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Jewish National Fund.

BENO NI.

An " At Home " was held under the auspice of the Women's Zionist League, at the residence of Mrs. J. F1edman, which realised the sum of £7 7s. Od. Special mention must be made of a donation of £2 made by Mrs. J. M. Levy, of West- dene.

HEIDELBERG (CAPE).

A very succe sful dance was held on the 23rd July in ~he local Town Hall, in aid of the Jewish National Fund, which yielded a nett profit of £24 9s. 6d., of which £20 is being devoted towards the inscription of the Society in the special Balfour Volume of the Golden Book.

During the evening a beautiful bottle of scent, kindly donated by Mrs. Sandler, was sold by American auction and reali ed the amount of £1 14s. 3d., which was bought in by Mr.

Aby Hyman, of Riversdale. Mrs. Friedman sold novelty caps which brought in the amount of £1 l 7s. 8d.

Special mention must be made of the Organisers of the function, Mesdames Marcus Friedman and Sandler, to whose untiring efforts the success of the function was largely due.

Thanks are also due to Mr. Boet Gordon, of Riversdale, who loaned his car for the purpose of bringing over the musicians, and to Messrn. Meyer Maltz and S. Levin the two talented violinists, who delighted the audience with' their playing. The community also desfre to tender their grateful thanks to the municipality who kindly loaned the hall free of charge.

LADYBRAND.

The Jewish National Fund headquarters in Johannesburg gratefully acknowledges the receipt of £8 16s. 9d. from Lady- brand. £6 is in respect of trees sold on the occasion of the Herzl Jahrzeit, whil t £2 16s. 9d. was cleared from nine National Fund boxes.

THEUNI' E .

One of the mo t successful functions in the annals of the Theunissen Zionist Society was held on Sunday, August 10th, at the Theunis en Hotel, in the form of a Hat Debate and Social. The Hat Debate caused much amusement as fines were mtlicted on people who refused to speak and on those who spoke too much or too little.

_During the evenin8· a chine e corne1· vase, presented by the Cha~rman, ^Dr. Bernstem, was put up for American auction and i·ealised the fine sui;n of £10. The vase was bought in by Mr. R.

Strau . , who gave it to the Society, who in turn presented it to Mr. J. Ro enberg as a mark of esteem on the occasion of his impending marria~e to Miss Bloch, of Johannesburg. A raffle was also drawn m the course of the evening which realised the amount of £5.

A number of musical items of Zionist character were ren- dered by Mr. Chazan.

. The even~g co?cluded with the Chairman thanking the ladie for havmg kmdly provided the refreshments and the com1:nittee and all those pre ent for their unstinted' support in helpmg to place the name of the Theunissen Zionists for all time in the pages of the Balfour Golden Book.

TA DERTON.

At. the Bri Milah of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.

Orelowitz, of Standerton, the Rev. A. K. Coblentz officiated and the amount of £1 10s. Od. was collected for Reb. Moshal's Talmud Torah.

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~ Beautifully Embroidered Curtains for t h e _ :j

Ark; Mantles for the Sepher Torah, Covering for Reading Desk and Pulpit, Caps and Gowns for Ministers (in Black

and White).

Estimates and Designs on application.

ALL WORK DONE LOCALLY.

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The new. es ion of tl~e Sons of Zion .socie ·t the re=- ₁n ·ts- a succe sful Journal evening on the. 31·d mst.,_; serebro, e,·e~

Mr. and Mrs. J. Tucker. The e.ditor, Mr. 'th. current,

11d mitting his editorial, ~ealt particularly .Y"~ interest li ,

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Practically all the article were of J e~ lS the r. ~-

high standard. held at -eJt.'ctt⁰

On the 10th inst. a reading meeting wa~:xcenent :;

dence of Mr. and Mrs. R. Levin, when some f t e from J ewi h literature were read. d dance. do Jiigh~

On the 13th inst. the annual concert aTh's pro'e f ,1

society was held in the St. Andrew's Hall. . 1

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successful, both from a social and finan~ddlcson ll11 11eJlt5'

Thanks are due to Miss J. Strelitz, Miss E.

1 ^arraJlgei S. Frank, M. Hurwitz and N. l\'.lelmed for t le

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fi ^{t gen P f} The Young Israel Society held its .rs of

pr.

5 wJl on Sunday, the 20th ult., on the occasion wbers ll

Yahrzeit. There was a fair attendance of me f' fill

of the general Jewish community. . ,, The 1¹~jelJCT' Rev. Slonim addressed the gathermA ⁰J:arali.

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work of Dr. Herzl," and then recited the

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thal made an appeal to those present to su sld Forest Tree Fund, and over 25 trees were so ·

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W AR1\1BA TH · 'f1ebre"' ^g re- b ths .P · 1g • ·e The first annual meeting of the \Varm ; nc·z be1;

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g'l'egation was held last Sunday, the. atten ~ gave '~rcg11t¹ presentative one. Mr. R. Zway presided, ait the cong r\\

of the past year's activities, which showed tha tJlC tl1tl was in a sound position. celebrate, ~!f·d.·

At the Siymn Hatorah held recently ~~egatioJ1 b·~llli~e ₉₁ Sepher Torah kindly presented to the cong ey wa.s ¹d

11ce· st Herr of Johannesburg, a goodly sum of mon . atten ~ed iP •

Mr. Zway then referred to the satisfactoi

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the High Festival services held last year a~<>rforJ11 t Rev. A. Kaminer had now been engaged to 1 ~ JiJ1:111C{

of minister. read th:iirer~ .

The Hon. Secretary, Mr. S. Bers,_ thef office'b{oJlo''s(!e'

1·eport, which was passed. The elect10n. ~ulted as B~rs. i the ensuing year then took place and I e Mr·

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z,~fJ~' Chairman, Mr. ~· L. Isakov; Hon. SecretarYMatz, C. Br·

elected) i Committee, 1\ e ~rs. R. Zway, S. . ·illg cb

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Davidowitz and l\L Abramson. the ret.1t . ·et' Mr. I. Isakov moved a .vote o~ thanks t~e untiring man, Mr. R. Zwav and paid a tnbute to ffice.

rendered by Mr. Zway during his term of ⁰

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WORCESTER.

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On Monday, the 11th mst., the Brzs at the1.r d f.lt . .r~·

son of M.r. and .Mrs. Sam Heller took pla~:tt pres1d~v ~ir~;nd Rev. Stem officiated, and Mr. I. J · Sen ropo ed fr1'JJ1 subsequent reception. The usual toas~s w;ze ~er J. S}¹ tbcr· pd Volks, Goldberg, Rabinowitz, Broudie, ru b ' the ~·aS l¹~j£lr.

J. J. Wilk, and were suitably responded e~ Fund do11i!.tl1t donation of £5 towards the Herzl F~rest TJ a furthd\J fl . by the parents in the name of the child, anthe Stan a

0t of £3 3s. towards the same fund by . f al₁t s0~r''·

Company. . . f the in .

3ted• ,ed On Thursday afternoon the Eris Milah ⁰ as celeb: proP~~nd Mr. and Mrs. L. Myerson, of e J?oorns, wasts "'·eie,vi11' ~ril Stein officiating. Mr. Sem~ett I?res1de~. d Ton

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J ·f the flf \Ile by Messrs. Goldberg, Rabmowitz, Frie ma i~ aid o

1c o John Lange. Mr. Wilk appealed for mone~n the 11a11 bf Forest, and as a result £6 \vas collected Jci

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Messrs. J. J. Wilk and J. Brouc ie, an a . jst olJ•itl'~

published shortly. . ester z1on d dr '.je \ The Propaganda Committee of the Worf ctures .ant ii1 zi£111

is busy making arrangements for a f~'I :hat obJC~·Jwi which will shortly take place, and . wit ¹ f the po ::> jii··

are attending the committee meetmg ⁰

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Cultural Section at Capefown. . cnic }leldweJJi1¹1!

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A move is on foot to ha,~e

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l~rge pid paarl, reII rel kloof on Dingaan's Day, at which 1t 1~ h~pe will be '

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Capetown, \Vorcester and Ceres Societies

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There has lately been quite a run of following· d r.l1⁵jJt•r, gratulations are being extended to th~t r. J,\1r. as:;i.nt I!~·rth Mrs. J. Scher, on the birth of a daug e

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Golin, on the birth of a daughter; Mr. Mn yerson. ⁰¹ birth ⁰ on the birth of a son; Mr. and Mrs. ~· k e on the of a son; and Mr. and Mrs. D. Robms y, daughter.

ioldbe~ 0 'I'uesda . BETHLEHEM of th 15, an . ~ ' the 5th . .

e Beth1e\nteresting m~n:~·' at the residence of Mrs. H.

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^{l~g tl>ok ~lace,} under the auspices lnov~"h natio Ject under . u ~ra ^Society.

,up d that na1 langua :iscuss10n was, "Which should be the (iorf,~l'ted b:vHebrew b~ 't'f!ebre~ or Yiddish?" Rev. Altshuller lanku· 11 and ·:~/¹'h·. ^J.

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J e bnational language. He was well tt.!{e. r. \Vrn. isr:~

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^° son and Mrs. Altshuller. Mr. D.

tha J\. SJJitit supported Yiddish as the national l1kec1

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ect debate .

· anct Mr. ~alslbheld. The Chairman, Mr. Israel,

0 c erg for their kindly hospitality.

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• 1onist S e~rew Ball fen ance at the meeting held on Sun-

Cu Afr. C oc1ety. 01• the purpo, e of forming a ZionL t lJ

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11io o Mr L PP nstein pr .d

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E. J udes tts1 ed, . and extended a hearty wel-

1' • of ~nist Revisi ' . e chairman of the South African

th ~11· J he executi omsts, and Messrs. Daleski and Getz,

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·rs. Dale ta~en up b th present position in Erez Israel and u . It \\• ki and GJ ~ present leaders of the movement.

S ciety fa u11ani1 z a so spoke.

outh or B 11ously d 'd .

\\·t·re Afric enoni and J~¹ ~d to form a Zionist Revisionist hon. t

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Zionist Fed isti:ct and to be affiliated to the jl ~ reasur · Mr. Ch H eration.. The following hon. officers

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^S oppenstern, chairman; Mr. H. Shur, Iter, R. Suski Sdalkow, ~on. secretary. Committee;

n , M. Miller and E. Shiliansky.

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itte ' e and the 1 0th in t oc1al Cir I h Id . Mc e e its first social gathering- on

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^{~ f r ..} A. Sacks congratulated the com-

J %10\\>' • .t• eldb ormmg the Circle

0\\·ed anti-S , afte ern1tisrn A. Iman, g!lve an rnterestinO' add re s on ~rg, chair . · t1·

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r Which th IC s Judaism." A lively dfscu sion fol- f ¹

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^Sh e cheder children sang a Hebre.;; song.

t ' ll1 h nt \l In t' h • achet th k d oci t an e t ose pre ent for the h intere~ t

• · e Y, and the ladies for supplying the re-

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.&'rand b I BURGHERSDORP.

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il)ip .e11 a. To\\·n H ~n ^{er t e} aus~1ce ^of the Jocal Z10n!st

du,.l\arance a . ocia} su a on the 6th rnst. proved a financial

111^<\· to th' a~ it ccess. The hall pre ented a picture~q~e

~r.61~et i e J eWish wa tastefully decorated, and crecht 1_s lh, · · We~" Which thouth of Bu_rghersdorp for the energetic

·Iewj!:ih"' Dr. Lou;se decorations were carried out. The 1 'I'h ladies for and. ~fr. S. Berger. Thanks are due to

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^{~\\·arct e funct·} providmg dainty refreshments.

io( ' of th k s th . Ion real' d In cripti ise a net profit of £20, which is to go e Jewish Non ?f Lord Balfour's nam in the Gold n

ational Fund.

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011 ~~ h A~nual Ball took place at the local

)J 'town nuinei·ou 4_t~ mst. There was a large attendance, . 1'h · ⁸ visitors from urrounding villages and

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and pr ented f(itanciaJ fron₁ the g t, a novel 1d_ea bemg a hug aeroplane thPir anct ocial centre chandelier. The function prov d a

\:c llent ucce s, and thank are due to the organisers

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llli· IS, 6d . lOllist T.'ed t' h . . f

la ill! p ., bei .[' era 10n _a r ce1v d a r m1ttanc o

t Yea~l'Poscs rn ng the total offerings for Zionist and Pale·- s J.righ Fade_by members of the local community during

estival . The amount is mad up as follows:

£7 7s., l\f. Horwitz,

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Ja .sinow ky, P.

J assinowsky; £2 l~s. ud., · Horwitz; . 2 2 . t ach, JI. L Horwitz, A. Oz:clowitz; £1 11 . <id. £'a.ch, A.

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£1 ls. N. Philips .. Th total. of th" ofl't•ring · to t'ttt'h jn ·ti- tution' were a, !ollows.: J WJ -~ ~ational Fund, . rn . Gd.·

Kfar YeJadim. f,l 15-· hd.; hantabl' in:-;titution , 5 Hi .. t;d.

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The J wi!'h .uJtur~l Soeicty JH~ld .. Qu t:ion .. ~i rht" on Sunday, the 1'7th mst..- ¹¹¹ th Got~d Tt>mpl. r'~· Hall, when }Jrac- tically the whole Jew1s!1 commumty attend d. Qu ·tion. w r, a~ked on numerou.s _!'ubJ ct.· and w 'r d.uly r pli d t-0. Io. t of the members part1.c1pat d, and tlw ·enm prov ct hoth ill tru _ tive and informati,·e.

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