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:-:~Cape Peninsula Board of Sheohf ta.
Th ann al general meeting wa held at the nited Hebrew Schools. on undav, 4th March.
The President, Mr. I. Mauerberge;, r viewed the variou activities of the Board and in particular pointed out the good fortune of the Board in possessing the ervices of vigorou and efficient hochetim at the abattoir~. In order to main- tain a. high standard of efficiency, i~ is the policy of the Board to employ only persons who are suffi- ciently ctive and experienced to maini{ain the high order and exactness required by an abattoir
hochet.
In regard to the supervi ion of 1 a hruth at butcheries, a Ma giach appointed b. th Board makes daily in pections. Jn all matter. affecting Kashruth, the clo est co-operation witl1 the Beth Din has been maint ined. Other communal matters have been consider d jointly with th members of the United Council of Hehr w Con- gregations and the Board of Deputi
The Hon. Treasurer, Mr. M. Rabie, presented audited financial account and balance sheet which tog ther with the President' report were con idered and adopted unanimou.:Jy.
The lection of officer for the en uing . ·ear re- sulted as fo lows: President, Mr. I. Mauerherger;
Chairman, Mr. J,. Kantor; Vice- hairman, Mr.
K. Sacks; Hon. Treasurer, 1 Ir. 1\I. Rabie. The resolution appointing Mr. I. Mauerberger, Hon.
Life President wa adopted unanimon. 1.Y.
The President drew attention to the unsati!-'.- factory state of the pre ent financial po ition of the Board. The Board has onerou, monthly com- mitments in regard to the salarie of the working Shochetim and the pensions of the Shochetim who have been retired. Owing to the extreme reduction of sto allocated for kosher require- m nts the income of the Board ha. been greatly affeeted with the r ult that there is now a monthly deficiency.
Mr. Mauerberger expressed the hope that the various congregations represented on the Board would again consent to a monthly contribution, as they have done in former years, for the purpose of augmenting the income of th Board so as to reduce the deficiency.
On behalf of the Board the President expressed appreciation and thank to the Beth Din, United Council of Hehr w Congregation and Jewish Board of Deputie , for their co-operation in matters ubmitt d to th m, the onorar nditor, . B. L ntin, for his ·a)uabl er 'ces in audit- ing t'he book , th ecretary for facilitating the lVo k of the Board, and last, but not ]east, to h Executive and repr ntatives of th various on- greg ions who constitute the ll ard for hf:'ir
aluab]e o-op ration.
Zionist Socialist
Pal'ty.There was a very good attendan •e at a meeting held on Tuesday, 27th February, at th Zionist Ball.
Dr. .Sirnbaum addressed th gathering on
" hat an nbiased 1isitor ee in Palestine.' H stated that what impressed him most was that we had uc:ceed d in e tablishing pecific j ewish hfe with a normal distribution ir economi life.
'Ihe young generation hich as th pride of the Yishuv had been emancipated from the Galut mentality and wa b ing hrough up in a spirit of national fr edom. The Hi tadruth compri Hi about 22.5,000 stmls and thus controlled the majority in the Yistmv. It wa . ignificant tliat whereas Labour wa everywhere in the majority, only in Palestin~ did it actually rule. The Keren Haye od and Keren Kuy met wer the financial main tay of th Yish11v.
In conclu ion, h tated tfiat thl re wa no fea1·
for the future because of the great c·onfidence and growing trength of the Yishuv.
Maitland CultU1'8l and Social Sool
y.On , unday ev ning a ell attended meeting wa h Id in the Talmud Torah Hall. Dr. Jackson wa in the C'hair.
The gue t peaker, dv. Harry . 'uikher, gavP an inter ·ting and thought-provoking addrPsR on po t-war problems and their effect on .Jewry. Ht>
dealt at length with the Ru sian contribution to th war and tlw part he would ph .. v in pea<'e and future se<'urity of the world. A far as ant1-
em1ti m na <'Oll<'f'rned thi wa. 111 tlu~ increa. e and th only "ny to se ure the po. ition of .Jewr~·
and of minorities wa to upport th<> labour or- gani ation. which had. incid ntally, indicated their d ire to . e Pal tine a a home for J wry.
r. Han;\· Rabinowitz rendered several son'1:
and r. Lad n gav humorou readings. Mr. H.
Immerman proposed & h-.rty vote of than.ks to the speaker a.nd artists.
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APBIC~JBWIBH OBBONIOLR.
Kowno Hebrew Friendly Society.
The annual Purim Celebration took place at the Zionist HalJ, Cape Town, on Wednesday, 28th February. The President, Mr. H. Lifson, was in the chair, welcomed members and their families, and briefly outlined the activities of the Society during the past year.
Rev. S. H. Michelson deliver("{} a most interest- ing and inspiring addl"'ess on the Festival of Purim, stressing ~ts significance and urging the gathering to keep in mind present events and to
<'ompare them with similar tragedies throughout the generations.
After the interval, during which refreshments were served, Mr. I. Margolis and Mr. S. Lipshitz rendered musical items.
Rabbi Dr. E. W. Kirzner then delivered an address and appealed to the Society to continue with its good work and respond generously to the appeals on behalf of th ir suffering brethren in Europe.
An American auction ale was held and two articles which were kindly presented by Messrs. J.
Rosen and I. Geffin, realised the sum of £22 3s.
which will go to swell the funds of the Societv'e
,Jewish Relief Fund. ' -
The Vice-Chairman, Mr. L. Kantor, moved a hearty vote of thank to the speakers, artists and the auctioneer, Mr. N. Tobias, and was seconded by ·Mr. M. Kuperman.
Rev. N. Cohen, who pre~ente<l Member ' Cer- tificates, moved a vote of thanks to the Committee, and to t11e ladies who prepared the refreshmenti;i.
Massadah .Association, OranJezicht.
A well attended meeting was held at the resi- dence of Mr. and :M:r . Levin, Molteno Road on Monday eYening, 15th, March. '
Mrs. Mary Segal spoke on "~\ CJa h of Concep- tions in Eretz Israel," trasing; thP background of the Jew.. Arabs and Briti. h in Palestine, and showing; how a pirit of unrest and distrust had grown up because of mi eonc ptio11. on thP part of the Administration.
During the evening member. of tlw Hapo(•l Hamizrachi presented a pla:v adap1ed from a , tory bv David Freedman entitfod "M ndel (Marant~
Housewife." '
The speak r replied to various rinestion from the floor and after tea the m eting concluded with a vote of thanks bv :fr . Opland.
The next meeting ill take plac on Monda.·
night, 26th March.
New Hebrew Congre!fatfon
A vPry large gathering nttt>nd d th speC'ial Purim Pl" ice at the no land StrAet S:vnagcgu on Tne dav of la t we k. ·
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r the ervice, wl1ich wns irupre i el:v con- duct d h;\• nntor T..1. M. Golc.1 ac:i Pr, tho~e prP ent went to the Svnaizogno flnll, where the Pre i- dent, Mr. L. Kantor, pr<> id d, and mrtl'nded a\ erv heart.v welcome to all. Tnstructive and in- imiring addresses were cleliverPd hv Rnhhi Dr F,
~- Kirzner, Rabbi M. forgenste~·n, Messrs. °Ch:
Z10n and M. Kuperman.
Musicn1 items were rend red lw Cantors T..1. . Gold":a ser and S. Inspektor, accompanied by tho orgamst, Mr. A. Koorland.
Refrc·i:hmt>nts were sen"e<l h nd thnnh:; were e.·- pres. eel to Mr. Geft and Mr. Friedgood, and all the ladie nnd g;E>ntk-men who had helped to makt>
the evening so enjoyable.
Reoentfon
toYoung Israel Camp Sub-Committee.
T~e Cape Zionist 1:'outh E. ecutive reC'ently gave a dmner at the Haifa Re taurant in honour of the Camp Sub-Committee. At the opening Mr.
Egert, who was in the chair proposed a toast to Eretz Israel, the .Tewish people and the forth- coming Young I. ael Camp. Greetings were ent by Mr. B. Noick and Mr. D. Lazarow. Mr. Egert welcomed the visitors, Mr. Kar] Silberman Mr Harold Stut.zen, Mr. and )frs. Dnnskv and Mr:
and Mr . Gordon. ·
fter dinner Mr. Egert ~poke on the signifi- cance ?f Youi:ig Isr·ael Camp and the part that it was still destined to play in Zioni. t Youth Activi- tie. ii: ~outh Anica. The dinner was given in appreciat10.n of the hard work put in by the Camp F:nb-Comm1ttee and the outstanding success of the 20th Yonng Isrncl Camp; it was also a forerunner of the bumper 21st Young I:rael Ca.mp which was to follow. In the plan of publicit:v for Young Israel Camp, the dinner was tlrn first real in- stalment.
fr. S. M. Levin for many yeari:; head of Young Israel Camp and Chairman of the Cape Zionist Youth Executive, who was the guest speaker gave some illuminatinJ;?: remi:iiscences of past Young Israel Ca.mp . • fr. Levin traced the evolution of Young Israel Camp and related tl1e different prob-
(0.tlrt•rl • t'Mrd aoi...J.
The marriage of Lola, younger daughte and Mrs. S. Gesundheit, Sea Point t.o J Port Elizabeth, youngest son of
the
lateMrs. M. Ellert (formerly of Beaufort W place at the Gardens Synagogue on Th March.
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The marriage of Lola, younger daug}iaj Mrs. Martin Hammerschlag, of Ke · Sonny, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Claremont, took place at the Gardens on Sunday, 4th !March.
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The engagement is announced of Anne of Mr. and Mrs. I. Lipow, of Woodsto
·on of IM:r. aud Mrs. A. farcus, of
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Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Gerber (nee Ruth are being congratulated on the birth
ot
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Sapper and .Mrs. l\Iorrie Lazarow hosch, are being congratulated on the
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The marriage took place at the G gogue on Thursday, 1st March, of younge t daugh~er of Mrs. and the late Y rawitz, Three Anchor Bay to Lie Gluck (S.A.A. Ji""".) younger s~n of Mr.
Herman ~luck of Windhoek, S. W.A.
Rabbi I. Abrahams, assi ted by Cantor officiated. The unterfuhrers were Mr.
H. Koonin and l\1r. and ~frs. N.
f,ieut. (Dr.) Louis ternberg was the Lieut. Solly Jackson, .A.A.F., the The poleholdC'rs were S/Sgt. Julian .A.A.F., faurice Gerber (formerly
~.A.A.F.) Max 1\lilner, S.A.N.F. and Lemon ky. The bridesmaids were Mi Abrahamson and l\fi s Gilda Lemon Marion Dwolatzky wa the flower CYir]
Koonin the page boy. "' reception was held at the Bobe Adv. M. Ale, antler, K . . , M.P., p toa. t of the bride and bridegroom tribute to th hridi> for th ''aluablc rendered as a member of tlie taff of Board of Deputie. (Cape Committee) behalf h~ mad<' a pre entation. The suitably responded.
fr. J. Dwolatzky proposed th nnt rfuhrers.
SACKS - SAGOV
The marriage of Freda, only <laugh and Mrs. Ale ander 'agov, to Roy, y f Mr. and l\irs. Archie Sacks, both of took place at the Green and Sea. Poin\
on Tuesday morning, 6th March.
T Ra~bi Dr .. A. T. 'hrock, ·asRisted by Katzm, officiated. IMr. Boris Sacks
waa
man and the poleholders were Messrs.
Gerald Kleinman, Alec Oboler and Har The bridesmaids were Misses Rena Sac Kuperman,_ and the flower girl, Denise A reception was held at the Zionist I. Abrahams proposed the toast of the
bridegroom; the bridegroom respond A. T. Shrock proposed the toast of
fuhrers. ·
The names of the bride and bride been inscribed in the Golden Book parents.
The parents of the bride and bridegr•
party for the children of the Cape Orphanage on Saturday night and a d' Aged Home on Tuesday.
lems with which Camp Executives had fronted in past years and how the e the pa.,t helped to add to the succe year's camp. Thereafter, the Chairman the presentation of a Golden Book Mr. D. Lazarow on the occasion fo his of service on the Camp Executive and in tion of tho stalwart work he had done in _the sphere of provision, for Young I' Tribute was also paid to his services the Cape Zionist Youth Executive.
Thereafter presents were handed by man on behalf of the Senior Cam Larzie Lichtenstein and on behalf of Campers to Mr. Colin Traub. A gift
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pr nted by the Cape Zionist Youth Executive to r. am P ire for his ervic a Camp C~n
vener for 1944 and 1945. essrs. Lichtenstein, Traub and Peiree suitably r plied. !Mr. Claude Reit tein pressed his gratitude on behalf of the amp b-Committee and of t,!iose present. to th Cape Zionist outh E ecutive for havmg
rranged the function.
U ted Hebre Sohoola (M.lnyan Joseph).
On Saturday, Srd rch, a special Oneg habba.t took place in honour of all graduates of the nited Hebrew hools who have passed through the chools dllring t e past few years.
very large crowd of children and graduates
ere present. d
aster Solly essler presided. H w~lcome everyOOdy pre ent, e peciall all past pupils, a~d thanked the Committee of the chool, ~he ~rm
cipal and the teachers for the opportumty gi~en
to the children to hold uch a grand func~ion · e said that Cape Town Jewry, and ·peciaJ~y all young men and women, are proud of their Ima ater. Man of the young m n and wom;n ho are to-day placed in different walks of hfe remember the Cape Town Talmud Torah a the institution which has kept alive the Hebrew ~ul
ture and educat n in the ape Town commumt~ ·
VQl"Y inter tin$ programme was arranged m
hich 1 'riam h'\Veppe. (a gradua~ ~ t~e hool) ant). Lieba Zinman re~dered r~c1~ation m Hebrew and English respectively ; Cyr1l Kas~el rend a olo. Ruby "bashan (a past pupil)
poke n the importance of ~ew"sh children carry- ina on their ebrew education further than the Barmitsvah ge. This school had become to many oung men and women in ap Town a
~ where they received the complete educa- tion necessary for a Jewish youth. The school bad become not only a school of learning but of
fellowship. . . .
antor Immerman led commumty mgmg.
The hai.=man thank d all who participated in tlte programme and after the children had par- taken of refreshments the f~n tion cam to a clo with the singing of atikvah.
latadnth Inltb.
t th oadon on unday night le.st Mr. Z.
vin read 'Journe to Eretz I rael" (by gn?n) d s ke briefly on th life of gnon and the 1m- portan part and pl8:ce he i o cup ing . a.s &
ebre writ r. 1cha follow d m wh1?h a number of memb rs participated. Mr. I. B1tnun
chair.
omen's Mlzraohl
Oneg arch.
MITH
War Appeal Meeting at Muizenberg.
The Editor,
"S.A. Jewish Chronicle."
Sir-I have come back, deeply moved, from a meet~g at Muizenberg at which Mr. and Mrs.
Vromen who are here on behalf of the Jewish War A~peal, spoke on their e~periences as Dutch Jews in the concentra~ion camps of Holland and Germany. These people bear upon themselves the stamp of suffering. 'l'ht:y have ~~n the e!e- witnesses of horror. It is our pr1v ege to gtve thetn. welcome.
I have seen the Talmud Torah Hall at Muizen- berg crowded on happier occasions, but to-night I was shocked at "the audience-not at the people who were there bu at the people who were not I I do not mea~ those who, for quite legitimate reasons, stayed away. But where were the others?
and among them ~hose who throng the promenade and the Pavilion every night. Do they not know that Mr. and Mrs. Vromen are here? Are they not aware of the tragedy of European Jewry?
Wh , did they stay away ?
And I am reminded of a story that Ansky tells in "The Dybbuk" of a rich man who comes to see the Rabbi. The Rabbi :takes him to the window and says: "What do you see?" And he answer ,
"People." The Rabbi takes him by the hand.
leads him to a mirror. "What do you see now,"
he says. And the rich man answers, "I see my- self." "Behold," says th Rabbi, "in the window there is glass and in the mirror there is glas . "
Add only a little silver to the glass and "you cease to see others, but see only yourself."
The story bas the ring of truth.
Yours, etc.,
H. LIL G BERG.
4th larch, 1944.
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Soviet Jewry's Appeal.
Th~ oviet Jewry Appeal Committee announce that
it
has decided to d vote the proceeds of the Youth Group collections to the purchase in Pales- tine of twelve "Field Kit '' which are to he pre- sented to the Red rmy through the Soviet Red Cross, in th name of th . . Jewish outh re- spone
to the uiby he ' nppeal.:fi Id kit contain all the necessary surgical instruments that a. urg on require to operate on wounded soldiers on th hattl fi Id.
he mon and n c s ary in tructions are already in the hands of th{' " " League in Tel viv, and th despatch of these fi Id kits to Teheran will be made shortly.
The outh Group of th oviet J wry pp al can be proud that a useful and splendid gift is given to the heroic Red Army from the monies they collected.
(Oontfnued from First Column).
view the characters involved in the story with confidence in our eternal survival, for hiliitory had proved he futili y of our enemies' endeavours at our annihilation.
After tea, · r. J: Levfo spoke. lie stressed the fact that though e had much to rejoice about, such miracles as ere manife t on Purim had not repeated themselves and our enemies had destroyed countless millions of Jewry. The question would therefore be whether we should not dopt a more sober attitude and tum our minds to ridding our- selves of potential persecutions by returning to our homeland, rather than, on this day going wild with merriment-as our rabbi had advocated.
Mr. Basker, the ice-Chairman, proposed a vote of thanks to all those who had contributed to the success of the evening including .the organisation by Mr. Z. Galoon1 Mrs. I. Merkel and Mrs. R.
Levin.
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Forthcoming
Union of Jewish Women.-The gathering of ~he session will be au to members, work parties, convenon at the Victory Fair and Mannequin function will be held at the ajor on Tuesday next, 18th March, at 2.
Marcia Gitlin will deliver an addr and Peace in Palestine."
Another guest of the afternoon Sallie Kussel, the newly appointed Secretary of the U.J.W. of S.A.
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The "Cavalcade" Qroup will run a.
Cross at Electricity House on
Th
March. All members and the public note the date and to support this stalls are run by various knitting Union on the third Thtir&aay of eac
Bnoth Zion AISOClation.-The ann the Woodstock and alt River Br place on Tuesday, 18th March, at the residence of Mrs. E. Kalman Lodge," Booth Road, Woodstock.
egal and Miss Marcia G~tlin will speakers.
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A meeting of the V redehoek Bran at th residence of Mrs. H. Benson, Mansion Ludlow Road, V redehoek, 13th March at 3 p.m. The first papers on ''The Jewish Woman in entitled "What is Judaism?" will be . Levy. The reorgani ation of the ill also take place. Members and vited to attend.
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The annual general meeting of the Mowbray Branch will be held at the Mr. and Mrs. A. Tockar, !Main Ro on Thursday, 15th March, at 8 p.
election of Executive and Committe :Misa Marcia Gitlin will speak and musical items. Members their b friends are cordially in ited to atte
Mulzenberg Jewish Ladies' Sawin ne t meeting will take place on March, at 2.30 p.m. at the Talmu Wherry Roa.d. The hostess will be c/o Mrs. chneider, "Del
uizenberg.
Cape P8'11naula Women' Mlzraahl The Sea oint Branch are holdi!lg in honour of s. . T. hrock Dr. . hrock, minis of the Point brew Congregation, at the
rs. . wi 1, 1 The leh, ea Po day, 15th arch, at 8 p.m.
aaadab Lunoheml Club.-The takes place at the Grand otel, Thurs~y, 15th arch, at
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p.m.Dunsky, ecutive member of the Federat1!>!1i will peak on '' onflicti Jewish .uue." Reservations should the Secretary, P.O. Box 1218, Ca later than onda , 12.th ~ch (o H. Levin, 4-2600).
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