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THE ZIONIST RECORD. Decemb r Hl. 1 21·

I ^I FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.

From Our Own Correspondents

BENONI.

Tho follo\Ying arc the officers of the rnitcd Hebrew Institution of llcnoui: -President, }[r. .... ^T. Kir. ·lmer;

vic0-pr-c::.ic1ent, :\[r. B. 'egal; trea urcr . .Jlr. )1. Knhano- ,·itz.

Couneil: -:Ml•.·srs. I. Bader, .T. Ci ·in, )f. Friedland, R.

Glaub,r, :\I. Harris, W. Hoff. N. Jacobson, A .• J Le,·~·.

A. A. J1om0y, G. J,ondon, .J. ~re. ta<lt, l\I. Oschr~·, A.

Reic:hlen, l\1. '""'ack , '"· :-;bamrs, :\1. 'fokcr and A.

\Veitzman.

'tanding Comruitfre : - hena Kadi ha-}fr. srs. A.

.J. L YY ( hairman), J. Bader. J. Ci-vin, W. Hoff. G.

London, J .... re.tadt, .A. Roeiehlen, :\I. ack., aucl A.

\Veitzman. Talmud Torah ::\les r . B. egal (chairman).

:\f. FriNlland, H. Glauber. _\_ Ucichl n, W. hames, and l\I. Tokcr. , 'hul-).Ic . . r.. N. Jacob. on (chairman), J.

Gidn, .JI. Harri·, .A . .A. Lam y, )f. Oscl).ry, and l\l. Sacks.

Finance-}fr, srs. }[. KahanoYitz (chairman), I. Bader, N.

Jacobson, H. Glaubcr, 1[. Harri , N. Kirschner, A. J.

LeYy, A. A. J1omey, ::\[. Oschry, and B. S.egal.

The formation of thf' fir. t union of communal in. titu- tions ir- the ·ubject of a spe('ial intPn-iew with )fr. ^T Kir. chncr, and appear. on nnoth0r pae-e.

BOKSBURG NORTH.

The thirteenth semi-annnal n:o::cting of the Young Israel ~ 'ociety was helci on unday, the 14th i11. tant.

There was a large attcndan<:' of members. l\lr .• J .• lacob~·.

the ex-cbairm::rn, delh-erc<l his report of the work for the la._t ses ·ion, pointing out tha,t the enthu ia m of the mC'm- bcrs had greatly increased and he hoped that tho good work would conti11ue. A presentation \\'US made to .di s L.

"\Yeitzman, our ex- ccretary. )fr. J. Blumberg, th treasur01-, pre cntetl a balance Rhect sho'i\·ing that tho financial basi of the society \\·a . ound. Reports by tho library committee, council and advi ory committee n-ero accepted. The following were elected : -

Chairman, l\Ir. M. Bloom; vic<:1-chairlady :.\lis · R.

Jacoby; treasurer, l\Ir. J. Blumberg, joint hon. secretaries, l\f ssrs. '. Lazerson and J. Berman. Committee: :\le srs.

' . Yankclson, B. Simon, I. wil and S. Feinberg, :\1isscs T. Gillman and S. Plitt. Advisory committee: Me srs. S.

Louis and J . .J acobv and Miss F. Swil. Librarv comm ittce:

:Messrs. p. .T. ~r cCrystal, IT. Rubenstein ^I

s.

^{Lou i '} ^.

Laz0r. on and J. Berman.

HEILBRON.

The local Zionist .\.. sociation held n, Simcha. Torah ball on 'eptemh0r 29th, which "·as a great social and financial success. Of the net proceed , £5 has been forward-eel to the Zionist Federation for the .T cwish National Library in .Jerusalem, and £20 for the J<'wish National Fund.

Further prorPeds ha vc still to come in, which will also he allocated to the ... .,.ational Fund.

Tho committ '0 of the A socintion desir<' · throucrh thi medium to i.bnnk all those ladies and gentlemen, to.., "·hose hard '-rork an<l assistanc-o the' succc. s of the ball was due, and particularl_v th llaucf' c-ommittec. con. isting of ~Tr. R.

FedC'r as chairman; )1 i:s

n.

Goodman, secretary; and )frs.

H. Goldstein, )[rs. H. Gr<'cnman, )Ii s E. KramN, :\Ii · D. Goldstein, l\fo sr:. S. 1JM'Y, R. Kretzmer. '. Cohen.

G. Rtangc, and I. Gold mith.

KIMBERLEY.

The "Palestino" film wa scr cued at Dobbin:-; open air Roof ~ioscop<', on 'rlmrsda>· eYcniDg, Nm·emher 2 th.

and was w1tnC'ssed by a fair audiencl>.

A concert wa giYcn in th0 To" n Ilall, BC'acons:field, on November 19th. ldwn local ,J .n·i h amateur were heard a~d . en ~t thf'ir best. A tableau, depicting en'nt of luston al importance; prf'eed •d th0 performance. ThiR :va. arynnged b.v Mrs. B. Horn itz, and made a deC'p tmpres. ¹⁰¹¹ ⁰¹¹ th., audif'nec. 'Ilil~ entertainment wa. in

"revue fa. hion,'' and the prineiplc. acquitted th<'m:clYes c·re<~1tably. :\1r .. L. ;LcYin.ohn~ the organi.er, thank1'd the anch_cnc~ for thelr krncl r cf'pt1ou of the cornpany'R pffort ·.

An 1mpromptu danc, brouaht a vorv pl nsant eYf'ning; to a.

clo.·c. ,..., ·

MARITZBURG.

On ...:unday n:ming, .1."o,<'mb0r 30th. ReY. LeYin gaYe

~. lcc::hm;, at th 1fo!Jrcw ,_ebool, on the "EYolution of 7:¹0~11sm. ~lr. )] ai t<'r, 'iec-pr<"-;ident. of th 7.ioni ·t Gocy:~\: )1°~~idt·~b· :\[r. Levine. ~Jiss L. Fineberg, and !is' r · cspce

'°

¹^t¹^.^IVP¹₁y. ^con¹¹nt0d song, rc·c1tation ancl 11ianoforl•"' solo '

A ''Handk⁰rchid .aebet," present tl anl raffid bf .Miss .A. Kirkel, for the purposl' of lrnYiu1T pi ·turc 0 Zionisi; leaders for tlw :,,chool-room, wi1s ~you by )Ir·

Bautzcr.

.:\lis. Janie Kirkel, 1' . ..:.C.E. g(lld r.1e.iai.i.. t, gain d honours in tho recent 'f.D L.C. •.xarnination.

Miss L. Fineberg, a pupil of Miss Kirkel. gain J honours in th Intermediate Elocution examination.

Tho ·erui-annual g.pueral nweting of the 01lllg

Zionists' ociety was held on 'uudaY. th Ith in ·t: ¹•¹t~

:\Ir. B. B njamin, th president, dl'alt "ith the acti' 1t¹t of the oci ty during th<:> pa. t six month . and statt.:d thrl abo~1t £29 had ~een :,,C'nt. away for Yariou, ,Jl wi. h full c dunpg; th~t period. Owmg to th~ inh·n~ention of t~' .Jewish holidays, ouly 01rn or h1·0 , ocrnl cn•mJH!S w<'re. h 1₁ but the· were yery C'n.in.n1hl('. II thanked the mcJJlb . of the committ.eo for tlwir H'l'Y actfrf' :npport tlud11g })I 5

term of offict>. ·

The financial statement. as JH'l' cntcc.1 bY ~fl·. ^:\i Blu_menfrlcJ, shc?wed _the . ocicty to bo on a sound

finnllf;t

bast·. 'I ho librarian, :\fr . .T. Blu1110nfclcl. fated t 1 ".

members now took more int re. ·t in dw librar-v "hi ch 11°

contained many more bool-... · '

Mr. J. L. Maister urgNl m0mlJer:'.\ to

~Pnd

iu

th~'jr

t "b · l f \\}Jlch

con n ut1on to t iefr magazine, the fir:-t number o :\l is to be publi. hcd in February. Th(' hon. sC'crctar~, · ¹cl D. Blumcnfrld, reported thnt an im·itntion was rr ·r¹"~

11

fron.1 ~ho Durban Younp; Isr<.H•l , 'ociet.\· lo participat ¹ a. p1cmc at Amanzimtoti.

The Rev .. T. T. Le1i11f'. tin' lion. µre. ident, prai~ ^{d thO} good work of tho socit>tv.

Tho following IYC're ~lcdec1 ^a-;oflicf'l"s: -hon. prr...,jd .¹~~

Rev . • J. T. LHinf'; pre:idcnt, )lr. B. Benjamin: '"1}\

president, )[is . L. )faistcr; hon .. SC'crerary . . '.\Ii ₁₁:

Blumenfeld; a.si.tant ~f'l'rctary. }h:,,s L. LC'YllH; l}~ . trea_surcr, Mr . . T. Blunh•nfdcl; l1brnrim~ .... lr. 1 .f;'¹¹i ..

auditor, )fr. A. Blumenfeld. Comrmttf' : .\11 ^L Fineberg, H. )foister and .Jl. )laist r. M rs. 1

j·

Bonjmi;iin, T_ G~·cenberg, ^K .Tneob on aucl .A. Blulll n 1^fc.>L:

Magazrnc committee: HeY. .J. T. LevinP, )1 r . ' ·

~faistcr and G. Benjamin.

T Tho question of haYing n. Yonn_g f::.ra •I Exl'eutiYe f~~

a~al was hrou_ght up by 1lr . . J. L. )laistN. . I~. ~i~

d?c1dec1 to get mto t?nc·h with the Young Ism I oci~ing of Durhan and \ r-vhe1cl anc1 to r 'port latL,r Th u1c ₁ concluded "·ith a. ~ote of thanks to .Jlr.

u:

^Ilpnjamin^(t¹^~

chairman) and "·ith tlw singing of " If atikYah."

· to On • nnclay, December Ith. local p OJJlo Ji..•tt u 1 ¹¹~ 11 )..fr. J. Alexand r' · lectnrC', broadcast from JH t ti~ch The r~ception was greatly . poilt b~· atmosph ric:, ,,hi '" re m the a:cendancy that C\'io'niu~. d

On ~unday M-e~1ing, Mr._ an<l :;\!rs. DaYid l_ntl'rta•d o.

the Jcwl.'h c·ornmnmtv at th •ir home in , cottsv1l1 •. all

\·0ry enjoyable cn•ni1)g wa:s p 'llt. '

PIETERSBURG. t

. . On the ith instant, nnder tho auspict.' o the

Zj

Soc1 ty, A Hat DPbat.e_ tool· plac0. • '111ject bc:ith .. t₁₁₁g and ~rnmoro1;1S w0r ~hscus. t1d, whieh ₁ir·ovl'<l . intc re fr.

and mstru<_'iIYe. Dnrmg thl' t'Y<'ning th ch:11rrnnII. fr . .Manaschew1tz, called upon th<' vic('-chairhuh·, ~ )lo

H rschmann, to present the rrizes to tho (' c•hilcl1: '11 . ~,.·

had won them at the sports o the Y 0111w Zioni t · oc¹k'₁h picnic. It was also announced thnt a I0~t11re 011 Cha.nu ' will be cleliYcrcn on Sunday, December ~!st.

SOMERSET WEST. f

U pon tl 1c imtrn lYP . . . t· ⁰¹~ t 1 le 'ntrnl J nchan (' ncil, of ou . o th Cap, Pro,·ine , ~rnd chiefly through the kin) <?fli~, ha"

Mr. Matthe,,·s. of apcto1n1 a Yonn(T I rn0l ~oc1 t. ₀₀d bPen consti_tutec1 lwre. Th. g•ntlen~:lll n11..•11tione'~ ₁₁ur

~Cr. Ilur" itz, of thl Iloh •rt on . 'of'it'b'. :ntcndc th•

ma11g11ral n~ceti11g, :rnd thl'rt' Wl'l'P a 1-.n \·isit<11·-. ~1 ¹¹¹jri!l~

Strand 'oc1ety. .:\Ir. )fattlwws dt'liYt'l"t'd an ^IllP lkd addr~ss. Offic bearC'rs wer0 elected ancl rnPrnhpr:, r1irf'~ 1·~

A vote of than!~: to the Yi. itors ras pa -.t•d :1,nd. ¹~ of

• 11cccssfnl m ctmg conclnclecl "·ith tlu -.111guig

"Hatikvah."

WILLOWMORE. ₁1 t

On thC1 ot·c:asion of the birth of a clanghkr to i\11' joint Mrs. H. Grcc>nherg, a collection "n made for thJ "+h b;n~fit of ~he Capp .Jewish Orphanage ~1ntl th J~nl :I·

.l a.ttonal Li_br~r:v 1!.1 .Jornsalem, whi_ch rr;nli. d the r "111 some su~ of £;20 l ¹s. 6cl. The dd:nh·cl It ·t of dono J:it r

?e p11hltshed in our acknowledurn<'nt. col111nn .... ill •

lSSllc. ~

(Concluded on page 28.)

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28 ZIONIST RECORD-KEREN HAYESOD SUPPLEMENT. Decemb r

rn ,

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MR. SHEIN'S TOUR.-(Continued from page 27).

The central office of the Keren Haye::sod in Johan- nesburg ha recei\'ed a letter from the Amersfoort Hebre\V Con<Yregation conYe;ying the thanks of its members to .Jlr. Shc ... in for his eloquent and impre::;sivc addre ·sand the arent plea ure which he afforded them.

The gnthering at ·which the addrc~ wa delivered had a most pleasant social side, and from this point of view ::\fr. Shein's vi it was no less gratifying than on account of the fin;,mcinl gain to Zionist fond.·.

WAKKERSTROOM

.

On aiurday evening l.fr. Shein addre. Hed a meeting in \Y.akkerntroom, at which donation amounting to about £11~ "·ere made to the Keren Hayesod.

STANDERTON.

On 'un<l<:ty eY ning, the 14th imbnt, :\fr. Shein, acc:ornpunied by :.fr. J. ~· Abrom' of :.Iorgenzon, vh;ited Stan<lcrton uncl a<lclre se<l a well-attended meeting, at which a number of donation were mad to the Ker n Hayesocl. The tanclerton li t totals nt present £1G8.

:\Ir. hein next proc:ecdec.1 to Vr 'U (0.F.8.), nn<l.

thence to Volksrust. He will also visit Balfour.

Heidelberg and Nigel. W c hope to publi~h in our next is ·uc a c.ldailcd r0port of l\fr. ~'he in· whole tour.

BULAWAYO.

Hcmittauces totalling £380 1 s. 4cl. ha ye bet'll received, being further on account ot donations. The~e include :\fr. C. 1..:'aloman' half-yearly contribution of

£250. jfr H. L. Hubin tcin has sec-nred the followmg further donations:-

lihode ia :\Iilling Co., B nl tH\n~·o

(C. ::.\I. Harri ) f IO ^(} ⁽⁾ ]L H. Rubinstein, Filabn:i ^(j ^(; ⁽⁾ I. Ho sen, Filabusi ^(j 0 ⁽⁾ Henrie Kollen berg, Lu nkn

12

0 0

I.

Aberman, Lusaka ^{12 0 0}

THABA

'NCHU.

Th• name of ::.\Ir. nntl ~Irs. B. Breyer rnentione<l in our last is. ue, (£12 12s. Od.) houlcl read " Co11ncil- lo1· ancl )ilrH. E. Dreyer, .£1:2 12s. Od."

6,000 AGRICULTURAL WORKERS.

The number of Clrnluzim employed in ugricul- t ural work, apart from the permanent settler · in the /;ionist Organizatiun's Keren Hayesod settlemt:nts, including those engaged in tobacco work, reaC'h d thi::; .-ear a figure of 3,000. ::\lo.·t of the e are mem-

ber~ 0£ . mall organi ed group . Large group have al ·o bet•n formed whieh enaage in contract work for the farmers. r1 he quc ·tion of organi ·ing other large groups is now being considered, as experience with tltost• groups thi~ y~nr has shown that they prm·idc th best means fot~ l"t'c·uring tht" employment of Jewish labour in th agricultural settlements.

Jn the last fpw ~·ent? all brnnche. of ngricultural working .J \Yi~h hnmls hnYe mnde gr nt. progrel's, aml ::,tcps Jrnvc l)l'en tak~'n for th introduction of n ,,.

brauch . of cultinltion. In the farm' and settle- ment· of the K0rcn Hey sod pTogre is specially marked in dnily \rnrk and plantation cultivation.

Our readers are requested to make a point of mention- ing our paper to Advertisers when making

their

purchases, or when communicating with Adver- tisers

by

post.

DR.

BOUCHMIL

TO VISIT EGYPT . .

Dr. J O.'huu Boudnnil, a vet rnn Zionist lettller.

hai:; been delegated by the Board of Dire ·tor· of tit Keren Haye~od to Yisit Egypt in the i11t ·rl'"t · of thi · Fund. He i ·· now in Palestine with Mr"·

Bone~mil, "·ho ha been appointecl u <ll'legate

?t

the l\. ren Ha:'csod to· Roumania. Dr. Bouchnul.

who '\Yas an oi:,sociat ot Dr. Herzl's nncl hn. ~inee r ndcr ·cl conspicuous spn·ice to the Zioni t Cause ill v,1rious Emope«n c·ouutriPs, has spt>nt l'(:>Cent ;'e~tr ...

in work on behalf of the FunJ in l'rt>nc·h---penk111~

c·ountrie ..

JEWISH LABOUR PLEADS FOR KEREN HAYESOD.

The coin iction

that J e\Y"

L'H'rvwher'

,,·ill

respond even more readily to tlw Kl'1'.en Htn e"od when the favourable po;i:;ibilities now obtaining in Palestine become more \Yidely known, is L•:xpre."'"'t d in the following teh•gram the }jxcc:utiYe Conu111ttl' of tl1e Oeueral

J

en·i_.h Labour .\$,·oci·1tion has ::-(·~it to ::.\Ir. Leib Jaffa, the Keren Hayesod delegate ¹⁰

\\"arsRw:-

" Tlw Jl'wish Labour .\s. ociution \YekoDW ...

heartily and hopefully the new Ke1·en

Hny~

... od

<·arnpaign in Poland. Tncrea ed immig1·nt1ofl·

great employment po::;. ibilitie: and i111porta¹¹:

futme ent ·rpriRe. in Pale ·tine, clcmand urgent!' that the ,'mn. se. of our \people tpni·tjcipnte ¹;1

multiplying the incom, of the KerPn Ha;n ... o~i~

< >nr peopl are bound to re" pond \VhL'll po;- bilities ,dll become known."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--- FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.-(Concluded from page 26.)

WORCESTER.

• '1 l 1c annual general meetmg of th<' Worce tcr · l:{ t ·bre'" In\'.

Congregation was held in tho local Zionist hall on St~nt

tiie

23rd November. The pre ident, )Jr. L. Lange, wa ¹¹¹

chair. . •n'l

Tho Balanc Sh ct for the past fmancial year ,n¹s ¹~' :•

auu adopted, and showed that the ahoYe ·ociety were ⁰

very sound financial footing. iul!

The election of officer· re ulted in )Jr. S. Lange bl· 1 elected chairman for the ninth y ar; trea ur •r, )fr.

1

^~^-:

Habinowitz; C'cret.ar~·, .. Hr. H: 'imon ~ ennuuitt >t\ :\1.f"~''• J. Leader, I. Nomtz, Ch. Levm, .A. 'olk., I. J. en¹z ·

and l\I. Broudie. . . tel''

It was unanimouslv <lc('id<'cl to proceed imu1et11

l 1i

lYith the building of a· Tl<'W . ynagogne and n. Zion is~ '~111^:

as the present synagogue building was far too small for growing Jewish population of "\Yore . ter.

WYNBERG.

'Th e annua l general meeting and · l' 1 ect1on ·

°

f th ' 0 11

\Vynberg and Claremont Zioni t ~·o(·ietv took pluctp' • •l'"

Sunday, 30th NoYcmber, 192.t, in the .Zionist Hall. it

Hoad, Wynborg, at , p.m. ."cf The

pr~side~1t

^.•}Jr. D . . L. Davillowitz,

ga~·e

.a

i~i\~1,,,

summary of uctn·1tte · and, rn the C"ourse of ht~ Jt'll b"l<' d 1 f l ". ,. ^tl<"· ,...

guote a ctter rom ~Ir. B. Wolman. tic · f ·reil ChaJutz, son of Mr. N. Wolman in which lw

n:

^er

to the very Jewish atmosphere that' vx:i -tecl in Palestnie. cl Th e mmu · t es o f t l 10 l ast ge1wral me tmg · ·were ri' ,.HI an A a~op~ed,. as \~'as also th<' tr(•a ur~r's balance !'h<'<':· ,Jace.

d1stnbut10n of Keren Have ·od certificatf's then took I Tl _{. 10}e e<' ion was I t . t en h • I 1 1.f' d ,~·1th · t 1 ~<' f o U · m~·rng 1 ·e

vr.

ult: IL President, .Mr. D. J;. Dav1dmntz; ywe-prc ·1dent·,

11^1' ^1,^. l~esn kov; t_rea urer, Mr. I. S~·hock; .. enctary .... 1,~'''·'·,;

Schur; au ch tors, 1\f eRsrs. l. \ udelman and L. . I .. committee (Wynberg): l\f es. rs. S. Drat1<1", P. ){al~l·,;.jtti·

Galloon, ''. Kaplan, N. Wolman, )[. Brmwr. J. Aron~> H·

R. M. Rifkin, M. Rabbinowitz. (Clan·mont): ){ ~"¹"·

Uloch and Rev. Goldberg. o1'

. Dr. R. Resnckov, Bev. Goldberg, and )[r. Brauer -~

1

^1'1!1

rn acknowledgment, the first-namE'cl remarking on t.h~t· thflt attendance of Clar<>ruont members in .·pit of tlw fo.(_~ 1·et' ·

. t b tl

w ' .

^t ,.,oc .

1 was o 1 a )'Dherg and Claremon~ Zion1s . ('(' {ol' )fr: L. J_,evy, havm~ thankc-d the outgomg comm¹tt

1 ^coJll' thf'll' work, and weIC'omccl th<' incomina offiC'<'l'S aut mittee, th<' lllC' ti11g terminated. "" con·

At ~lw annual m~eting of the Wynh<'rg H brew g:·pgahor, th<' followmg were elected a officNI': - 'deJl'G;

A. Anziska, prcsidf'nt; "\Y. Robinson, vI<·<·-pft'!>¹

L. E. Berman, secretary; W. Rifkill trea urer. .J. C omm1 ·t t e: l\fe.i:n·s. I. Yndelman, ' .... '

r.

₁^~a^~pJatt· ::ipl:i11.

Proe er, S. Wolman, W. Rollnick, A. Fineberg, S. K

I. Gordon and I. Anzi~ka. ·