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_ c _or_resp_on_den_ts _BLOEMHOF.
!\. :\fr. Benzion 'hein, when visiting Bloemhof for the co er n Haye. o<l, call d upon the boys and girls of the Jewish i llln1unity to organi e a Young Israel ociety. At a meet-
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hel<l at the Synagogue on 8abbath, January 3rd,of{
Shein lectured to the young folk. 1\fr. Carson01
~'rect hi a sistance ju the matter, and thanked Mr. hein ct(' ?rgani ing the society, which he hoped would prove a\I 'tht to all concerned. The following were elected : -
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~ster Mayer Alt huler (chairman), Miss l\lary Kowal ky leasurer), and Mis lda Altshuler (hon. secretary).BETHULIE, O.F.S.
. On Dec •mber ~l t at a party to celebrate the Bar-
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C:al- 'al of I.rael, youngest . on of lir. and ~frs. . en, a Ji. ~e was sold by American auction and realised £6, which j,as db •en handed in equal shares to the Jewish National
un and Orphan ' Fund.
111 In addition, donations amounting to £2 12s. 6d. were
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e to the National Fund on the occasion by the members 1c Darmitzvah's family.HARRISMITH.
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A fan('r dress ball. organised by the Harrismith Young· 1 a 1 · •
Un > oc:iet..r. wa. hPltl on Decemher 16th, and proved an 'fh~uaJifit'.u succc. ·. The hall was artistically decorat~d.
llo . Pr~s1dent, l\fr . .Aaron Levy, aud the secretary, Miss 'Ht:
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:~> I'-ap1an, were responsible for the successful arrange- t01.-Ti1c
judges for the evening wore l\liss R. Kellen (Pre- to ~~)· a11<l M_r. Leo. Sammel. Th~ ~rst pri;Ze was ~warded lnn · 1. s Anu1e 'ne1c.ler (''Mermaid·'). l\llss Beckie Kap- . . :cored ·econd prize ( 'Persian Dancer "); Miss Lily a lteider ('' Green Moth ") third prize. A special prize wasfj~~i;~l'U(•~
to .\frs. A. Steinberg (''Black and White"). 'The on l()nz for gentlemen was awarded to Mr. George David-t"u· .· "'l'lte ,'heik"); 1Ir. Aaron Levy, the president,
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.,\~l:'d ·off the secouc.l priz (" cotchma~ "); ~faster I.· \\as awarded a special prize as "Felix."
<=ori1 ~\_n aniunnt of £25 was realised. The president and 1nE!
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1~11ltee \\ ish to thank all the lac.lies who sent refresh- Jni,1 s, anc1 the following gcntlem n for donating the IJl',~es: -:\fo srs. Kaminsky, Leo Sarnmel,,V.
Choclos, A.llri/' 0. H. Ro enhcrg, H. Herring, and B. Legum .. The in .e w re di. tributed by 1\fiss H. Kellen. The president, }inJ~· fe:v well chosPn words, thankec.1 the judges and the
le for their uu tinted support.
KROONSTAD.
1h. n Saturdav December 20th, tho Barmitzvah of
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lilichael K~plan, the eldest son of :Mr. and l\Irs. S.Zi \aplan, wa celebrated. The parents have been ke n i
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i~nist workers for many year , Mr. Kaplan bein~ Chai~·a ,~ of tbe Kroonstad Zionist Society. .Master M1chael is j e:_t.ery keen scholar, both in public scho?l an~
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ewish sub- goou' and promi e to follow hi parent amb1t10ns for thel\ of the national cause.
I,a1r la ier Michael beautifully inton?d a portion of tho
\n aucl Hapidorah on 'aturday mOTnmg at the Kroon tad ti~ a~ogu , where many friend. atten~ed. After service,
Mr
~R1gregant. adjourned to the residence_ of Mr. and lir · Ra plan for B'rochu. On unday evemng, 1\fr. and t1r~~t· a.plan and :\laster Michael were ''At Home," and to w· 1c1·all.v all the member. of the J en·ish community came 1' 1 the parent. and the Bar111it~vah a "11tazeltov.''.
Was ts _the day was "National Fund Day,"
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opportumty ]Jr,zal ~l\ 1~ to make a collection for the N at1onal Fund. A A.in .~ Picture of ".Jeremiah the Prophet" was put up by Pie:ttlican auction tho auctioneer being l\Ir. Hearn. The the jfe w~ bougl{t for £20 by }fr. Chaim Kap1an, uncle of· li01 a}1111fzl•ah. It was de ided that the name of l\faster Hook~ Kap1an be inscribed for this sum in the Golden late
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the guests pent a very Pnjoyable evening till a n1 ll'lorotblll, when th . inging of "Hatikvah" concluded aa e event.
MIDDELBURG (Cape Province).
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December collection of the Midde1burg (Cape) 11.tn01111\.0f the United outh African Jewish Relief Fund, Ofik" i Ing to £3 14s. ha<i heen forwarded to tbe H e~d local b n J ohanncsburrr bv Miss .J. einker, the energetic 11,~ cut~n. S<"crctary ~1 th Fund branch, for which thee Conuuittee are very grateful.
MIDDELBURG (Transvaal).
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_the annual general meeting of the Zioni t Society, Hrozin \\a held in the ynagogue on ~ cember 4th, 1\fr. N.lnann '\Va re-elected Pre i<lent, wh1l t :\Irs. A. Schmah- Was appointed Hon. Treasurer. Mrs. Schmahmann,
who is the outgoing Hon. Secretary, is succeeded in that position by Mrs. Dr. Levitt.
On the 21st ultimo, a well-attended Channkah service was held at the Synagogue, at which the It v. Bayever officia te<l.
On the 28th ultimo, l\Ir. and ~lrs . .A. chmahmam1 celebrated the thirteenth birthday of their <laughter, l\lalschi, by givin~ a H~brew ~oncert, iu which thirteen children dressed rn J cw1sh nat10nal costume', took pa.rt.
The con~ert began with the singing of tho Hutikvah, f?l- lowed with 'hir Hadgalim, which wa sung by the choir.
The song S'oo "Zion wa rendered by Oscar Schmahmann.
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l\losc.- Blo.om, who i:en- dered so nicely the song 1 honi Bunkom .lroz1m. A rec1ta- tion entitled "A J ewi. h Horne," wa rendered by Osra Voigt. The song of qhanuk~b (by L. Kipni.). was ren- dered delightfully by eight children, who each krndled the lirrhts separately, meamrhil relating the who1 tory of C'ha.nukah. Other items were r ndered by E ter ·wolkiu, Sophie 8chmahmann, Polly Bloom, _\f iss l\J. Drozin, and a toe dance by l\lalschi and Sophie SehmaJ1mann and Polly Dloom.At
tho end of the PYening little Mal chi Schmahmann thanked tho visitors in Hebrew for their con- gratulations.Great credit is du to ReY. Bayev0r for training the children to learn these delightful Hehr '' sougs.
NAMAQUALAND.
·The Na.rnaqualaud Hebrew Congregation has handed to the Zionist Federation, per the N amaqualan<l Zionist Association ihe amount of £10 ls. 6d. for Zionist Funds, bPing a po;·tion of offerings made during the High Festi- val.
PAULPIETERSBURG.
Ou tho 27th ult iruo, tho Bl'is l\1ebh of the infant son of l\1r. and Mrs. W. Klotz took place. The minister of the Pict Retief Hebrew Congregation officiated. l\fr. J.
Levinrad took the opportunity of off0ring for sale some Jewish National Fund calendars, which realisPd £1 6s. 6d.
for the National Fund, including £1 ls. contributed by Mr. W. Klotz for a wall calendar.
PRETORIA.
Although the ?rctoria. Young Israel Society has not been as active durrng the la t three months a in previous month , it has by no means gone to sleep, and the success of the few affair that were given shows that interest in it has not abated in the least. During eptemb r the new committee began its ses ion. The result of the new elec- tions were: -Chairman, l\fr. . Levin, vice-chairman, ~Ir.
0. Galgut; treasurer, Mr. . Bliss; joint hon. secretaries, Miss F. E. hurl an<l Mr. 1\L Goldberg; committee :.\Iisses C. Wolson, M. \Volson, R. l\feyers, E. Bliss and '~Ir. A.
Zaidel.
On September 27th a very succes ful hat debate took place. 'The members thoroughly entered into the spirit of the debate and very }jvely discus ions ensued. On November 8th a club recrf'ation evening was held, which was also very s~ccessft?-1, the members thoroughly enjoying themselves. This affair was followed. b~ a lecture, given bv Mr. J. Alexand r, of the .A. Z10rnst Federation on November 31st. He delivered an in piring addre. ' on ''The Jews of To-clay," which was much appreciated by a large audience.
PORT ELIZABETH.
The Zionist ball, organised by the Ladies' Zionist League, at the .New :_Hum wood Cafe ball-room, was one of thE' most outstandmg functions of the season. Close upon ?OO dancers filled ~he bea~tiful and spacious hall, dharmrngly dccora~.ed with national :flags and Zioni t colour.. The danc11~g arrangements were admirable and the music left nothu?-g. to be desired. Both sociall; and financially it wa. a di.. tmct sucees , and I understand that the National Fund will benefit through it to an approxi- mate amount of £40.
'The fi?ral dance, or~anised hy our Young Zionist., and reported Ill your la. t is ue, was such a ucce s that a repeat of the same function was given last week which proved no less a ~uccess than the original dance. '
. The last funct10n of the J ewisJi Literary and Dramatic Society was dcvot
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to the hearmg and discu sion of a paper read by l\fr s M. Luntz on "Pa t and Pre ent Music." ';l'he excellent paper, spl ndidlv delivered was profusely 1_nter ·perscd with charming illu.~tratiomi ' bothvocal and m. trumcntal. '
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THE ZIONIST RECORD.
J Hll llU ry 16, l 0~.).FROM TOW AND COUNTRY (Continued).
SALISBURY.
The local Zionist ociety ha forwarded to the Zioni t Federation £14, being proceed of a recent auction sale.
'The distribution of prizes to the succes ful pupils attending the Congregational Hebrew and Religion Clas s took place on Sunday. December the 24th, at the Guildhall.
There wa a very good attendance of both parents and c.:hildren. Mr. L. Braude (president Hebrew Congregation) presided, and )fr . B. I. Hoffman (wife of the vice-pre i- dent) presented the prizes. Rev. Rosin presented the report of the year' work. In the course of his remark h0 drew attention to the nece sity of regular attendance, thf' importance of the B ebre\\' language, and the co-opera- tion oi: parents with th teacher. He stated that tho examiners were highly pl~ased with the results in every . tandard.
Tho following were the ucce sful candidates: - Ad,rnnc d readers infant cla. -(1) Albert Hatchuel, (~)
Cecil tein, (3) Rachel Picha. (l\fi Ro in's Class.
Reader's clas , und r Rev. Ro in's personal supervision- (1) 'tanly Jone , (2) Loui ohen, (3) tie, Hyman Koef- man and Le.Jy Jacob on. Lower Hebrew class (teacher, Rev. Ro in)-(1) Jo eph Pichanick, (2) ilvia Cohen, (3) N. Myer . Higher Hebrew cla. (Rev. Rosin, teacher)-
<I) Jo. eph Levien, (2) Hy. Pichanick, (3) B. Ro"enberg.
.A heartv vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Ro in on the moti~n of l\1r. Braude, president, seconded by Mr. tein. trea urer. The meeting terminated with a hearty vote of thanks to Mrs. Hoffman and the chairman. The ladies' society liberally served sweets and cakes.
The annual general meeting of the Zionist ociety wa held on unday evening, tho 21 t December, at the Guildhall, followed by a ocial and dance. There were about 60 ladic and gentlemen present. l\fr. L. Braudc, chairman, pre~id cl, and >delivered his report of the year' work.
'The election of offic rs r sulted as follow : -L. Braud , president; P. Bloom, vice-pre ident; B. I. Hoffman, trea urer · Rev. Rosin, hon. secretary; H. Pichanick, a sistant hon. cretary; committee: :.\Iesdames Ro in, Bloom, Harris. and Shapiro, Messrs. H. hapiro, 1.
I~o ov ky, and H. Hatchuel.
Mr. Brande presented the noted book, ' Songs of olomon," bought of Dr. Gold. tein, to be old by Americ n auction. Mr. P. Bloom acted a. auctioneer. The um reali ell for the Jewi h National Fund wa £14 9s. 6d.
The Rev. ,J. J. and Mr . Ro in have received new by cable to the effect that their elde t son, Isidore, who was a medical tud nt at Trinity College, Dublin, has pas ed, and fully_ qualified a. ~LB., Ch.B., B.A., B.A.O., Dublin Univer. ity, and L.:\I., Coomb Ho pital, Dublin, taking third placf' in his final with distinction.
Dr. Ro in is an old pupil of the Jeppe High chool, Johannesburg, where he matriculated. When only 16 years old he entered the Univer ity of the Witwatersrand as a medical student. In his second year of study he wa · the only successful candidate in gaining the Dublin Univer- sity Exhibition cholar hip, and proceed d to Ireland a little over three years ago. His career at Trinity has be n a brilliant one. Dr. Rosin's ultimate intention is to speciali e as a surgeon.
SHABAN!, RHODESIA.
Mr. M. Herman made a Chanukah collection for th Jewi h National ~ und among t the member of the local Hebrew congregation ancl ecured the amount of £10 s. 6d., which amount ha dulv reached the .A. Zioni t Federation.
Detail will be found· in our acknowl dgment columns.
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" Where Is Our N ational Hom e ? "
From "A Jewish South African ,, (Cape Town)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ZIO. 'I 'T RECORD.
'm - I have ha<l the privilege of reading your lea<ling article ~n ''The Hebrew Dniver ny" in the hiuni t Record of January 2nd, and I have been urged to reflect on the future position in outh Africa.
·we who have been born at the end of la t century, or in the first quarter of the pre ent one, i.n South A..fricii, a country of free speech and free religion, are in as differen:
a position relatively to our ~arents and gra.ndp:i-re~t:
born in Ea tern Europe. Practically the only tie bmd1ng us as members of a common race is our religion, and eveJ~
this tie i fast becoming severed. ·we have taken oul education- cholastic and religion - a a matt r of cour e;
in fact, the former is compulsory.
I doubt if we r ali e fully that our pal'ents ha<l
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struggle, often to the point of death or exile, to maint~l11 their religion, and that education was to them ometh1ug unu ual. But we are also living in an age of Zioni Ill·
ln our time has come the opportunity of rebuilding. 8
"National Home" in Pale tin . '\Yhat and where, ir, is our "National Home P ' I maintain that outh A.fric!l•
the land of our birth and of our children must be looked upon as our national home. '\Ve have received fair trcn~~
ment and a fair share of all the country can offer. It i~
our duty, therefore, to help to olve the country' problem · You, sir, say that '·only in Pale tine i there JlO
dominant alien cult'ure to claim authority." A.lready Wt' have Jews in outh Africa who have won fame in th political, judicial, and arti. tic walks of lif >. ''11y bani~
not we, their ucce . or., add to "hat they have done? 0~11 contemporarie
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he non-J ewi ·h South Africans. likew1~born and educated in an ag in which the political past 1~
not the fulcrum, in which the ideal of a outh Afric· 11 nation will be more than ever an accompli ·heel fact. Our will be a outh African cultui·e. ha. ed on mutual respeCJ and self re pect. Every Jew or ,J we· born and ~due te in outh Africa hould remain b re, clo his or her utmost to carry out the requirements. of outh .African citizenshi)·
'Ve mu. t be J ewi h • outh African before we hecome . out 1 African Jews.
You, ·ir, are too sever in peaking of " th fragment being ground by alien ideas and alien faith:." For 11;
the ~oming generation, there will be no 11 a lien idea " 1Jl
the , en. e you mean, for w will become part of a outb A.frica in whi h the idea are our "own" al o.- I am etc ..
"A Jewish South African."
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