THE ZIOXIST RECORD. :J l
FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.
EDITORIAL NOTICE.-In view of our limited space, 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 possible.
AJiwal North.
The nunual gelll!l'ul 1HL1eti11g of the local Zionist . ot:.iety was held ]u the Synagogm' on ~la: 27th.
Therl) "\nL quit :1 good attendance. ..\ftcr the minutes of the lust general meeting had been n·ncl, thl' pre.::i- clcnt, ~fr. _\. }\fareow, pre~ente<l a brid rt'port of the --ocicty ·.· actiYities during the pa ~1 year. which wa:-.
:Hlopted. The following oftieers and c:on1111ittee \rerl' elected :-President, .J1r. _\. ~farcov.·; Yice-pre idcnt.
\Ir . ~ T. Len•n.-on (both unanimouRh· r->-electecl) ;
" cretary, I\Ir. Louis H. Felkon (unauirnou"ly lectecl) ; tr a ·urer, 11i s E. Leyy; committee, ~fe-;clames ,J.
l\farcow, M. Gerber, :\I. Barmml. and H. ~·clmeickr.
and :\:fe sr . . :\. _\pple. l\I. B•cker. _·. L·n~nson, and ll. ohen.
The chairman then made reference to th dona- tiun · promised locally to the Keren Ha. ·esod, and
_\Ic~dames LcYcn. on and l\farcow ·rnlunteered to collect
<lll tho e -n·hich were outstanding.
The new office hearers include ::>cvend younger
111 \mber" of the conununit~· -n·ho have done good work in the Y0tmg Lr .. wl ociet.\"". ctnd thi. fact holds ont good promii:;e for great ndiYi(\ on th(' part of the s(lciet,v <luring t)w
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fll'.Bulawayo.
The aillJu·tl gunel'al iw:etiug· CJf tlH· JJulawuyo Chovevi Zion 'ociety took place •1t the Jewish .Memorial Hall on Mondav. ::\fa"\ 28th. 1fr. H. B . ..Ellenbogen, the president occ~1pierl the clrnir. and th--re wa a g od attendance.
Th chairman reviewed the \\Ork of the past year
~md mnde a •ninn appeal for further and continuous L'fiort. Ho paicl a tribute to the man~· aood workcrh for the cau •, induding Dr. Olsvangcr, 'vho~e trip to
llhocleBia had been \cry , uccessful.
}-Jr . • •. Rabinovitz, the hon. tren. un•r, elucidated th, balance heet. The report and <>ash statement werP r hPn ummimou. Jy ndoptec1.
Re'. ::\f. J. ( 'ob<•n. B .. \ .. pointed ont the revol n- rion effedul iu ,J cwish lifr by t b(' Zioni t moYement.
Pr< gres:-; "\Ya:-; umch morl' rapid thnn their c:riti('s :dlowecl. Before HNzl J l'wish life in the w Rt wv~
tl ncling to lose all signific:nnec. The records of Anglo- .J (·wn· .-howccl t11e de. tructiYe effect~ o-f af''-'imilatiou.
hut th day. when Je,\·s "·ere a hamc(l 0£ thenrnelv "·
w1•rf• i<rnor'ant of the might> cultural bistor~ of tlwir
l';tt·•', and clL1'-'il'ti<l, nbuYP all. nbsorntion in thl"'ir ::;ur- rnuncli11gs. \\·ere rapicll: pns-.;ing a~,·n,\. 'J.1he: \Yen•
1PHrnii_11r that tlw historic pt'l'sonnJity of the J e"·s wn..;
:1~ nrn:;hangP<l H~ the blood in iihl'ir n·iu. . They \\Tl'1'
lt>:tming not nwrd:v to nnc1C'rc.;fani!. ancl appn'c-iatt' the•
:p<·dfic incli\ iclnalit_v of the .J e"·· but to find 11 gL'm1i1w
nrnl lcgiti11iatE' pride iu this kno\\-]Pclgt>. nucl ,,·it11 it here a\voke the <lel-'il'(' to co-operate in the eYolution
<1f the Jewii-;h futin·c·. The~· had read in thal morning':-::
pnp!·1· )fr.. Philip Snomlon's apprecintion of t1w
Jewish effort in Pale:tj1H~. But uothiug wa 1110r' significant thnn th support giYen to Zionism by the real nri tocracy of the hri 'tian world. He quoted instances in thi;' connection. ancl urged that it behoved them to unitt: olidly, ·with discipline and devobon and lovaltv, beneath the blue and \vbitc flag nnd support th.~ir 'leaders to the utmm;;t. He depr catecl the con- . tant criticism to which their Jencler:::i and movement
\YC're ubj ectcd, and the :ffabbincs, or their national s1.mtiments, which robbed their adh~ ion to the move- ment of all effective power. rrhe ca us l in it elf bre<l.
gi·cat leader who gaYe their lives 'lillingl: to their people. They made mi ·tak s, bui the wm and later evcnb hnrl shown the infinitely greater niistakes of the foremo t tatesmen of the 1\·orJd. '.l'liev lrn.tl \Yon tre- mendous result. by the pure icll1ttlisn1 ·CJf th 1ir moYP- ment, embodied in the ardent t->ou1 of their nobl leaders. The real qu0stion wa · whether they could pro<luc.:e men c.md women prepar 'd to t•ndure the h.1rdship. and dangers of pioneel'ing life in Pal stine.
'fl10 Chaluzim "·ere an all-sufficient cu1s-n·er to that question. All observer admired th' splendid type of their pioneer". How many ·were ·ettlecl in Palestine was only n quc tion of money. Even in these evil day~
they had 10,000 immigrants a year into Erez Israel.
The~ , a. Rhodesians, would appreciate the significanc · 0£ that, figme. 1'Ien had dared to justif;v their negli- gence' b~T running down the 1\Iandatc. But under thl·
.. ~fanda.te there was no restriction of .J ewi::;h effort. 1 f thev had means they could double and treble Jewish inn~Jiaration into P~le tine.. Their rat' of progres.
nis f::u;tcr than that 0£ the exiles who returned from Bab lon to rebuild the old homeland. It wai:; hearten- ing to read Dr. \V eizmann 's mar v llo u work in .. \merica. Thev must all do their best to n. ·~ist and to alleviate the ~nnifold anxietie of their leaders. Thl' .J ewi<lh rnillionaires had not vet come forward-to their shame. But the day woul~1 come when thev \Voulcl only be too happy to give. Now was, t~1cret'ore, tlw time for the smaller men to make ac:nfices. The;.
wonlcl vet be <l united. and com;0 ·rated people, and tlwir l nnd ,,:oulcl then be a ource of pride and in piration to them. \Yithout Zionism .J ewi h life was dead. Without its va t ideals they had nothing to offer their c:hildrcn. Tlw rnore they dicl for th ir people, tlw rnore their faith in it ine;reased. Th v did not denv it:-;
faults, but in spit of th m th y loved their natio~1 n.
a ehilcl lm eel ifa:; mother-the one arnl onlv mother in tlw worlcl. The perplexities woulcl pas~, and thl•ir ehilt1r0n nncl gr:md-ehilclreu would l'l'CCi w· from tlH nt
a prnnd lwriingc Palestine would reviYP the .J ewi~-'11 soul. n~ Ein. teiu . aid. and thC' mnnifrRtc 1 .Jewi:-..11 gcnins would bt n bh>. sing to the wor1Ll. B5, i-:;tudying Zionisn.1 tl1c'_'\- "·onlcl learn to mHlL·rstand the pre ent and the futu1'l' nf their p001>l , to frcl happ~Y in thc hcritagr> \'d1ich ..t .000 eY nHul ~-(•ars ha<l hrought, them.
:rn1l to fok0 n prich• in .J cwic.ih eonk·truc:tiYe 0ffort. Tht>
CHANDLER'S Beer makes the Heart Joyful
THE ZIONIST RECORD.
Zioni:::;t coci ·ty wa. in<lispt.·lh<lble to tlw c:ultmal lite uf the Jewish conununit\.
Following :\Ir. Cohen· addrt-'ss
tu
e eleetiou touk place, when the following officers anJ committee w r, dected for the ensuing year :-Pre iJcnt, S. Rubin- owitz; vice-pre ident, S. Favish; hon. trea l!l'N, E.<fordon; joint hon. secrdurie:, H. Liptz and ... ~. Hnb-
. inovitrh; hon. elm.plain. R 'Y. :\I. T. Cohen, B.A. ;
ladies' committee, i\Ii~ses .\.. Liptz, B. Rahinovitch, C. HabinowiLz, A. Rabinowik,
n.
Chitrin, - LL'Y011- tin and Comaroff; gentlemen's con1rnittce, Re''· ...\..Weinberg, H. B. Ellenbogen. A . .Jacob .. :\I. ·weiner.
g. Landau and Sam Habinowitz: hon. auditor:->, L . • \.
lh1binstcin and R. :Fcigenbnum.
The 25th annual report 0£ the society, which \\'<.lS
adopted at the above meeting, refer' to the recent launching of the I~ercn Haycsocl (·nmpaign in Rhodesiil.
this haying been <lelnye<l by bad times. Dr.
Olsvan~~r's recent 'isit re. ulted in t1w securing of pledgei:i in Rhodesia amol'mting to . om~ £5,000. \Vork will bo contintH'd bv the nC\Y committPc• 1111ti] eYery
n•siclcnt has been
cam
a sed. .It is intended to con1plete the campaign for raising
n
,000 for the Hebrew Tniver-itJ, which is in tlw hands of the Jewish \rnrnen of Hhodesia, arnl \Yhich js a1rcadv Wl•ll advanced 'toward. completion.Reference is also made in the rcpcirt to ~uudry
activities, including Xatioual Fnnrl. boxL·~. tlw , hf'kcl, the Golden .._ hekcl, und the junior society.
~ow that the Jewish Conumurnl Hall has been opened, the 'ociPty proposes to re-open ifa librarJ, and in conjunction thcn'with, to arrange lectures, delrntes and other m thods of propag.mcla \\ hicli han· prt:- vio.uslv been conducted unc10r difficulties owing to th0 lnck ~f u ·uitable building.
The report conducle. with an enrnest exhortation to the Jews of Rhodesia to rise to the prt~scnt ocrasion in .Jewish nation al hi tory.
The cash statement for the twL'l w month. , ~Ia), 1922, to April, 1923, hows that the funds in hand at the beginning of the period hncl :brunk frmn £120 to
!::38 at the en<l of the year. It iR evident that thi.
falling off i8 solely due· to the contribution of £100 made hv the . ocietv towards the building fond of the . f ewish ·~fomorial Hall, as apart from this item tlw mf'mbcrship sub. cription~ moro tlirm em·"'r thr• othl'I' itom~ of PXp(•nclitnn'.
Capetown.
B ·_ ~ OTH Zrn.· ·.A::;"ol'I.\TIO~.
The annual general meeting of the a::-. ociation vrn l1ck1 on , und:w evening. the 10th in~t., in th Zionist hall. The minutes 0£ the previou meeting wcrc> rend
;mcl confirm cl, as also the annual report ancl balance
~hcet. The pre ident, :\Irs. Zuckerman. then cnlled upon .\.clrncatc .\.Je.·anclcr. :\f. L .. \ .. to ndc1res-; the>
gathering. During the course of bis acldrPss ho com- plimented th committee on the splendid \rnrk they had don"', nncl gnvc some very interesting . tatistics a to our po, ition in l)alestiue. He cmpha izccl the fact that the progress of the movement was lar.crcly duo to ->Ocieties like their, ·who \\'Ork qui tl;1 ar;td steadily, each helping in their own little way to the re-c tablishment 0£ the Jew, both moralh and materially.
:\fr. Rnbik (who spoke in Yldcli. 11) g-av0 a ycr;v intPrP~tiug nrn1 rnneh apprE"ciatN1 ac1<lrrR , making
s1w<'ial rdl'l'l'lll:' to the· pl'ogn's~ of tht: ~ L"il't,v lurin~
t lw I <1st fow Ycc.u·.;;.
.\ ffrr sn.llw (li~l·u. ::-inn tht• fnll()wing <>Hirer nnd c·rn 11 rn i ttee ,,·crc l'leeted : -
Presicll"'nt, :\frs . .:.\I Zuckermnu, re-eleded; \ ie - prvsidL'Uts, .. \lrs. Ch. Cohen und .Hrs. Gesundheit: hon. treasurL•r, .:\lrs . .:\I. Frieclgood, re-elected; lion. seen - tarv. ).Iis' h. CosH\': c>ommittue, .:\I ·~cl mes (;}a<..;t'l' .
Re~htman, Clingman, Levcnberg,' )1. Jacobson, Holl- nic-1-, Kark, l-ll'rmau, . 'atu...,ky, .... \1ordud10witz, "'.\Iull1w
allCl Berman, nnd tht"' }.lisses Holwrm~n arnl .'hnpiro.
The Dor hei Zion . \ssoeiatio11 hns forwarded to tlll . \.. Zionist :Federation the amount o[ £2:":io 2s. lld for th~ Jewish .r~.1tioual F1md, mwlt~ np of £71 1 \.,.
\ld. for general_ ational Fund ;wcou11t <'tllCI Open Uolde11 Hook aecount, .£181 8s. 2d., thu l'l''-'nlt of n•c.: nt bo.· dcmnnees, nnd £4 16s. C'ontrihutions to the Herzl 'rree Fund. Full details will be found in our nclmo\,.
1cdgme11t columns. Special attention nm) b eallc l here tn the following rernar1rnb!e box ele:tl'<lllC't:
iuc·luclecl in this r0rnittm1ce:--.Ir R. lfoffmnn, £21--:
}.Ir ::.\I. KmitzkY, £2;); :Jlr. }.[. At·enowitz. £10 12::-.
0<1 ;. "Jfr. R. Obl~witz. !Ji 10s.; Jlr. }.f. ~T· i\forchwlt
ll\Vi b~, £1~ Hls.
.:\Ir. Daiuo\ '. <le ·ription, puhli:·Jll'cl ill our J, :--t i~i-:.1H· of the fm·ewr•ll tendered i11 the Zioni.·t Hull, on :\fos 'nth, to :Jlr. E. Gurland, on tlw orcn ion of hi-..
dcp«1rt11re for '" vi ·it to Europe nnd 11nlec:linv. omittecl -..<nne dPblil 0£ tho proreedincr ..
:\fr. J. Schwartz. pre~i<lent of the Dor<;;hei Zion .\...,f'orintion, nrcs •nte<l :Jir. Gmlnnc1. on hf'irnl£ of tht•
_\ssorintion, -\vith <l Hebrew ac1c1rec'S, 0xpres ·ing nppr - eiation of his mnm· veai"' devoted Sl·rvicl' to their c.:orn · mon ctmse, a.n<l
TI:i;;:.h
l1 him" hon \oyug'" nncl a saf,•return. .:\In;, l\I. ZuC"k rman, on behalf of the Bnoth Zinn, pni<l the tribute of the sist"r soc:iety. Amon~
otl1er Rpc;1k 'rs, in udc1itjon to Dr. Olsvnngcr, Messrs.
B. lluLik nnc1 J B. , hacksno....-is . poke' of the pla('l' It-.
GurlalH1 hac1 won for himsdf 1 v l't'n:-:011 of hi~ , inccr ·.
,,ffectiv0, and unobtrnsin' ln.bo'urs. His youthfuln ·:-;~
of outlook and benl'ing. in :-<pitC' nf his fnJl :n•nr~. \VflS u11 nlii C'rt ]e. son to n1l .
The g-ne··ts "·ere ..,c•ntl'cl at tnstt·fully decornterl tiihles, 01111 1,yer<' onterbinccl <1nring tlw com·se of th ,.,·oning bv recitation. hY :\Iissc:s E ffrnan nnc1 <1itlin.
arn1 a ~·cading by ::\Ir. R. (fordon .
. \ rolJcdion to ins-:·l'ilw ~fr. Oml11nc1 in the roldt"n H1 ink l'en1isl~cl £27 HJ.. Od.
:\ m_o..;t pl011s;rnt gnth0ring c·los111 with t1w .::ingin!!
nl' " H ntib·ah. '·
Ceres.
On .·unclny .. \pril l.'3tlt. n Yt"'l'Y plc';1sa11t r c ·pt.ion wns held ~1t thP residence of' :\fr. awl ~\frs. C. Katzen·
l'll~nhocren \Volsolev on the occnsion of the Bnrmitz- vnh of thci~· eldest .;.,0~1. Louis. Tn nr1c1ition to the local
fl'\\ i~h l"t'-;i<l011t~. n numhC'r of rPbtiYcs nnfl friPncl"
n c-re pr sent from , '0111crsl't \\.,.p-::t. Rtr·rn<l. rr11Ihndi.
\Ynrc<·.;;;tN, Cere~ nm1 CnpPtmnL
-:\Ir. _ T . Rax nctccl n. chnirm<m nnr1 ndclr , SL'~
\\·t·n· c1P]i, l'l'('(l lw Rov ::\I. \Vittenbt'l'g', \ff'-;sr~. (}old-
l>NlY ;incl "Rn.-J,in ·awl thc> cliairrrnm.
,..., .\ L"olll:ct]on · wns 11rnc10 in nic1 nf tlw -Pnl stin•"
Orphan~· Fnnc1. nncl nftcrwnrds sold h~· n1wti011 to tlw l1ost for {: 10 1n tlw B11rn1it7.,nl1 ";; i1miw.
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1\1~:-J. THE ZIONIST RECORD ..East London.
The followinu- further donations tu thL· Kerl'JJ Haye od are reportecl :-1\fr. Aron ·on .-£10 10s. ; ~fr.
Hershovvitz, £3 3 ..
~\t a reception ancl dance held in the on of f;;ngland hall to celebrnte the Barmitzrnh of Le lie.
•ldest son of 1\fr. and Mrs . .:.\I. Franklin, a collection in aid of the National Fund and "Ukraine Orphan. · Fun<l reali ed £6 12s. Gd. The committee 0£ the Zioni t
\s-ocintion take th opportunity of e ·tending con- grutulation to Mr. ancl l\Irs. Franklin, anrl of wU1ing
t hf'ir ~on a happy ;mcl prosperon. car er.
At the wedding of ~Ii. Betty Asdll'SH and .:\fr.
\lorris Cohen tt uollection 'iV<1L made in aid of the Keren Haye
·ocl
and Orphan ' :Fund, which reali:-:ccl tlic suli-tantial amount of £13 1 s. llfl.
J ohannesbUl'g.
\Vo.ME •. ·8 Zro ·1 ·T LEALHJI~.
\Ve have re 'l'ivcd a copy of the ninth annual l'l'port and hnlance 'hL et 0£ this League, for tbe year ended April 30th, which rc·veals .·tcady progrc._ in all directions. After refer •nee~ to the ratification of the Mandate, the forthcoming Congr ss. and the lo s of Dr.
Torda u, the report prouecd s to cletail the League· t-- auti vi tie duriug the year, among which the following
arc~ noteworthy:-
M e111 bcr. l1i1J.- t:onsidernbl · uumbcr of n "'W ancl kl'L'n members liaYe heen enrolled.
Litcmry 8ectio11.-. 'i.· lectures 'wre given, by :\fr . B. GouclYi:..;, Re\.\\. 'Voolf, Dr. J. 1\I. Edel tein, Dr. ,J. Harte, l\fr. B. S. Hersch, and ::.\fr .• T. Alcxnnder.
1 he large attendances on tbc~ e occasions \YC'rc a sev •re tnx upon the kind hoste~s0s who gnvi? the usl' of their clrawing-rooms and dispen ·cd gracious ho<.;pitalit;v. ancl
it may be found necessfil'V to find a different venue in future for these gathe1~ings. At these aft ·rnoons pamphlet literature was sold by the seceetnry of the section, Mr . R. Katzencllenbogen. The section also
<trrnng d a Yery enjoyable and succc'ssfol mu.·ical after- noon.
During the period Dr. Landau has eon1 inned his fortnightly lectures at the Park 'ynugogue after the , 'abbath morning service, which were initiated at th(' suggestion of members of the league, and which pro- vide nn admirable opportunit~, of becoming better acquainted with the history, litL1rntnre. nncl current.
problems of the Jewish people.
Shelicl.-As in form r yc<U'S, the league con- ducted the 'hekel sale in the northern distridR, and disposed of 631 hekolim.
Social Functions.-Variou, <lances and other [unction. \\"ere held by the league, all or whieh were sociallv and financially uccess£ul.
Rei cnue and Expc·nditure.-A.fter pa.;ing all expenses and meeting all obligations, inclucling the hnlance of its donation of £105 to the Keren Ilaycsod, and a contribution of £30 towards the expenses of the .Johannesburg 1Iandnte celebrations, the league, ·which began th" period 'ivith a balance• in lrnnd of .£3B, Legins the tcuth year of its existence "-ith £55 to thl' good.
.\ rnnss mL' tin a of 1 'hekel pa\ L'l'~ wns hclcl at the Ti\oli on 'unday, 0JmH' 24th, n'n<l :\Ir. ~\aron, tJw Nhekel Com mis ·ioner, presiclccl oyer <1 lt1rgL' guthcring.
'The mnin pnrpo. e of the' meeting wns the Yoting for the Sonth ~\fri.cnn clc•lL•gation to Congn'~'-'. :\fossrs.
L. H. Cohl'll, J. Bahr, 11. Bloch. :mc1 1. Nnpire ,,·er(' dectc<l . crntincers, nncl wh ik• the hallot paper~ wcn1 countecl an cl thc Yoh R collntC'd Dr. OlsYat1gpr clC'li \<'red
Jewish Colonial Trust (Juedische Colonialbank), Limited.
ESTABLISHED 1899.
The Main Objects of the Bank are :
To promote. develop, 'ivorl· and can.'y on industries, undertaking. antl colonhmtiou schcuwi:; in Palestine a.ntl 'yda.
To carry on the buginei-; of hanking in all it. brancbe .
To acquire from any ta.t~' or otbe1 authority in any part of the worlcl. any conce~siom; grant._, decrees, rights, power and privileges whatsoever
To seek for and obtain openings for the employment of capital in Pale. tine. "'yria, and in any other part of the world.
JEWISH COLONIAL TRUST (Juedische Colonialbank), LIMITED.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
'l'o be m,;ecl by per ons desirous of being placed on the Itegister of Sharehold rs in respect of Ordinary hare in th above Company in consideration of PAYI1IENT IN FULL on Application.
TO THE DIRECTORS OF
THE JEWISH COLONIAL TRUST (Juedische Colonialbank), LIMITED, Brook House, Walbrook. London, E.C.
GENTLEMEN,
Having paid to you the sum or £ ... being paymenL in Iull of £1 per share on . ... Ordinary Shares of £1 each in the said Company, I request you to enter my name on the Register of Shareholder , in respect of ... Shares.
Name or Names (in full) ... ..
Address ... . Description ... . Date ... 192 . ignature ... .
THE ZIONIST RECORD.
a \"L'l',Y fai, i <lilres.:: on tlH· tn:-;h: of thl' forthcoming
( 'cmgrc. :-;.
rrhc tl llE'S.tion of t.lH' .J l'Wi~·J1 _,\ f?ell<.';\ \\·cmlcl fo 1-: ' l1 p n deal of time nt <':trbbnd. Bducation in PakstinL' and in the l>im;porn wonld nl:-;o fignr' prnrnint"ntly on
the programme:. .
The li·ar1t•r,.,hip wunhl li<tYC to l1l' strl n°tlwnL•c1.
nwl W'hdher a Cnbinet of twelve for :l trimnvirah·
"·oulcl bl formed wns ddmted skiHully h,,-th0 lecturer.
On the motion of _fr. B. , . Hersch, in hL p1·iYati·
l":lpnc:ity <1 - cl • 'lwkl·l p:t,\ l'l' and 110.t a:-. cl 11w1_n lwr
or
the Federation, it wa r , ol v c1 unanimously to nrntrrn·t the delcgntion ns part of their manch1te lo;rnJly to -.;up- port Dr. \Vciz nanu, uncl impo:-;e ilbsolntc· rcmfidencl' in his leadership.
The meeting brokL' lip tu thl' "trnin:-; (If " H .1tik- vah."
Middleburg, Transvaal.
Dr. Olsvang 'l' nniY cl het on the rnth in~tant,
being met h~· "..\lr. ~r. Brozin, the preside11t of ~ht' Zioni, t ,''ociet)·. autl other gentlemen .. Jn tht cv mng a mu. s me ting ,,·a. held iu the ::)ynanogue, :J.Ir.
13rozin pre iding, and extPrn1ing a hearty welcome to thf! , isitor. Dr. Ols\·ang 'I' tlien deliYere(1 a . tirring nddrl•ss iu "-hich he mnde au t>arne t appeal for snpport of the Ker n Hayesod, in responi'e to which
il nmn lwr of fortlwr donation.;; 'Yere made.
( >n thl' 17th i11:-.tnnt, till' tl1ird son of :\fr. nnd ,\lrs. :\I. Bfrmnn read it portion of tlw La,,- arnl .\Iaftir at th, loc:nl i'yJ.)ugogu >, on the O(·cusion of hi"
barwitzndt. In the e,·ening hi~ parents held n gi-nnd n•c:eption at their resid1mce, at \Yhich n large gathering
\\·as lin•ishly entertained. Tht> H ,,-_ ::\lovsho"·itr. pro- pose<l the health of tl1l• ban11itznd1. \Yho r :-;ponded with a :-;peech which much gratified tho. e pre ent. I >urinn the eyc•ning ctn ~\nwrieau andion \\"H:-. 1H'ld, whic·hn realised
t:3i.
tl1is amount being nllocatPd in t·q11a] ,.;hare:-; to the E:t'l't'l1 Hn:n':-;od nnd thr J l wi"h\\'nr \ric·tirn-;' 1"11nrl.
. \.t n general meeting of the locnl hrnm·h of t bl' l'nite<l South African Jewish Rt~lief. R1.:construdiun
111111 Orphan"· Fund held on May 20th at. thl'
Synagogue, the following wer unanim01dy Pleetcc1 : -
<'hairman, ::\Ir. D. ,'chnai<l; hon .. ecrefary and tre;l~
mer, Mis Rosie Brozin; committee, ·Mmes. E.
Lnzar11s, ::\L Birman, _\. B1oom. J . .'teyn. L. Buizan-
"ln- and ::\Ir. I. Frame.
· At the rcc·ent '"eclding, Schnaid---Ruhin, a bottle of than1pagnt>, presenterl by ~Ir. n. Sclmaid, the·
bride's father, wa nu<'tioneered by ::\Ir. _ -. Brozin, and knocked dO\nl to the BridC>groom for £16 10s., which i..., being handed in equal share. to th0 K0ren H a~'c, ocl and the' Relief F11nd_
Oudtshoorn.
The amHrnl gt>nernl meeting i)f tbc Hc•t·zl Lndit>~ ·
%ioni:--.t Society 'nu~ held ou :\Ia,- 18th at the Hebre"·
Sehool Hall. · _\fter the report ;md balance sheet hac1 been rcarl and adopted, th ekc:tion of ofliC'er~ fot the Pnsuing year was proceeded with. ~Ir . Hermilll Le\\in
\ms unanimou lyre-elected presi<lent, ~Irs. _\. Berman 'ice-president, ::\Iiss Ida Agranat was l't.:-elected treasurer, and ::\Iiss .\. , 'ieff hon. sc>cretar~ , toge th 'l'
with the £ollowina. committee :- ::\Ie dames Homa ..
. \granaL Goldberg and ~foll, and the ~Iisses Knsse1,
\Yeinsten, lloma and Elia::-011. 'J1he rne~·ting clo ·d with th(' u::.nnl vot , of thnnk..;_
(Ju .Jfay 7th an enlarged plioto~1rnph of tht:: t l
l>r. Max Nordau wa~ prt>~L'llted to th• Hebre 1 \:hool Hall, in the name of th · combint:d Zionist So ieti . of Ou<ltshoom, by ... Irs. _\. B •nnan 1\·hoi said a f v appropriate wonl~. :Jfr. Homa, in' a ..;;hort addr 1•xplui11ed to the d1ildre11 tlw lift• and work of
~ r01·dnu.
Paarl.
The ~ .. \. Zionist Federation has l't.:eeiveJ, per th' I )or~ht.?i Zion .:\ssociation of 1apetmYn, the arnount o 4;;170, hcin11 a ]cgac r to the .Jcwi 'h Xational Fund lie<).lieutlw<l by the late J. H. Kaplan of Puarl.
r.rlw actual amount of the Jcg< cy wu ~ £:Wu, the difference bejng accounterl for b,v th' tlP<luction oJ clPnth duties.
\Ve call the :'peeinl attention of 8outh .\frican Zionists to this b quc t, and woultl mge that th prndicc of providing for th , necdR of the Yishuv in thi..;
manner is one which should be ·ome counnoner than it
is at present. We have harl the pleasnr0 of reportinO' such legacie from time to time, but their number ha-..
hccn far Jess than they ttre entitled to expect, <md \' • trn t that other. will adopt this means of at once per- petuating their memor,y in Erez Isrt1el, and of facilita- tiing the great imd es ential work of the re. torntion o the soil
to
the Jewish peopl ,d1ich is the ta. l· _of h• J mrish National Fund.
Stellenbosch.
'1'11<' annnttl nieeting of tlH· local Ziuui t , 'oc-i ·t~·
wns held at the :-4ynagogue on the 10th in :tant.. ThP hnlance hcet wn, r ad and lllltmimou~l.v adopt '<l. Tht•
follo\\·ing offi<'cr" nn<l committee were elected :-Presi- dent, :\Ir. U. s~mdler (re-elected for the _ crond time) : tren~nrcr, Mr. D . ._ cgnl: hon .. c refary, ~\Ir. Ralph IL H nhn ; committee, the ::\Ii ·ses P. ~Iarcus, H nrrison :m<l F . .Jfryer, and ,Jfrssrs. 8. ,Joff ", 8. ~farC'us and
~cnitzky. ln thanking the members for their mnrk of c·onficlcncc in again re-electing him, ,jfr .. ;·unrllcr . whilst ngr ·eing that the membership of the so ·iet)· wR-..
1•xcdlcnt for th local community, l,_·pres:-ecl the hop0 that they wonld \\"Ork harder during tlrn C'urrcnt yt:ar :md hc•Jp to make it a for grcatL1r financial .:;uce("s.;;.
Strand- Somerset West.
.:\.t a combined meeting of the 'tn n<l unrl omer- set WeRt Zionist Societies, heltl in the Strand on i\Iny 14.th, it wns resolved that the h\O societies be amaloa- mutecl under the name of Strand-Somerset \Ve ·t
~ionist Associatiou. A ne\V eommittee was forthwith dected, conjsting of :-}fr. H. M .. Jaffe, president; Ur. B. Isanccmn, vice-pre iclent; 1-Ir. \\~ . .Jliller, trea- -.:nrer; :;\frs. B. I aacson (Strand), hon. secretar, ; MrL.
H. Jnffe, ~liss S. Friedman, Mr. L. _-o<'hmno ·itz and l\Ir. B. Friedman, committee.
Upington.
On Thur day, the 7th inst., a grarnl bn1l was held in the Gorc1onia Hotel in aid of the local ~ynngogue fond, which proved a social as "·ell ns a financial ~uc
l't>SH. The· hall was tastefully decorated, nml clnncin!!
"ts kept up until th early 'hours of the morning to the strains of Ga:nonsky ·, famous 01-ehe;tra ( 'apt -
town). Certain articles were donatP<l anrl old h,\
~\ m ricnn m1f'tion and renlisec1 a hnndsonw ;11nount.
