociation i show- ina increa ed activity. The recent shekel sale yielded a. ~·eturn of 219 hekolim-a great improvement on la t year's total. 'lhis gratifying £gure js .due to the energetic efforts of tho 'hekel Comm1 s10ner, Mr.
J. J. Fine, and his band of canvassers, who e returns were as follow :-:\Ii. s Hyman and l\Ir. A. Miller, 28 ; Mi P. l\Iiller and }Ir. H. Kahanowitz, 24; l\Iiss R.
:Miller and l\Ir. Gro. , 45 ; Mi Kaminsky and Mr.
Reichlin, 46; Miss Katz and Mr. Shein, 34; Miss Hyman and Miss Kaminsky, 42.
The following ladies and gentlemen have been added to the committee of the association :-Mrs. F.
Blum, Mr . B. 8egal, l\Ir. S. Kreinin, l\fr. S. Segal and Mr. :JI. ack
Bloemfontein.
\Ye report with great pleasure that at fl meeting held on th 25th inst. it wa: decided to form, or rather to revive, the Bloemfontein Zionist "oeiety.
The Zionist mornment ha a strong hold upon the affection and s;vmpath:v of the J e\vish community in the Free State capital, bu for some time past there has be n no properly organisecl eoeiety, and the Zioni::it work ha devolYed upon n few individual ,nthu ia t , among t ,,·horn we cannot refrain from mentioning :\Ir. A. 'uhwartz .. enr., who e name i.· a household word amongst f'onth African Zionist . It i, a g1eat tribute, both to the worker in Bloemfon- tein and to the general community, that in spite 0£
the handicap 0£ having no organised . ociety for some time past, remarkable work has been done for Zionist fund and propaganda. .i:I€Yerthele s, it i a matter of cour, that much more can be done "''hen the
\YOrkers and the community as a whole are organised in a ~trong and \\·ell-knit orffanisation. \Ve therefore look fonYard to the happi st re ult accruing to Zionist pffort in Bloemfontein from the establishment 0£ this ::fociet:, and we wi.J1 it all ~ucces .
The-following laclie and gentlemen ·con titute the
committ~e of the Society :-President, l\fr. J. Lovius;
vice-president, ~fr. I. Fogel; treasul'er, Mr. A.
~chwartz, sem.; hon. secretary, Mr. J. Bernstein;
c·ommittee, the MisRe. I. Abe] on and A. Persky, and
::\fe!=:sr.~. :M:. Pencharz, R. Drobis, I. Cohen, B. ohen, ::\I htein and Davidson.
Boksburg and Boksburg North.
T11 snle 0£ hekolim here wa conducted by the Ba t Rand Zioni t .A , ociation, a ist0d bv the Boks- hurg North Y.I. . The collector. w rec the Misses Dezatnik, Gillman, Penn and Weitzman, and :Messrs.
~oppenstein, ,J a obi. Loui , Saretzky and • i;vil.
~ mety-two shekolim were di posed of, which i an improvement on the figu1't '3 of pre\'iou year .
Capetown.
B.·oTR Zw.· Asso 'IATIOX.
011 :\Ionday, the lGth April, a wr,\ succe sful concert 'vas held at the Hailway In titute under the au, pico: of the a sociation. The arti tes were l\Iiss J. Zuckerman (pianofort solo), Mr. Jan Luyt (violin solo), .Me dame JtPtice Benjamin and Wolfinsohn, and }fr. Bloch ( ong. ) , :Jliss Ro e Policansky and l\Ii, s Rita Ge undheit (recitations in Yiddish and Hebrc\v respectively), l\IisR J. Isaac._ohn ('cello .·olo).
The dance display given by pupil of Miss Miriam Kirsch wa among the itemR -n·hich were most appreciated.
The coucl half o.f th programme opened with n Biblical cene entitled " The Daughter 0£ Jephthah,"
which was arranged by J\Irs. '. Gordon, a si ted L,Y l\Iis T. Van Geldcren, l\Ii ' Blo h taking th part of Jephthah's daughter very ucccss£ully, and rendering
ome very fine Hebrew ongs.
The proceeds of thi function, which it is hoped will be ub tantial, "·ill be donated to the Tational Fund .and the fund for the trans£ rence of the Ukrainian orplrnn,· to Palestine.
The ann:.rn! hornrn-io·house collection for thP .Jewish National Fund, c:onducted by the Zioni ts of Capet°'vn on March 4th (the , undav after Purim), realised £421 5.'. This amount haR been duly fonrnrd d to tho 'outh African Zioni t Federation.
'Ihe returns of the Yariou. c;ollector. w re as follows :-E. Gurland and J. Gitlin, £80; H. I. Guin~
bcrg :md S. J ocum, £41 1.3 . Gd. ; S. Kamin ky and B.
uchet, £37 12 . ; A. alber and J. Gitlin, £28 18s.
6d.; Myer Joffe ancl · L. Polikansky, £27 Os.; P.
Polican ky and J. Zuckerman, £24 16s.; L. M. Sack and H. Sacks, £21 14s.; Rev. S. Kessel, 11. ::\forduch- owitz, B. Rubik and W. Satusky, £19 2 . ; U. Gurland, 1\1. Jacobson and H. Baker, £17 5 . ; Rev. I. M:. ohen and h. Levinsohn, £16 7 .. 6d.; I. Schwartz and Ch.
Joffe, £16 5s.; G. Fine, £15 7 . 6d.; S. Kaplan and :\Io e J o:ffe (including £1 Gs. 6d. per Altshul and Ro towsky), £12 2s.; J. L. ~fai ter and C. 'alber,
£10 10s. Od. ; l\I. Zuckerman and D. Rechtman,
£10 8 . ; M. Bloch and R. Lewis, £9 lls. 6d.; J.
Kagan, D. Rechtman and Iorri acks, £9 98. 6d.;
A. N. Abel and I. Posvolsky, £8 ls. 6d.; H. Baker,
£7 ls. 6d.; K. Zabow and R. 'ha kol ky, £5 2s. 6d. ; . Lcvinsohu and Ch. Wh 'ler, £1
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total, -£421 5s.De Aar.
The annual general meeting 0£ the local Zioni t Association was held on Sunday, farch 25th, in the ynagogne. Mrs. S. Blumberg was re-elected presi- dent and Miss V. Jassinow ky secretary. :Mi s M.
im on and M:rs. I. Blumberg w re elected assi tant secretary and treasurer respectively. The following
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were elected a committee in place of the members r 1tired :-:\lesdame R. Blumenthal, I. Blumberg and l. Hoffman, and Mis e R. imson, F. Feldman and Hold berg.
Durban.
The shekel sale here, which recently took place under the auspices 0£ the local Zionist A ociation, l'e ulterl in 296 shekolim being clispo ed of. The returns of the collectors, who deserve eYcry credit for their fine and energetic work, were as follows:-
~ Iesdame . Cohen and A. Kaplan. 100; Misses C.
'mo and R. Cohen, 68; Miss J. Byala and Master '.
Byala, 42; J\Ia ters L. Burm.an and P. Shapiro, 35;
.Messr . L. Le'\vin aud Hammerstein, 26; Mes rs.
,"trou and hapiro, 25. Warme t thanks are due to the foilowing lady and gentlemen for giving the col- lectors tbe use of their motor cars on Shekel Day:- }frs. Friedman and Messrs. :B. Lurie, Marcus Lewi8, L. Hart and .M. Kanter.
East London.
At the Barmitzvah of Max, third son of Mr. Ch.
'egall, the sum of £3 was collected in aid of the fund for the transference of Jewish orphans from the Ukraine to Palestine.
Heidelberg, C.P.
We iare glad to report that the record number of 40 ~hekolim has been sold in thi mall community, thanks for which are du~ to l\fe. rs. T. Dis ler and Marcus Friedman.
Johannesburg.
·wmrn.T· · Z10N1 T LEAGUE.
The :Murch literary meeting of the League once again proved the e~treme J?Opularity of these gathe~
ing . ~fore than ixty ladies assembled at the resi- dence of 1\Ir...,. Davidoff, Mitchell Street, Berea, to Ji , ten to Dr. :S. Harte'::< intere ting addres on " The Mi. sion of the Jewish Woman." 'l'he lecturer won the sympath;v of hL audience by the modesty as wep
a:-:. by th intelligence '''ith which he expounded . h1 ·
-·ubje t. He had evidently given some ser10u thought to the problem, and was unaffectedly anxious for the J ewi h \'..ife and mother to realise the great
:re~ponsibilit,' re. ting upon her to uphold the best traclitions of the race and preserve the essence of .J uclaism in the fafuilv life.
,_Ir . J. L. Landau presided over the meeting and .ioined in the di c1i._ ion that followed, other speakers including \Ie~damt•s 'i.-c, Glick. Hirsch and .Jacob 011,
and Miss J e:m Barrkman.
The m eting concluded with · hearty vote of thimlrn to the 1 eturer and to the hostess.
Ther wa:· a very large as embly of r latives and friend at the 'elborne Hall on 1\fonday evening, the 16th inst., to celebrate the marriage of Mi ~ adie Hotz to Mr. Joseph Reeb.
The h<'alth of the bride and bridegroom was pro- posed by Chief Rabbi Dr. Landau, who h~d previously officiated at the wedding.
The bridegroom had intimated that he desired his friend , in lieu of wedding presents, to make a contribu-
.tion to the Jewish National Fund. An announcement
to this eff ct :was made h.v l\fr. A. 4 I. Abraham"
president of the outh African Zioni ~t Federation, and a a result donations amounting to some £70 were mcle by those present ah the gathering. This note·
worthy action by Mr. Reeb js one which we hope will be emulated by many other Zionists on similar occasions.
We regret that in. the report in our last i ue
or
the mu ical afternoon held by the Women' Zionist League the name of Mrs. Harry Cohen, who kindly gave some pianoforte soli, was inadvertently omitted.
'The League has forwarded to the Zionist Federation
£3 5s. for the Jewish National Fund, being the amount realised on the occasion mentioned above.
Pietersburg.
Eighty-one Shekolim were dispo, ed of in thi town, the collection being conducted under the au pice- of the local Zioui t 'ociety by the following ladies:- The Misses R. and I. adovsky ( 18 shekolim), H.
Hirschmann (15), B. Hirschmann (6), L. Israelsohn (13), H. Meyers (11), N. Serman, Louis Trichardts (8), A. Sadovsky (10). Further r turns are e}.-pecte.d from outlying centres in the cli~tdct to which hekolim have been supplied b~- the sos·iet;.
Port Elizabeth.
A very impressive Nordau memorial ervice was held in the Emanuel Hall on unday evening, February 25th, and was largely attended. Mr. N.
Lurie. president of the Port Elizabeth Zionist ociety, feelingly referred from the chair to the great loss sus- tained by the Jewish people, and gaye some personal reminsccnces of our departed leader. He was followed hy .Mr. D. Mierowsky, who, in an acldre of over an hour's duration, traced the life and works of Nordau.
He described Nord::iu. the man, the .J 'W and thl' Zionist, and gave a full account oi hi literary activity.
He also quoted the gist of some of .t: T ordau 's great Zioni
t
oratfr,ns. :ge dwelt particularly on the pro- phetic character of Nordau's writin~s. and de criberl him as the modern exemplification of the true Hebraic .,:pirit. After l\fr. Mierowsky's addre s, " El :UolH~ chmim" was effectively recited by Rev. M. Sandler, the whole gathering standing. A collection for the
~ Tordau Garcle11 City \Yas then made, wbfrh l'l'aiiSl''l
£5 !'is.
Zioni t a(·.ti vity in Port Elizabeth bus been to ome extent adversely affected by the terrible lo su taincd h. _Ir. D. i\Iierowsky, the principal of the local Hebrew School, and the hon. secretary of tho Port Elizabeth Zioni t Society. in the untimely death of hi wife, which took place some two month ago.
We are glad to note, however, thnt Zioni t work in this large Jewish centre has now been re urned on an active scale, t.he hekel, National Fund boxes, membership canvass, etc., all having heen energeti- c all~' taken in hand.
Robertson.
A very pleasant reception was given here b, r Mr.
and l\frs. S. Blusger on unday, larch 25th, on thi~
double occasion 'of their silver wedding and th·
barmitzvah of their only on, Isaac. ~fr. Rosenzweig-.
who presided, proposed the toast of the ho t and ho te '. Rev . S. Josefowitz anJ L. l\Iazur pro-
po"ed the toa
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in English and Yiddi h. Numernus other speeches were aJso made. Mr. ~. Sandler, on behalf of the Hebrew congregation, presented Mr. and Mrs.
Rlusger with a sih·er cup in appreciation of Mr.
Blusger's good work as vice-pre ident and treasurer of the congregation.
Salisbury.
The result of the Shekel sale in Salisbury and district is not vet to hand, a· ome of the countrv plact:\· haYe not, yet had an opportunity of sending
in
their returns to Salisbmv.
I idore, eldest son· of Rev. and Mrs. Rosin, a u1 ·d.ical student at Trinity College, Dublin, has pass d his Medical Intermediate, Part II., ,-.;·ith honours in
evny ubject.
Somerset East.
Miss F. Waldman has been appointed hon. secre- tary of the local Zioni t Society in place of Miss Ada.
Levin, who has resigned owing to having to pursut>
her mu ical studies. l\fiss Levin held office for ten month , dming ,which time the society made splendid progre"'s. At a meeting on the 8th inst., at which the election 0£ a new secretary was made, apprecia- ti Ye reference was made both by the President and by Mr. N. Baker to Miss Levin's invaluable services, and rngret was expressed that the society had to lose her enthusiastic and energetic work. J\1iss Levin, in reRponse, said that her work had been a labour of love, and that although she wa noK for the time being
~eYering her connection with the ociety, she would continue to take a keen interest in all its undertakings.
nnd would always be ready to r nder any as-·i. tance po _ible.
We are confident that Miss \Yaldman, i;~rho ii:; not 11ew to Zionist society work, and who belongs to a local family which ha done much for t11e cnuRe, will prov a worthy .~ucePs. or to Mis J;evin.
Strand.
A large and representative meeting vrns held at the Strand on Sunday, l\farch 11th, under the auspices of the local Zionist Society. J\Ir. filler presided, and
·wckomed JHr. Advocate J: Herbstein and J\lr. Turtle-
dove, the president and vice-president respectively of the 1apetown J\faccabean Association, "·ho had come
4 from a p town to address the society.
::\fr. Herb tein contrasted the sorry position of Jewry twenty-five years ago with the new spirit of national pride and independence which to-day per- ntded the Jewish people. Nordau and Trumpeldor, each in himself, typified a. special phase of the Zionist
~no ement. To each the J ·wish people was gratefully mdebted. Mr. Herbstein concluded with a aeneral
~unr y of the pre ·ent position and future posiliilitie of the .~ewish people.
l\Ir. Turtle do\ e spoke of the separation of th .J e\V$ from the land, and shov•ed that only a return to tl1e Ian~ could give the J e'ivisb people that economic f?undation without which .healthy progre s was impos- i:;1bl · H_e c_oncluded by suggesting the amalgamation 0£. the Z1?mst societies of the Strand and Somerset
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H1' suggestion was end or ed by Dr. Isaacson,·pe~_ikmg as a Strand re ident, and by Mr. H. M. Jaffe,
~hamna.n of t?e Somerseu West Zionist Society. After
·ome d1scuws1on a . ub-rommittee, ronsisting of Dr.
Isaacson, Messrs. Jaffe, Miller, Kruss, Nochomowitz and l\Iiller, was appointed to go into ways and meani:;
for carrying out the suggested amalgamation.
A vote of thanks to the speakers, moved from the chair, concluded the proceedings.
Uniondale.
The collection of £16 6s. 6d. reported in our last i. sue was made on the occasion of the engagement of ).liss Bertha Linde, of Uniondale, to Mr. H. Green- berg, of Willowmore.
There were a few errors and omission~ in the li t of donors as given in our last issue ; the corrected list will be found in our acknowledgment columns. The list includes a number of friends of Mr. Greenberg who came from \Villowmore and other places to cele- brate the occasion, whilst the Uniondale names include several relatirn of Mi .. Lincle.
THE GOLDEN SHEKEL.
A CONTRIBUTION OF £1 PER ANNUM FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE WORLD ZIONIST
ORGANISATION.
We append a further list of contributors of the nolden Shekel whose payments reached us during this month. It is a very small list, and we feel that far more could have been and still can be done by mean of this contribution to help the Zionist Organi. ation to carry on.
vVith every Zionist it should be a point of honour to help the Organisation, of which he is a. member, out of the financial difficulties which cripple its work.
Zionist Societies and representatives are urged to proceed with a brief but actiYe canvaE for the Golden Shekel, and to forward returns 'vithout delay.
Individuals 'Who have not yet been approached are urged to forward their Gol_cl "Il Shekel direct to the S.A.
Zionist Federation, P.O. Box 18, Johannesburg.
LIST No. 5.
·(Received from April 1st to April 25th.) .loltannesburg.-303, I. B. Rudaizky.
Kimberley.-304, Harry Stoller; 306, J. Sacks.
Jfiddelburg, O.P.-30.5, l\la tf>r Alec Seligman Olocolan.-307, H. , uttner; 30 , S. Durbaoh; 309, M.
Blechman.
Ladybrand.-310, M. , andler; 311, A. Fri dgut; 312.
S. Sor.ky; 313, H. Jacob on; 314, 1\1, Steckoll; 315, S.
Steckoll; 316, I. I. rael.
E1lst London.-317, late Mr . D. W. Hir bowitz (Sau- len, R.us ia).
Durban.-31 , R. Hillman; 319. , . A_ Nathan on;
320, I. Lurie.
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