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January 4th, 1929. THF. S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

I In and Around the · Town.

58 Bur(T Ntreet.

Thur~cfay.

1929.

''A Happy New Year," the time- honoured greeting, wa heard on all sides on Monday night, when the old year gave place to the new born 1929.

It wa~· a hilarious leave-taking, and an equally boisterous welcome to thP newcomer. More cheerful news re- garding the health of the King had the effect of brightening thing up, and there were general expressions oi hope that the progress reported in the late t bulletin will be maintained.

Midnight in Cape Town on Old Year' night may not be quite up to the standard of, say Argyle Street, Gia - o-ow, or outside St. Paul's Cathedral, London, nevertheless the spirit is the ame, and the fraternal feelings just a sincere. Adderley Street wa the Mecca of the pleasure seeker on Mon- da ni~ht-thnt is after allowing for the the~tre and bioscope cro-wd and the gay reveller who throne:ed the V?.riou hotels where ew Yea;- dance

\ re held. Th la_t day of tlie calPndar i celebr:ited in. various ' ay_. It all dep nd upon the cele- brant. One prefers to spend the occa- . .ion quietly. Another choose a . ojoum at sea ide and camp. Other

<.?;o further afield. There ar tho e ''ho unable to eek pleasure away from the City. But wh rever ther may Lhe spirit of the ew Yea~·

imLu ~ alL and, ' hil t biddina adieu to the Old Year, they will

0 .. tretch f rth the rnnd lo w lcome th w Year. with the prayer that the ne"' horn enig111a ' ill hold belt r thing.

in tor than. did iL pred ce$~o~·.

Durin!.?; 1928 some of us \\ere bur·

dened with sorrow a!1d ~adn ;..;~ other~

w re } I d with joy and happine<>~

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inc re wi h is that 1929 will have nothing but aood for u~ all.

Happy and Pro~per u e'' ) ear.

l\IL 'sOLI I O~ JEW

I mu~L admit lhaL I have an un- u. ual fas ·ination in regard to Benito vlu ·soliui. the Fa ci~t Di tator of Italy and am alway intere ted in an pri~ted record of his life'~ work. He ha undoubtedly great pr tig in the land of his birth, and thi out landing figure in world politic i · of peculiar inter st to

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~ ry. He i v r ympath tie to the Zionist movement and to other Jewi. h caus . The mann r in whi ·h h«"' regard Jew in Italy h uld b a spl ndid example Lo hi contem- porarie:::; in u tri, Hungary and Roumania. H i deeply concern d in hoi)di11~ up a n w Italy, a' d with Lhi · aim in mind, he ha alwav en- d avour d Lo be on guod ^L⁰rm·· with Je,uv, nnt only 0f Ital~, hut in other part of th world. R c ntl y I read a 1 ook he has writt n, whi h i an official biograph of hi life. Th rein ar some intere ting statement . F r

in. Lane • writing on th subj 't of

marriag , Yiu olini impresl:ie upon us the influence of th famil on the individual. Inter alia. he state : -

•· W have but to .. Ludy th hi::;- ton of the Jew ince the great ch per ion at the beginning of th

hristian ra. Here ~a a people

whose devotion to family was deeply embedded in their national traditions."

HIS REASONS WHY.

Going into the subject more deeply, I came across his reasons for making such a statement. Mr. Mussolini's view is that a whole family code had been evolved through the centuries of their existence which defined family behaviour in every conceivable cir- cumstance. Emphasis was placed on the duty of all the members of the family-father to the children., the husband to the wife, wife to husband, mother to children, through the whole fabric of fa1?1ly life.

The code was interwoven in the Jewish race, so that wherever there wa. a Jewish family, there also would be the unbroken traditions and pre- cepts of the Jewish faith and law, the essence of Jewish national life crystal- lized in every single Jewish family.

When the great dispersion came and the Jews were scattered to the four corner of the earth wherever a ino-le Jewish family we;t there went also the accumulated Jewish lore of twenty centuries.

. ~ow I can ee why Benito :Mus::;o- lnn has given expression of his sup-

~ort of Jewi h in titutions and object m Italy, ~⁰long a they do not run counter to th principle of Fasci m.

FRA Z CHUBERT A D JEW . I have r.ecently noticed that many outh Afncan mu ic enthusia ts in common with their confreres in other part of the world, hav been celebrating the centenary of the death of one of th l\-orld's g;eatest c mposen- and ng writer , Franz cimbe1 t {1797-1822). Few people in this country kno\ of Schub rt'- relations with ome eminent ]e\.\-& in hi gen ration. I read some here that h wa an intimate and p rsonal friend of the ~reat reformer of svrw- gogal mn~ic. olomon ulzer (I fl\) J.

189() . Thi· olomon ul7er. 1 m:w . ay, wa · Obercantor f th

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i.::i1 communit of Vienna. Bel\ ·e n ~ul-

1er a11d . 'd1uh rt everal .orn>s an 1 hymw ''"er compo~Pd

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^whicl1 ^uhi-

mat"lv found their \\av i11to the Svna- gorrm:. Particularl . was thi · . thP ease "'ith th com po ition of Psalm 92, which is read at "'ahhath ervic "'•

co1n.po.;;ed bv chubert to th rirrinal H hr w phr·a e logy of th

P~al~1

in que·Lion. Thi chubertian compo~i

Lion i - a r markabl on a an ex- p re ~ion of thanks t Oben·antor

.... olcrnon ulzer. It i ' ritt n in

Major for baritone solo and choir.

Th re is plendid b auty and har·

mony ahoul it. Thi ma t rpiece may be found in ulzer' " hir Zion· and i still :ung in man modern ·vna- gogu ::'. It i inlere ting Lo know ,thal Franz chubert died four month, after the comp ition of P alm 92.

. OLOJ10'" MO Ei THAL A D lLZER.

Whilst on this s11bject of the en- tenary of Franz chubert. I mu ·t r"'·

call the nam of olomon Hermann van Mo enLhal in thi conn ction. It will re ·ollected by my r ader. that ome \H•ek· ag there appear d in th e column. an articl n the lif and\\ ork of olumon Mo enthal. one

of whose brother arrived in .... outh Africa in the early thirties of the nine- teenth century. This Solomon Mo enthal author of the famou dramatic

piec~

" Deborah," show d how keen was Obercantor olomon ulzer to introduce some chubertian compo i- tion within the precinct of th syna·

gogue. On the occa ion of the fortieth anniver ary of .... ulzer'.., musical connection with

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wi h Vienna, which wa in 1886, olomon Hermann Mo enthal penned the"

lines:-

;, Wer gab wie er ( ulzer) Franz chubert' Weisen Wieder?

Die nur dureh ihn o deutunt0" oil erklang;

Den ' Morgenru ' sang er zum Saegling nieder,

' Wohin ' rief er dem 1 uengling bang,

Der Brant sang en ' Rastlose Liede' Lieder,

Den Grei eiwlullend ~ang er ' chwanenge ang

De~ Freundes Grab elb~t schmueckten eine Toen . Dost ang er leis den 'Wanderer.·

die ' Traene.' "

Thu from the la t two lines of this epilogue of Mo enthal, on realises that ulzer al o parti ipat d in connection with the funeral of chubert. The above line' were al o sung on the celebration of ulz r"::;

Viennese Precantorship by Nladmm Amalie Haiging r, one of the leading actre _ of her day .

A GER.VIA PRI CE.

The other day. a funny story con- cerning th c>..-Kai. er· second ~on.

Prince... Eitel Fri drich. wa~ pro·

minently reporled in the Berlin pre'"·

causing all ~ort of sugge·tion· to be made. It wa . aid at th time that this Prince wa. de ·irous of marrvinir

"\ladmne Iara Schwarz. the '' idow

of the \\odd famous opera ·inirer.

Jo~ µh chwarz, a Riga Jew. who died in Berlin in o emb r. 1926. Thi~

proposed marriage, I am informed, ha h en reported. on se cral pr viou"

occasions i month ago mid la~t month. \Iadame chwarz has alway::- deni d that he had marrit•d or i~1- tended to marry th~ Prin ·e. ··This i trrrihl nonse;1 e ~he ~aid, .. and rno'-'t annoying;:· I quitP ) el iew ... \Ia dame ·lrn arz. for \en ro ·afo,t circles \ ould :trondy ohject to thr Prin e marr ing a

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report' in the Berlin n \\spapcn; it wa: stated that thee -Kai r had h •n urged Lo u:c hi· infiuenc on hi : 11

to pre\ nt the marriag I do h p • that the whole affair i hut a new.;.

pap r canard.

BA.RITZ\ AH PARTY -

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ne'~ note wa 'lruck in the Bar- mitz.,,ah · lehration of_ onnan Behr-

lll< n, lde::l sou f 1 Ir. and Mr . E.

Behrman, of th lborn Hotel.

Garden . In lead of the u ual pro- ceedings when nume1ou relath , and friends foregather for th u ual f a:'l ot good thing and the peech :::-, r- man had plann d out a lilll pro·

granun of hi wn for a f w of hi particular school f ri nd . The

elected f e\\ a o::embled at th Gr at Synagogue, where the Barmitzvah I ~ read his portion of th Ln . Follo\\·

ing th ceremony there wa' lunch at the ·' lborne,'" and th n a matinr~

al the Ti, oli. \t the ·onclu~ion of the '" h w " the part · r turned tlw

" lborn · wher dinner had l n

prepar d. It '~a~ an unique way of celebrating one •· coming of age ..

and the manner jn which it wa~

arranged will}, loEg rem mher d hv each uf th forunate boy '\ho parti- ci I ated in it.

DI Tl Gl I ~HED \ 1 ITOR.

reception in hi~ honour at th Zioni.;;t Hall. Lt will he the fir .. t time thal a ·

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ewi , h 1.P. ha paid a vi it to outh frica, and it i~ right that th , e" nt ~hot ld 1 ~ m, 1·ked hv an offi ial w I me hy th I ad r of ·cap To\\n Jcwl·y._ Ithough I hav previously rec rclcd detaili' c.:on ·erning Mr. Fin- hnrgh 's poli1in1l. municipal civil, communal and c:omm rcial a ti iti in England. J rep at th particular~

for th benefit of thos \\ho ar un- acquaintNI \\ith Ir. Finhurgh·., inl<'rr.sling- carcPr.

\ [ TTEIH..'·'111 G ~i\REER.

Born in I '>7. the ubjcct of this r fer n t> i:- a Coun<'illor for th< itv of alford, of which plac he i!' als~>

n Magistrafr. A ft er thr att 'mpt · to enter Parli, m nl he def <it d. in 192 L 1r. Ben Tillet. th Lal ur t"mdi nit>

for the 'orth . alf ord seal. inr his el ction he ha.- g. inecl mu h pro- mincn in politil'al cir Ir. notahlv in r ·~ard to hi· activiti ~ with I

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alurali!'ation. It i · not o Jong a!!o that \Ir. Finburgh was at varic.mct~

with Lhe Home er lar . .Mr. Jorn- - n-Hick. , on thi:,; matt r, c.md i1i~

memorable bout on the flo r of tht Hou" "ith that ~lini t r ha b en the mean of inttodu ·ing gr al im- prov m nb and mor ~ympath tic

onsidcration at th Hom OffieP.

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the J \.\. i.;;h c·ommtrnity any operatjon. of th Bill. j ...

Lri inrr hard to achien similar privi- 1 ge, ~o fm a th En rJi h Bill i-.

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coacerned. Mr. Finburgh wa · one of tho e who believed

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. car ~later innocent of the charae on which he was found guilty and for which he served about eighteen years im- prisonment. Mr. Finburgh took a

great intere t in the ca e, and with other" pressed for the enquiry which wa. granted by the authorities.

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trustee and founder of two of the leading ynagogues of :\Ianchester.

1r. Finburgh finds time to give a helping hand to all who seek hi aid.

He is verv active in J ewi h ommunal affair . . He i~ one of the founder:-:

of the Manche ter :icloria Memorial )ewi_h Ho pital, a guardian of the lo al poor, and he repre·ent '1an.- che ter a a member of the Board of Deputies of British Je\\ . ~fr. Fin- burgh i~ a \ery prominent Zioni t and a frequent ~peaker at Zioni ·t gather- ings. It will b recalled that on his initiati\e a Pro-Pale·tin Committee

\\as formed in the Hou e. compo · d of memher of all political partie_.

His idea wa to pread a knowledgP of the true late of affair~ in Pale tine and Lo counteract the anti-Zioni::-t tendencies in certain quarter· in th~

Hou e and certain . edion · of the Pre .

In busine'S i\lr. Finburgh i::; a cotton manufacturer, with mill~ al Burnley, and a calico printer. A keen man of busine_ ^c::: he ha estab- lished his cotton ware so _ ucce:::. .... - fully that they ar no\ kno\\ n throughout many of th world',..

market:. A member of the Ianches- ter Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Fin-

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burgh-~ opi11ion:;; are !'lought for us an authority in th trading community of the Lanca. hire area. He ha~

written many article and ha spoken very frequently in the Hou e of Common on industrial and commer- cial matter·. It i_ long ince uch a prominent Anglo-Jew paid a vi it to these shore • and I am ure many will be keenly awaitin?; hi arrival.

HAPPY RE-U,\IO ^T

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An annual vent keenly anticipated by the out ide representatives of M s r . The African Clothing Factory i the dinner given by the firm, which i · followed by a \'i it to a local theatre. On aturdav the ho t .

"\le sr . imon and Tohv Rovtowski.

entertained about a d~zen ~f their emi' arie · at the Opera House Restaurant. following which a \isit '"as paid to the Tivoli Theatre. lt

\\a a jolly affair, at which the flag of the makers of the popular ':En ·ign '' uit · wa hoi ted amid much mirth and merriment. Folio,.,·_

ing mi excellent menu, toasts were tendered, the principal one-that of

·-The Firm,"' wa_ giv n in an appro- priate manner. by Mr. Jerry Jackson.

He extolled the virtue· of their ho L~.

3nd Mr. . Hockin. who ·econded, re- ferred to the camaraderie whi('li

exi~ted b tween employer and em- p lo: ees. Both :\Ir. imon and Mr.

Toby Roytow:;ki re ponded and mode ... tly aeknowledaed the reference about Lhem and the good ,., i hes ex- p re :-; d. The ramificatiow of the

.\friean lothin° Factory are \ery 'ast lo-day. and there is "Cl) little territory in the nion ,., hi ch i_ not coY red bv their men. Once again Lhi:-; ·hows. th· enterprise of a Je~·ish firm of manufodurers. who.:e ware-..

a1e a hou .... ehold word throughout the

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Your judgement can never be at fa ult if you insist on the Newand Better Texaco

Y eshiba Co llege of Am e rica .

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency).

~ ew York.

A big gathering of prominent American educators and Presidents of Colleges throuo-houl the United State' ''a.:; pre ent at the dedication of the new building of the Ye hibah Coltege of America. About twenty thou and people were present to vie~

the new building" which have been erected in what i de cribed as a Jewish architectural Lyle, and i - hailed as a contribution to the ew York sky line.

The dedication of the new build- ings, the construction of which was started in Augu ·t, 1925, marks the conclusion of an effort undertaken

three year aao by th Orthodo. · Jew of America in launching a campai!m for an endowment fund of fiv million dollar to establi h the first college in the United tates ' her Jewish tudie_ and ecular learning will be combined for the trainina of Rabbi and Jewish community leader~.

The freshman year in the Y eshihah College wa opened

thi

autumn at temporary headquarter in the J ewi~h Centre of ¹ew York.

Dr. Bernard Revel is th President of the Faculty of the Ye hibah Col- lege.

The

Advi ory Council includes Dr. Frederick B. Robinson, Pre ident of the College of the City of 1 ew York, P'rofe sor David Eugene mith.

Profe'sor Emeritus of Colwnbia University, and Professor Charles C.

Torrey of the Department of emitics at Yale UniYersity.

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