From Town and Country

.January 31, HJ:20. THE ZIONIST RECORD.

FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.

EDITORIAL NOTICE.- In view ~four limited space, Secretaries of Societies and others sending Reports for insertion in these Columns or m our other Local News Columns must make them as brief as possible.

Benoni.

Under the au piee~ of the local Dor hei Zion .\ . ociation, a \er;: intere ting lecture on the life and w01+ of Heinrich Heine, the great German poet, was given by :Mr . N. Kir.;;chn r on Bunday, December 17th, nt the Communal Hall. r. C. B. hapiro pre ided 1vcr a larg attendance, and the lecture was listened to with great intere. t. ~ t the conclusion of the lecture, :Mr. M. Toker moved, and Mr. h. l\fill r

econded, a vote of thanks to ~frs. _ ^{T .} Kirsdrn 'r.

Brandfort.

A farewell party, organi. ed by the .J t"\Vi h Ladi ~

<'ir ·le, was given to l\Ir. and :Jirs. I. Hoytowski, on tb 13th November, at the re idence of the Rev. and

..\Ir·~ Jfatlan. ruo t enjoyable evening "as spent.

During he evening l\Ii -· LoYiu aa;ve selection, on the piano. After refreshment w·ere serv <l, Yarious

111 "'mbers of the communit. spoke of the good work don• h, • the guests of honour, Mr. Royto\v ·ki being pre ident of the Hebrew Congregation, ecretury of the Zioni t A. ociation, trea. urer of the Ukrain Orphans' l• und, and a sociated \vith other charihtble and lo al t'fforts. Urs. Roytow ki wa. presented with a "'ilv r

·ard case by th Ladi s' Uircle, an<l replied suitabl) iu a. few words. l\1r. rmd Mrs. Roytowski have left Brnndfort, where ~Ir. Ro 'tow ki had been in busine~

:is a chemist, to take up· tlrcir residence in the ape.

\ heartv welcom<' wn accorded to Mr. Davis who

1 ·t tn to· Brandfort as ~ ucce. sor to ~Ir. Rovtowski and

to Ir'. Davis. .. '

~\ µecial " 'h,tnukah ·' • rvice was held in th Hrandfort , ynagogu on , 'unda. ·, the 17th Dec mber.

'!'he service wa full.• choral, Miss R. Hellm::m being the , ccompanist on the organ. A hort ·ermon, which wn. appreciated very much, was delivered by the ReY.

Bntlan. welk were di tributed to the childr n, who

s;mrr Hebrew p alms.. 'Ih . ervice t rminat d ,~vith

the• .·ino'illg of" Hntikvnh '' nnd ''God .~HYC the King."

Burghersdorp.

The Zionis .Fed ration ha. received £8 HL. 'id ..

th<- result of a recent cl nri ne 0£ local National Fund hn.·c^{1 '} by l\Iessrs. , . Ella. ov ancl I. Gross.

Capetown.

BROTH Zrox A . ·o L\'rIO - .

Th above association has forwarded to the S.A.

.7.iionist F deration th amount of £212 16s. 9d.1 being half proceeds of th annual J e"·ish National Fund ball.

held recently under the auspice of the combined Zionist societies of 'apetown.

DoRSHEI Zrox A · oc1ATION".

The Dor hei Zioni .. ssociation ha· remitted to the Zionist Federation the handsome amount of £785 16s.

d., the result of it"' recent activities for the Jewish

_ T ation.'.).l Fund. Fu11 detail will be found in our

acknowle<lgruent colUllln . 'l'he amouut i::; maJe up

a~ follow- :-General collections, £460 Os. lOd.; Goldeu Book, £172; box clearances £105 2s. 7d. ; tr e fund,

£23 8s. 6d. ; Golden Book open account, £25 5s. 3d.

_\.mong t other noteworthy item are :-£112 collected at the barmitzvah of Master Lazarus Salber to inscribe his name; three other collections of £20

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at func- tions and Simchas for Golden Book inscription · £212

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9d., haif nett proceed· of the annual Capetown

~ at10na~ Fund ball (the other half hav-ing reached the l<ederat10n per the Bnoth Zion Association); £24 1 '.

ld., half hare of nett proceed of balloon carnival held by th~ Capeto:vn l\Iaccabeans; a large number of collect10ns at Simchas and special donations as well a g~neral collections at synagoaues; and Yo~ Kippur offermgs by the members of the Woodstock- alt River Hebrew Congregation (headed by a donation of 35 guinea by Mr. I. :1IorcluehmYitz) totalling £90 14 . 6d. By th se efforts the Cape Peninsula aaain proves itself the backbone of th National Fund ;ork m o.uth Africa, t~e volume of it support during th<·

year JUSt past havmg been out of all proportion to th ¹ number' of the J ewi h eonnaunity in that area.

1 l'h ' C<l pd own l\fo.ceu Gean 8ociety, which wa:s sit.rt "<l about S?Ven month. ago, i doing xc lleni.

\\ ork. uml promises to supply a long felt waut in th·

lif' 0£ the J ewi h south in Capetown.

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n~lL'r the presidency of Advocate J. Herb 'tern, the ~0~1ety has done n:iuch to interest th g neral public: m mutters of J e'n. h conc:ern. Au exhibi ion of .fo\\·i:h objels d'art wa"' h Id i11 Oetober, an l provecl a trc11:1 ndous s.ucce':L'. l nique in character thi nov 1 L•xpcrm1Pnt helped to show that just a, in oth r branch',' of learning, so in the realn1 of Art a neV'i' .:pirii o~ iuten 2 nafionali rn wa. pen ading the risina ge:ierabon. So great wa th intere, t that tep are b mg taken to hold anotb r exhibition on a. larger seal• .

• \ series of le ·tu1"' on " Modern J ewi h Prob- 1 ·

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by :\1es r . Mirvish, Lange: Tmtledovt>, and

~11 s J aches drnw large audience: and roused keen di .. cu sion. Dr. Ol vanger spoke on ''The Jewish elements in the Ka] wala,'' nn<l Mr. .. \. Z. Berman on "Jewish Art," while _Ir . ._'hein, a r cent arrival from Palestin , spoke on " .1. ~ ationalism and Assimila- tion.'' To all these, thank go out for their public . pirit ~mcl grea kindne .

A far a the purely social siJ of the work is con- e rn d, Iisses Gitlin and Levinsohn ar to be heartil congratulated on the succ ~ss of a '' Balloon Carnival,'' organised by them in aid of the ~ ational and other funds. In every respect thi ... function proived n huge success, and the fund will b nefit to quite an appreci- able extent. Rambles, picni(· , moonlight walk , have been organised, and have helr ed towards inculcating a corporate spirit amongst tlH• m mbers.

CHANDLER'S Beer makes the Heart Joyful

30 TH E ZIONIST RECORD. .] an nary 31. l \12H .

. At the general ni etincr held on December 12th, 1922, the chairman (Adv. Herbstein) poke on " From Basle to Carl bad,'' tracing the connection between the fir t congr s, at Basle and the most recent held at Carl bad. ·

The ocie ty i, forhma te in ha vino ecured the - en ice of ~li , Betty Polican ky, lLA., as hon. secre- tary, and with the energetic c:o111111ittee ·which wa then el cted, the ocietv c:an look forward to a very active and useful ·e ~ion.

Durban.

A special hanucah ie ti-ml was held in t.

Andrew Street· ynagogue on Sunday, the 17th December, 1922 at 4 p.m., the main feature being the distribution of prizes by Mr . F. C. Hollander to th pupils of the rralmud Torah, who e headmu te1· is the Rev . .rT. ~Ienachemson. .;.\Ir. F. C. Hollander, in addre "ing the crowded synagogu , drew an able parallel between the event of the fatal attack by Dinga.an '" men upon the defe.ucele Dutch and that of Antiochu · · m n upon the zealou Jews in the cave on a Sabbath Day. He went on to de::cribe the h roic fights of the .;.\laccabeans and mpha ised how, with the return of the Jews to th ir homeland, they

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bring to light again the deeds of the Maccabeans, and thus add to the glory of I rael. Rev. N. l\lenachem on conducted the service. ~Ir. Rothstein rendered a violin solo, accompanied by ::Hi s Roth tein. Mr. Mever on 'ang two songs which wer accompanied by Mi s R.

Ware. Mi s l\fo hal sang " Eli, " and the school chil- dren sang "~looz Zur," with in trumental accompani- ment. Refre hment were provided in the Talmud Torah Hall, wher gramaphone recitals were given.

The festival concluded with the singing of " God av the King '' and '' Hatikvah. ''

East London.

The distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Hebrew chool took place in the chool Chamber on ... unday vening, 17th December, the third day of Chanucah. There ,~rn a large gathering, and Rev.

Alt huler conducted the eYenin<Y serYice and performed the ceremony of setting up the light . Mr. A. Navid, pre ident of the school, who was in the chair, reported in detail on the work and progress of the clas es, and called upon the principal, l\Ir. Pogrund, to addre the rhilclren on the hi torL of Chanucah. :.\fr. ~I. Pogrund, in a lengthy addres , explained the value of that gr at historic feast for the Jewish nation and for the J ewi h youth in particular. :\Ir. Ab Iman, president of the congregation, and Mrs. _ . Navid distributed the prize to the ucce sful pupil who distingui hed themselve at the examination held bv Rev. Wolk. The committee hereby accord /th ir gr ~t appreciation to the ladie who upplied refre hments to all the children of the school, and to all tho e who a isted in the arrang - ment of the ev ning. The meetina concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and the inging of

" Hatikvah."

The lo al Zic..nist . ocietv ha. forwarded to the Zionist Federation the fo·llowing amounts :-For J ewi h _ -ational :Fund, collected at Yariou. imchas,

£13 15s. 6d.; for Keren Hayesod, collected at various imchas, £20 . ; Tree Fund donations, £12 1 s.

Details will be found in the acknowl dgment column.

o.f our February issue.

Johannesburg.

The Johannesburg N utional 1' und Committee ha handed to the S.A. Zionist Federation the amount- of

£179 10 . 9d., made up a follow :-Box clearancel':

Doornfontein - Balance of September clearance.

£7 6s. ; clearance, December 17th, £52 ls. lOd. ; total,

£59 7s. lOd.; Southern Suburbs-clearance, December 10th, t25 15s.; Mayfair-clearance, December 3rd.

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5d. ; Braamfontein-cl nrance. D cember 10th, B15 16 ·.; total from boxes, H33 7s. 3d. Tree fund donation , £35 16s.; proceed. of Americnn arn:tion of Latke at Zeire Zion evening, £0 2s. ^{f)rl. :} plat · collection, Ophirton Hebrew ,...,ongregation, 15s. Details will be found in our acknowledgm nt column . Kimberley.

The local Zionist A Nsociation has forwarded ^tu th ," .--\... Federation th followina amount for the .... \ttional Fuucl :-Collected at weclcling, 8chles-Vof', £4 13 ·.

3d. ; donation by .JI. L. Genus ow at Prkc memori; I portrait, £3 :3s.

At the recent Eisteddfod, held in Ea t London, lax 'a pirc won the econd prize, ilver medal, nnd certificate in the violin event under 17 years. Ma. ter i..;apiro is the on of Mr. I. \V. Sapiro, the hon. ::;ecre- tary for many y ars pa t of the Griqualand \Ye t Ezrath Zion Associc.1 tion.

Koffyf ontein.

In connec:tion with the celebration of the Paletstine :Jiandate -ome month since, socials were giYen b:v :Mesdame \Veinbera, Rubin and Reznek. at which

£1 14s. ld., £1 3s. ld. and £2 6 . respectively were realised for the Restoration Fund. Mr . Ravwi<l. \\·ho was unable to hold a social, made a donation of £.i to the snm fuucl.

Th departure of :\Ii e Zangwill and Zack lea Yes

a gap in the local Jewi h ranks. Miss Zancrwill. cluring her one year' tay here, giwe her a i tance in Zioni t work, whil t ::\li Zack , \Vho wa onl~T here for three months, made hei-self very popular with very ecti1 n of the local community.

Th wedding of Ii J e ie Karpas, 0£

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offyfon- tein, to ~Ir. B. Bloch, of Bloemfontein took place on December 26th, and wa the fir~t 1Jcwish wedding e,· •r 'OlPmni ed in the town. Rev. Z. Lawrence. of Bloem- fontein, officiated, and the local inhabitant turn cl out in ful1 force to witne~s the ceremonv, the svnaaoau being unable to accommodate half of tho e pre :int. .\.

reception in the Town Hall, which ~rns packed, followed the ceremony. In ~Iiss Karpa the town i lo ·ing an ardent Zionist and n great worker for all charities.

Lusaka.

The local Hebr w Conoregation has forward ·d to the .~\. Zioni t Federation the . um of £26 5s. for the Pale tine Orphans' Fund, being the total amount of donations mnd.e by local r ident ..

Maquassi.

The Hebrew congregation has forwarded to t.he Zionist Federation the amount of £12 19s. 3d. for the Palestine National Restoration Fund, being balance of monies collected during the last hiah fe tival .

J anuar~· 31, 1923. ^~HE ZIONISrf!· RECORD. 31 Pi et Retief.

The .Ahavas Zion ociety has forwarded to the S.A.

Zionist Federation £22 for 22 golden shekolim. The names of the contributors appear elsewhere in this i sue. We call attention to this exemplary response by the Jews of Piet Retie£ to the call of the Zionist leader for support of the Zionist Organisation, and trust that their example will be universally followed throughout South Africa.

Port Elizabeth.

The recently elected officers and committee of the local Zionist Society comprise the following :-Presi- dent, Mr. N. Lurie; hon. treasurer, Mr. B. Levin;

hon. secretary, Mr. D. Mierowsky, P.O. Box 264;

assistant hon. secretary, Mr. A. C. Rummel; com- mittee, Messrs. J. Schumacher, J. Rallis, M. Sapiro, J. Porter, B. Weinronk, J. Rosenberg, A. Lemmer, l\f. Rosenberg, M. Kerbel, I. Salters and S. Rahn.

This is a thoroughly representative body of workers, from whom much is expected, and who have alredy planned out a programme of active Zionist work for their period 0£ office.

The recent visit Otf Dr. Olsvanger to Port Eliza- beth was a period of intense propaganda activity amongst every section of the local community, young and old, and has greatly stimulated local Zionist senti- ment. We earnestly trust that this intensification of local Zionism will produce great results, spiritual as well as material.

At the wedding of .J.:fiss Greenblatt to Mr. Wasser- man, of Johannesburg, on the 7th inst. Mr. Sain, recently a'l'rived from Palestine, made an effective Zionist speech. A collection was made, rea?si!3g .£6 3s., which has been forwarded to the Z10mst Federation for allocation in equal shares to the fund for the transference of orphans to Palestine and the .Jewish National ] und.

At the wedding 0£ ).fr. W. Klotz, 0£ Kruger dorp, to ::V1iss R. Lewis, 0£ Port Elizabeth, which took place on the 10th inst., a Zionist collection was made by Mes rs. B. Weinrnnk (who presided over the function) and J. l\Iartinson, whjch realised £8 2s. 6d. £or the .Jewish National Fund, whilst two Golden Shekolim

\Yere al o contributed.

Pretoria.

:Yir. . Meyerson ha forwarded a donation 0£ £6 for the planting of ten trees in Palestine in commemo- ration of the Brismilah of Mordecai Bemitz. Mr.

11eyer on is a cousin 0£ the infant and wa Sandek at the ceremony.

Robertson.

The "Wedding wa ... r cently solemnized at the lo ·al synagogue between Rebecca, eldest daughter 0£ l\Ir.

and the late Mrs. Groll of Robertson, and Jacob Berman of Malmesbury. During the reception a cake was put up for auction and bought by Mr. Greenberg,

\vho again put it up for ale. It was then bought by :\Ir, hapiro, the total amount realised being £10, which has been forwarded to the S.A. Zionist Federa- tion for allocation in equal shares to the Ukraine Orphan ' Fund and the Palestine National Restoration Fund.

Springbok.

At a Chanucah service held at the local synagogue on December 17th, £2 was collected for the J ewi. h National Fund.

Stellenbosch.

On the 7th inst., the Brismilah of the infant on oi Mr. and Mrs. J. Shulman took place. Rev. Kassel officiated, and Mr. S. Marcus presided over the nurr..erous relatives and friends present, and made a collection which realised £2 15s. This was then sold by American auction to the parents for £18. 1 , . for the Cape Jewish Orphanage, Aged Home and Bikur Cholim. Various speeches were made, and the proceedings closed with the singing of '' Hatikrnh. '' Wyn berg.

The local Zionist Association has forwarded to the Zionist Federation £38 for the Jewish National Fund, being proceeds of a Chanukah concert, organised b;v the association and given in the Wynberg Town Hall on December 14th. The function proved a complete success, and the organiser are to be heartily con- gratulated.

The opening item of the concert was the Lebende :\I'neiro, a choral number conducted by Mr. Rabino- witz, with solo by Miss R. Bloch. The Misses . Jaffe and Cohen gave songs, and the Misses Rudolph and Effman Yiddish recitations. Interesting tableaux vivants were given, depicting happy workers gathering in the sheaves from the harvest fields of Palestine and singing joyously at their work. Miss Rose Carmel, a gifted elocutionist, thrilled the audience with the sleep- 'rnlking scene from "Macbeth," and then gave, b~·

way of contrast, a humorous ketch. Several of her little pupils al o contributed

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the evenincr. Mr. H.

Hecker, with his his 'phone fiddle and his repertoire of stories, found favour. .Eight little boy and girl . carrying the Chanukah Lichtelach, sang Hebrew song . whilst an orchestra, organised by Mr. Shaskolsky, di - pensed musical items. The Misses Lily Rifkin und Dora Levy accompanied the vocal solos.

At the conclu ion, Mr. 0. Firkser, hon. treasurer of the association, briefly thanked the artistes and the organisers, also the community for their support.

The association has also forwarded a further in tal- ment of £65 on a~ount of local donation to the Keren Ha.yesod.

It has also been o:f the g1:eatest assistanc in collecting and forwarding the subscriptions of a large number of local subscriber to the Zionist Record.

.U a gathering held on J anuar · 4th at th resi- dence of Mr. S. Braude, a. member of the committee 0£ the local Zionist Association; and attended bv th Executive and Committee of the Association and 'other local Zionists, Dr. I. Olsvanger gave an explanation of the objects of the Golden Shekel, and after a. short discussion lead by Mr. I. Schock, the president of the associatfon, it was agreed that not less than 25 Golden Shekolim could, and would, be contributed b;v Wyn.- berg Zionists. The committee desires to extend thank.

to Mr. and Mr . Brau de for their ho pitality on the occa ion.