From Town and Country

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Pretoria

From Town and Country

(From Our Own Con·espondents.)

Simchas Tot·ah Dance.-A most enjoyable dance was held last Wednesday night, N ovem- ber 15th, at the Jewish Memorial Hall under the auspices of the Women's Zionist League a.nd the Zionist Society. The committee in charge of the dance was comprised of Mrs. W.

Aliwal North

R. SHACKSNOVIS, Inspector of the S.A.

Board of Jewish Education, ha.s ·sited here and inspected the Hebrew classes. e ad- dressed a large gathering in the Synagogue the same evening on the subject of Hebrew Edu- cation. It was a highly interesting ~ess

pd enjoyed by all. Mr. S. Becker, chairman of the Congregation, was in the chair. ~r.

Shacksnovis gave a model lesson to the chil- dren, which w~s of great interest.

On the 19th ult. the juniors of Aliwal North assembled at the synagogue, where they were addressed by a delegation of the O.F.S. Zion- ist Propaganda Council. The delegation con- sisted of Messrs. D. Melmed, S. Berman, and Misses D. Woolf and I. Milwidsky, who c_ame with a view of forming a Young Isrr,el Society.

Miss A. Goldstein presided.

Mr. Melmed stressed the necessity of form- ing a society. Mr: Berman _sp<?ke on the mean- ing, aims and obJects of Zionism.

On the subsequent proposal of M~. Melmed that a society be formed, the f ollo~g execu- tive was elected: Miss A. Goldstein, super- visor and Menorah commissioner; Mr .. M. B~n­

delstein, chairman; Mr. S. Becker, .vice-chair- man; Mr. H. Marcow, secretary; Miss E. Ger- ber, treasurer; committee, Misses R. Becker, E. Cohen, A. Selkon, Mr. M. Gerber, and ~as­

ter M. Kapla,n. The latter was app.omU:d representative of the juniors, as ~he society. is going to be divided into two sections, a sen~or

and junior. In the evening the ~elegation

addressed the Aliwal orth commumty.

Bethlehem

At the annual g neral meetinff of th local Zionist Society held at the Royal Hotel on th 26th ult. the following off~cer., :<:ere elected for the ensuing year: Chmrman, Mr.

N. W. Kaplan; vice-chair, Mi s G :.rty qood- man · secretary· Mis . odman; comm1tt

eedames M. Friedgut, . Lurie, S. Sacb, Tobia and Mi G. Jankel itz an? Me r . N. Epstein, H. Lidvin, and B. Mumtz.

Mr. Kaplan and Dr. Zewadier delivered address.es and a c2mpaign w ... s launched for the Dunam Drive. Special thanks arc due to Mr. and Mrs. Resnick for the loan of the hall.

Botha ville

The annual general meeting of the local :ebrew Congregation was h~ld at the s.yna- gogue recently. The election of officers for the ensuing year re ulted as foll"?ws: ~r.

T. . Behr, president; Mr. M. Mervis, v1ce- presidetit; r. H. J. Heller, hon. secretary

treasurer· committee, Messrs. J. Hotz, Cohen, S. 'Kaplan and M. Brill. Mr. A.

SaChs, who is life president, has also a vote on the committee.

t a social held at the residence of r.

and rs. Drubin on the 5th ult., a local bene- v nt society was formed.

The Hebrew Congregation have forwarded t.o the S.A. Jewish Orphanage, per r. H. J.

Heller the hon. secretary, the sum of £10 Os.

9d. ~de up as follo s: Collection at the bar- Jditzvah party of Boris Kaplan, £2 8s Sd.;

donation by Boris Kaplan, 10s. 6d.; r. H.

Cohen, clearance of orphanage box, £1. 10s.;

otrerings in the synagogue, Messrs. B. Stoc- r, S. Kaplan, . Dinner, S. Me is, J.

Sher, - Shapow, H.J. Heller and T. W. Behr 10s. 6d. each, Me rs. H. Cohen, J. Hotz and A. Sack 5 . each, and r. George Cohen 2s.

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Cr·aa4XK

A social tea was held at the re • nee of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kahn on the 19th u t., when the amount of £1 68. Sd. was realised.

The Rev. Handelson read an article, and . L. Tager, of Johannesburg, delivered an a ress, which was much appreciated.

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Germiaton

The Germiston H abonot are giving a con- cert o-n Sunday evening, December 3rd, ~t

the Synagogue Hall.

Harrismith

Ravid (chairlady), Mrs. S. Kaplan (vice-chair- lady), Mrs. B. Cohen (treasurer) , Mrs. J. Jan- over (secretary), Mesdames Levinkind, Sapir- stein, Rostowsky, Schmulow, Isaacson, Mach~­

nic, Ktt,tzenellenbogen, Saks, Schewitz, Cooper, Leibson, Millstein and S. Katzen. The hall was very tastefully decorated in blue and white.

About 150 couples were present and the Re lier's hestra was responsible for reall)ll excellent mu ic. The Mayor and Mayoress of A succes ful meeting was held on Novem- Pretoria (Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Solomon) were ber 14th at the re idence of Mrs. H. Helma,.n presented with a bouquet of glowers by Mrs.

for the purpose of f~rm~ng a Women's Zion- Ravid. Appreciative exhibition dances wer ist Society for Hamsm1th. . The f ol~owing given by Misses Mary Daniel and Doris Watt

re elected to the comm1ttee: Chairlady, (Skater's Duet Tap Dance), Phyllis Katzenel- rs. H. Helman; treasur.er, Miss

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Kaplan; lenbogen (Tap Dance-, Eilleen O'Dell (Military . ecretary, Mi s M.. Lewis; committee, M~s- Demi-Character). Miss Marjorie Paterson dames Belloch, Fnedman, Green, G. Stem- was the accompanist. The proceeds of the berg and Stiller, and Misses Feinstein and F. da.nce are for the National Fund.

Delatizky. At Home.-The Pretoria Women's Zionist

A programme of activitie. will shortly be League was "at home " to its members ()n drawn up. This new and gratifying depar- Tuesday, 21st ult., when Dr. Esther Franks ture should prove the beginning of valued, delivered an address on" The Junker Otto von successful and continuous activity on behalf Bismarck.'' which was highly appreciated, aa of the Zionist cause amongst the Jewish com- also were Mrs. J. Susman's vocal numbers.

munity of Harrismith and district, men and Contract Bridg~ Tournament.-The second

women alike. tournament of the series orgainised by the

Kimberley

The final social for the year of the local Women's Zionist League was held on Octo- ber 15th. The chairlady ( rs. Stoller), the vice-chairlady (Mrs. G. Goldberg), and the hostess (Mrs. A. G. Sussman) were unavoid- ably absent, and Mesdames B. Horwitz and L. Horwitz ably deputised.

Mrs. B. Horwitz congratulated Mr. and rs. M. Aaronson on the farmer's position as president of the Griqualand West Hebrew Congregation, and welcomed Mr. and Mrs. N.

Hendler back to Kimberley aft "r their visit over as.

Mrs. Dave Cohen read the current Zionist new , and r. A. Slosberg delivered an in- t resting paper on ¹¹ Zangwill," which was much appreciated.

Th followin contribut d to an exc II nt ical programme: Mrs. B. Horwitz, Miss Awerbuck, ntor Kaminsky, Miss E.

Br nner, and the little Misses Weinstein and Cree.

•tkwood

A dance as held here on Wednesd~, Octo- ber 18th, in the Bioscope Hall, in aid of the Capetown Jewish Orphanage, and proved a success.

The local Zionist Society held a general meeting at Mr. 0. Sher's residence on Sunday evening, November 14th, a very pleasant even- ing being spent. The proceedinp included a debate a.nd :recitations by the youngest mem- bers of the Society, the Misses H. and R. Aron- son and aster Leon Joffe, after which tea and re hments were served.

Middelburg (Tran vaal)

Mrs. • Brozin, the hon. secretary of the local branch of the S.A. Jewish Orphanage, has forwarded to that institution the awn of .£8 10s., being £2 10s. subscriptions collected by Mrs. M. Birman and £6 proceeds of sale of Briek Fund tickets.

Pie aritzburg

At the first function of the newly formed local Je.wi h Circle .and Zionist Societ , hich took the form of a concert, and was held on October 8th, the following artists kindly co:r:i- tributed to the programme: Mrs. B. Benjamin, Miss Sadie Stem, iss Fradia lngel, Mr. Ar- thur Robe , i Ann Borach. Misses G. and M. I\irkEl, aster Dereck Benjamin, · Rae Ma sel, Mi Irene Benjamin, Cedric D. Fein- berg, and the fisses G. Magnus and D. and S.

Kirson.

On the 5th ult. a debate was held, the sub- ject being " That the Preservation of Family Life is Desirable.' Mr. M. Stem, Mr. N.

Feldman, Mr. Magnus and others contributed to the di cussion on the subject, and on the motion being put to the vote it was carried by a large majority.

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Pretoria Zionist Society was held on ednes- day, 22nd ult. Mr. A. Cooper is the moving spirit behind these functions, and due to • efforts these tournaments have come to stay.

Novelty Emning.-The Memorial Hall Im- provements Committee is continuing in its work to collect funds for a new dance :ft and the ovelty Evening held on Sunday the 19th ult., should help to swell the fun

considerably. '

Chalutz Fun.d.-The Hanoar is still ve active in collecting funds tor the ChaJu scheme and have organised a raffle for a of golf clubs for this purpose. The closi date is drawins nearer and anyone desirous obtaining tickets (1 . each) may do o fro alty member of the committee.

imon town

The Zio u t · l I H hr w Congregati n this centr ha no m r y attained, but e ceeded it quota for the Jewi h ational F with on n I c<. t 'bution. It quota m t past wa. £25, and in one sum it remitted amount of ove1 £25, i epresenting the p11 c ed of function , boxe , etc.

haba' chu

A succes f ul meeting of the local co munity was held at the Reyal Hotel on evening the 5th ovetnber, to celebrate annivers y of the Balfour Declaration.

The pnncipal speaker of the evening Miss Gertrude Jano er. of Johannes g.

W. Grinker was in the chair, and after ln ducing i Janower, appealed to tlie ga ing for support on behalf Gt the Dunam D Mis Janower, in an interesting add discussed t.he place of the late Earl B in Jewish history and of the significance the Declaration which bears his n&lftit.

went on to deal with current Zionist probl stressina in particular the significance of land problem in Palestine.

As a result of M~ .lanower's visit, a Zio Society was formed in Tha.b8 'Nchu, Mr.

Grlnker being elected chairman.

Vereenigin

An adjoumed general meeting of t Zionist Society as held at the lsaae Hall on the 17th ult. Mr. Kel p · d

The Rev. Glass addressed the gathe • ploring the lack of nterest hown in and thanked r. Kellen, rs. Ree and

ke itz for the ork they bad done.

The folio ing con)mittee was elected fo ensuing year: Chairman, r. H. Slomo vice-chairlady, rs. J. Sacks; hon.

Mrs. J. Rees; treasurer, Rev. Glas te , Miss Klaff, Mrs. andelstein, man, rs. Berkowitz and r. P. F.isb • Mr. ellen and r. Slomowitz dd meeting.

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New Aspe ct of

A NEW aspect of musical life in Ge1:·many and especially in Ber- lin is making its appearance, in consequence of the radical and sudden change of conditions of life. The Jewish artists being with a few exceptions unable to practise their art in public, are makino- the best of their rather

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desperate position by organising- necessarily on a restricted scale- musical activity among them- selves. They have founded a new

" Kulturbund " with the view of building up Jewish opera, thea- tre, concerts

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lectures, scientific courses, etc., exclusively for the Jewish public.

It is expected that

the Jewish opera will be opened in the autumn. The concerts have already been started. Michael Taube, a conductor of high rnnk who for some years has been win- ning laurels as a specialist in the chamber ol'chestra, has founded a new Jewish orchestra. Dr. Ku1t Singer, formerly Intendant of the Municipal Opem. a choml c nduc- tor of con iderable experience and abilitJ

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their orche tral and choral fo:tces, and have given several concerts in th New Synagogue, Prinzr gen- ten-Sh asse, makino- a profound impression

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their excelJent ')ork.

Under the patronage of th Ber- lin Jewish ongregation two male- voice choirs have been formed,

Town and Country

(Conclwled from JHlf..le 38)

Volksrust

Under the au ice. of the Volksrust Zionist Society a card evening wa held at the resi- dence ⁰of l\lr. Sam Berman, pre ident of the

oci tv on Sun lav, ... ·a emb r 12th. The whol ~'community ~as pre ·ent at this func- tion, which, thanks to the hospitality o Mr.

and Mrs. Berman, proved a great succ ss both

~ocially and financially. .As a r sult the Jew- ish ^l ational Fund uen fited to the extent of

£25.

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composed exclusively of solo singers and of opera singers who have lost their positions. In nor- mal times it would have been im- possible to form a chorus of such incomparable excellence, because the eminent singers in its ranks would formerly never have dreamt of singing in a chorns. These two choral bodies will be sent on a tour in neighbouring countries.

Their programmes have consisted pa:rtly of litmgical, synagogue music, and partly of Jewish folk- songs in excellent and highly effec- tive anangements.

A

number of high-class chamber music concerts have been given in

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and commodious private residences. Two new Jewish string quartets have been formed in Berlin-the Partos Quartet and the Neue Streichquartet Berlin.

Each has made a highly encourag- ing semi-public debut, playing clas- sical as well as modern ' 'orks.

Thus a new quartet

by

Edmund Partos had its first pe1formance, a substantial and interesting piece in the manner of Bartok. Also the present writer's Quartet Op. 1, written several decades ago, had a

ucc ssfuJ re ival.

Paula Lindberg, long kno\

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ow pecialised in Je\ rish folk-song with pianofo1·te and string-trio accompaniment, and has already at her disposal a valuable repertoire of arraiwe- ment.. Paul Dessau, He1·mann Veil, and Jan

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Roskin especia11y

xcel in this kind of work.

Hugo Leichtentritt.

Win burg

New Place Names in Palesti e

INTERESTING DECISIONS BY NAMING COMMITTEE.

T HE Naming Committee of the Jewish National Fund has given names to·

the.. follo,..,ing places:-

The region along· the Haifa Bay be- longing to Keren Kayerneth, Bayside Llrd Corprn·ation and Haifa Ray De·

vdopr11~nt Company to be called Em,P/,;

Zelntlt1m. This name wu~ chosen on ac- count of the histo1ic link between this bnd ,md the tribe of Zebulum, as men- tioned in Genesis 4~: 12: " Zebulun1 shall dwell at the shore of the· sea, and shall be a shore for ships."

Neta irn-on land previou ly known a Qubeiba near Nes Ziona. Smallholders

~th ·f'ttlers wer previously known as

\ atikim). See 1 Chronicles IV :2:3.- 11eaning Plantations. Gnu Shelomo-on Zarnuga land, th_ locality where Kvuzath chiller has h en established, named after the late Sholomo Sch1llel'.

Kejru· Mal't11uuk, named after the late Dr. A. Marmorek. Yeme11ite settlem nt ou Zarnuga land in the \ icinity: of Reho- l>oth. K efcu· Bi/it- mallholders' s ttl - ment (previously known as Int nsive n ighbourhood) on "Y hu<lia" and previously known as Agar.

"Y hud" (land in the icinity of I t<c h ttl m nt ^l ani atio1 ). ft r th Ktj<u' 1' hud (hi toric nam • in the B.J.L.U. movement). 'l he s ttlemcnt lie,

n~ar Rehoboth and Gedera (early home of the first TI.I .L. U. pi one rs) on land Tih ·a. } rtrf;ona- aft r th rivc1 Yar- kon in the v1cinit • of th cttl m 'nt n ar

r efar M alal, land kno\\ n as Bir da ·,

. mallhold rs. (Pr viou ly known a:

.Jidro). Rtlrn11tl1 Tioml.in- after the late Z. Tian kin. A Revisionist group i · on thi lana in the vicinity of Nethaniya.

I Witbank .

La t Sunday vening, the 19th ult., the The annual general meeting of the local Zionist Society' usual monthly "at home" took Zionist Society was held at the Carlton Hotel place at the residence of Mr. an<l Mrs. M. on Sunday evening, 19th ult. There were about fifty people present. Owing to the un- Boall. Mr. H. Zimmennan, who presided, ap- avoidable a.bsence of the President, Mr. Fro- pealed for the Dunam D1·ive. Various sugges- man, Mr. R. S. Myers ably· deputised. A spirit tions were made for raising a goodly sum, and of keenness and enthusiasm prevailed through- the response at the gathering was very gra- out the meeting, and a desire was expressed tifying, about £18 18s. being raised. This the that more attention should be devoted towards Society hopes to augment considerably by the cultural and propaganda aspects of other function such as bridge drives, raffles, Zionism.

etc., a. well a by app1·oaching tho e who were not pre ent, whilst it is aimed to consummate the effort by a dance in March. The pleasure of the evening wa. enhanced by the serving of dainty refreshm nt , whilst can.ls were in- dulged in, yi lcling a few shillings for the Society's funds.

A vote of thanks wa8 acco1·ded th host and hoste s, and special thanks were passed to the

The fallowing wer elected a.s office-bearers for the ensuing se sion :-President, Mr. P.

Froman; vice-president, Dr. Maselle; trea- surer, Mrs. S. J. Young; secretary, Mr. N.

Levitt; committee: Mesdames Klatzky, Dembo, Markiles, C. H. Milwidsky and Maselle, and Messrs. Rev. Diamond, I. Shein, R. S. Myers, H. Klatzky, and M. Manasewitz. Honorary auditors: Mrs. H. Weiner and Mr. S. J. Young.

At an orphan· ge vening held at the ^{1· .} i- Ho~o1·ary. Secretary, ~rs. I. Sacks,. to whom dence of .Mn;. Volman sen., on ; Tovember a high tribute was paid by the Chairman for 14th the :urn of £2 17 : G I. wu. collected fot her untiring zeal which i·esulted in their the

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JewL·h Orphanage. Thi8 ha:-; been monthly meetings being so .ycces ful. After forwanled to that in~titution by i.;;s F.

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arrangrng for the n xt gathermg to be held at Hersch the hon. f':ec1etaiv of t11e local bnmch the house of Mr. and Mr .. B. Di ner, the meet- of th 'orphanage. · ing closed with the singing of Hatikvah.

After the meeting, Mr. Jack Alex2.nder, sec- retary of the S.A. Zionist Federation, delivered an illuminating and interesting address on the need and justification of Zionism. The even- ing concluded with a vote of thanks accorded, on the motion of Rev. Diamond, to the visiting- speaker.

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