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In and Around the Peninsula I
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11noth Zion Association.
The Annual Genera] Meeting of th food tock and Salt River branch took plare at the residence of Dr. and Mrs.
C. Re nekov on Thursday, 1 th ::\farch.
~!rs. I. Merkel ( hairman) welcomed Ir . A. Lieberman, the guest speake:r.
and members. In her presidential ad- dre · , the C'hairman r ported on the rarions fuQctions held during the year, and thanked the ExccutiYe and Com- '.llittee for their support, abo the ladies who attended the various collferences held during the year.
Mrs. Z. Gallo011 (Hon. Trea urer) read the financial statement, and was pleased to report an increase on the previous year. 'fhe statem nt was
nanimously adopted.
Reports we1 ,ilso gfren by l\lrs. C.
Io,· ·owitz (Keren Hayesod convener) nil l\ln;. A. J. Gans (Joint Wizo con- vener).
Mrs. Liebe1 man gave a very in- tere ting address on the important
ork Wizo wa · doing in Pah•stine to- ay.
T11e el ction then took place and tl.C>
following offieers were C'l cte<l : ('hair- man, Mrs. I. Merkel; Vice-( hainnan,
Irs. C'. R snekov; Hon. 'l'r<'asnr0r, Ir. Z. Galloou; Hon. Seer tar.', Mn;.
R. Torker; A: .. t. Hon .S(1Cretary .1rn.
Boyd; rt'r ·n Hayesod, "izo com· ner, Ir. ('. ov.owitz; \\'izo eonnner, Ir . (1. H siwkov anu Mrs. \. J.
Gan; 'oei l 1te:n.tary, Ir:. t lark ; ( ommitte : l\frsdames Munitz, IL
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orod tz, Tworctzky, A.Da,·id°' ·itz, L.
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atz, lt.r
ntz, )(.Katz, .i:l. Fligel, '. Raff, E. ralmono- witz, A. Salman, A. Rubin .. A. J. 13a:- k r, I. J. Kab,eff, J. Zalk, 8. 1 J. Gol- hevsky, A. L. Furman M. Seidel, 1\1.
.. Iunitz, E. Talmud, I. Guli ·, V. Resne- kov, ' Marks and Miss Bloom Lazarow.
Tea was sen·ed, aft<'r v,,·hich .Miss B.
Lazarow propo ·ed a Yote of thank to .. Ir . Lieberman, and thal]ked th
he tes ·, Mr . C. ResnekoY.
Vilno and Province Society.
A. :\Iembets' , o ·ial was held at the Zioni ·t Hall on Monday, 29th March, when a large number of mern lwrs and . upporters were pre ent. The hair- man, ~fr. C. Barkusky, presid d, and on opening the functiol} ga,·e a brief report of activities during ~he past few months, and stressed the fact that, in addition to rparcel and other relief which are being sent regularly to re- fugees in Italy, Germany and France.
tho um of £150 was s nt to the Yilno A ociation in Palestine. 1:Mr. Bar- ku ky appealed to th'a member to a ·si t the Committee and upport the funds of the Society as hundreds of letter are being received a~ki11g f qr financial suppor~, and each appeal is answered by the Society lo the be t of it ability.
ReY. S. chwartz, of '!arcmout; de- livered a most interesting ' addres · ·an life in Vilno before the great catas- trophe of the last war. He mention-:d the J wish culture, art the .great philosophers and RahbotJ.im which Yiluo had produced. He told of the great
!Jersonalities who were famous through- out the world for their contributions to
·rienre, religion and other spheres ~f life. Vilno was a great . ocial ce11tr0 for IUany students, who found the famous Shtras ·uner librarv as the great home for culture and learning.
Re,·. chwartz expre s d the hope that tho few urvivor who have miracu- lous!~· escaped the tortures and miseries ' 1rill be given all the moral and finan-
rial . upport by the Landsleit fro~1 other parts of the world, who will trea ·ure the mPmories of Viln0-the Jeru. alem of Lithuania.
The Chairman announced t,hat arnong the audience were present l\Ir.
and Mr . Kaplinsky, who arrived in thi country two months ago after
having escaped from the coneentration camps :ind ghetto in Yilno. Mr.
Kaplin ky then <l fo· red a mo t dramatic account of the way the Jew- i h popnla~ion uffered tgrture, hard-
·hip. , starvation, and how mo t of them ·were brntallv slaughtered and tlw remained put mt~ ga: chambers. l\Ir.
Kaplinsky prai ed th heroic deeds of th f w martyr and heroes among the partisan::< who saved the lives of many who would otherwise haYe perishL·d.
The very fe,\· who smTi'Ved and an•
Ji,ri1Jg in' want and poverty in "tho D.P.
camps now have hope of establishing a new homo in Eretz I. ra > l. l 1r.
I" aplin::;ky apvealed to all the La11cls- leit to help tho remnant of Vilno Je"\\"l'Y to rehabilitate them. eh·es am1 liYe decent lfres.
l\Irs.
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nplinsky th 'll played a pia110 olo from the music that was composed in the Yilno ghetto by Hirch Glirk.l\fi8s Ro c Leibowitz a !so played a piano ·o]o, and both WL're "·armly ap- plauded.
l\fr. N oviko,·, in 1110\'ing a ,·ot of thanks to th' Committee, prai ed the fi1"' \\Ork of th La<lie' (ommittPP, who • untiring efforts in raising laq~o
sums nf lllOIH'.Y gr<'atly helps thl~
SoC'it ty in fulfilling its aim· , n<l obli- gations. He al.·o ~hanhd thl'. pcnl·0r, for their uobl(• thought n11d l· imlne ·s to t>nlightt n the memhPrs with m moric which oth<'l'\\ i \\l'I • lwi11µ;
Pa. ily foq . .,J"(:>tt •n, arnl hopPd tlwt thl•
,'oeidv '\011ld b n fit hv thPir 'i ·it.
l\lr. · ovikov appea1rti to. the me111bf'r to mel't ociall' mar oH(•Jl and ex- ehang views in a, more intimate man- ner, in order to grow the st•ed · of the Yilno of old and tranRplal)t the spirit of Vilno into other free countriPs . tea 1:>hower, which wa prescnt<?<l li.'·
l\Ii ·s Kot and l\Irs. I aacHon, wa.' raffled during the tea interval and realised a fine sum of moncv, whfrh will be utili ·ed in s nding knitted gar- ments to Palestine .
Claremont Talmudical Society.
A Siyum of the Tractate "Rohe Metziah'' was held by the above oci ty on Thursday, 25~h March, at the Tal- mud Torah Hall, Claremont .
There wa · an e. ceptional1.'' large gathering and the guest inc111ded Pro- fessor Rabbi I. Abrahams, Rabbi Dr.
A. T. hrock, Rabbi M. Morgenstern and representatives of mo i{ Talmudi- ca\ Societies in the Peninsula.
The tables were well laden and taste- fully decorated and the evening com- menced with the co:gclu ion of the la ·t l\Iishnah of "Bobe l\fetziah. '- Rabbi :Marcus delfrered the Hadron in a most profound and able manrJ.er.
Cantor Baran delivered a song in Yiddi h, wl1ich was most amu ing and well received.
The Chairman, Mr. B. l\1arg;oUs, welcomed the guests and gave a bri f re ume of the bi tory of th Clare- mont Talmudical Society, tracing its early struggles and expressing pride in tho achievement of it pre. ellt strength and importance in the life of the Claremont com1trnnity.
l\Ir. S. ' cher, hairman of the Clare- mont Congregation, thanked th dis- tingui. hed visitor for honouring tlie gathering with their pre nee, on be- half of the CongrPgation, and co11gratt1- latecl the Talmudical Societv on reach- ing its present proud position in the Claremon~ conununit;v.
Professor Rabbi Abrahams delivered an outstanding Drush, drnwing an analogy from the l\Iishuah of Tano Achnoi with the pa"t and pr sel).t struggles for the survival of hrael, and expre. sing hi: confidence in the eter- nit.'' of tpe pirit of I. rael.
Rabbi Dr. hrork dealt with the de- liberations of the l\lishnah htei Gino. , and stressed the supreme importance of the Rabbis' and teachers' respousi-
bilit,v of educating the youth in the gr at treasure· of Hebrew l arning.
Rabbi 1~forg n,'tern delivered a most learned Drn_ar Halochoh.
All thr e Rabbis congratulated Rabbi
~Iarcus on his brilliant di ·course on th' Tractate.
Mr. R. I wstea<l, Lif' Pre i<lent of the Claremont Congregatio11, moved a yote of thanks to the Rabbis for the great honour they had paid th · Tal- mudical Society by attending and en- riching the e,·ening with their :earned discourses, which had pro\·ecl most CIJ.- lightening and were highly appreciated by all pre. ent.
'flw Claremont Ladies' Society was also thanked for doing the catering in it · usual willing and a hle manner, a wer • all re ponsible for making the eYeuing au undoubted ,'u<:cess.
M.D.A. Concert.
By kind p rmi siou of l\Ir. aJ}d frs.
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os<H"er a concert wa · arra11g d in the Hotel Imperial, Mnizonberg, on , 'nn- day, 2ht March. The concert was ar- ranged by ~frsdames J. Ru bin, L ·Yin and Simo11, nud ~hose wh1> tool~ part"·ere• ~fr. and Mrs. J. Rubin, Cantor Goldwasser and Me dnnws ],,•win, Goldman and 'imon.
A C"loth donated hy ~~lr. and Mrs.
Kosonir was auetione<l hy l\lr. R.
Ji'isltman and was ho11ght in h.\' l\fossrf::.
Bleicll'll ancl G. , ad·stein, who kincll ' returned tlte cloth to b re-anc:ti011ecJ, for which au anHHlllt of £ 10 lls. \q1s
n1:ili ·C'll. Tl1t• Chairman of th• func- tion wa · Mr . BHI'IH'Y 1 f P.' l'l'O\\ ilz, who was assi .. tc cl hy Iesda11lC'8 ~':wl -
tein Fnlh•n tPin, • 1~1rnlin :llld B1llon.
~ll'. , '. Hnbin prOJ)QSPd n 'otc of thanks to the :uti .. ts and 1\fr . R.
~£e~·prow1t:r., 1\Ir. and Mrs. T\oRo,·er', for their kind hospitalit.'· and r frcsh-
nwnt~, to l\IrR. R. Fishman for acting as auctioneer, and to th' la die who so ably as:i:;;tcd iu making th L'\ cning such a finaneial suc·ecss. .i\s a n•:nlt of this •ffort an amount of £100 ha hee1_i reC"eivC'd by the local 'l'reanuer of ih '1\-LD.A., who wishes to e.·pr<'S"
his thank to the residents of the Hotel lmperi~ l for their 'rnndc•rfu1 gestnr .
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Social & Personal.
1\Ir. and l\frs. olomon Ale.·ander, of Alexandria, Egypt, have arrived in Cape Town on a ~hort Yisit and are sta:ing at the Queen's Hotel, Sea Point.
l\Ir. Alexander, an advocate, is the brother of the late l\fr. Mords Alex- ander, F.C., M.P. He and !Mrs. Alex- ander will be renwmht•red b.'· ~outh
African i;;ervicemen whom they enter- tained in their home at Alexandria chu:ing the war. l\Ins. Alexander al o c·onvertcd her fam1l;v home into a con- YHle ·cent home for the troops.
ince the cessation of ho tilitie·· l\1r.
and Mrs. Alexander ha\ taken an acti rn interest in the care of war graves in the de ert, including tho , 'pringbok C"emetery at El Alamein.
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ll\1r. and 1\lr. . 1\I. Ro~hschild and daughter will leave on a Yisit to the l'nited tates in the Robin Gray,
"·hiC'h i · due to ·ail on or about 9th April.
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Tlw maniag took place at tlw :\Inizenherg; ynagogne on 6th April, of Aubrey, only ~on of :\fr. and tlw late ~Ir.'. R. Green, of Oudtshoorn, to Cynthia, youngest daughter of .1.lr and l lrH .• '. C"brir(', of romer Road, l\luizPnb 'l'g.
S.A. JEWISH SOCIOLOGICAL AND
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
PRIZE MONOGRAPH COMPETITION
HP idt>nts of th l'nion of , outh .A frini aud adjoiuing territorit•:> are in- vitell to submit monographs on Jewish Historic·ii l or Sociological toy;ics. 'fwo prizes nre offered:-
1st Prize . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. £20 2nd Prize ... ... ... .. . ... £10 l<'llrther par~iculars of this ('ompeti- tion will b upplied on application to:
The Secretary, S.A. Jewish Sociologi·
cal and Historical Society, P.O. Box 1180, Johannesburg.
STELLENBOSCH WIZO AND ZION·
IST SOCIETY babel Bonn 'I'. of l\.f uizenherg, in- are holding a
stead of celebrating her twelfth birth-
BRAAIVLEIS - DA:NCE
<lay with a party, ha douated £3 3s. in aid of the Pale tine Special Emer-
to tbe l\1agen David Adorn. gency Fund at
S.A. Jewish Appeal-Women's Cam·
paign.
All th Penin u]a Groups of the '.A. Jewish Appeal haYe been most
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BEVERLEY HILLS
on
SUNDAY. I Ith APRIL
from 6 to 12 p.m.
Donatic•n: 10/· double. All welcome.
'---~---~P~ulling
together means supporting the United Party candidates. If you vote Nationalist you are pulling in the opposite direction. If you vote for one of the smaller Parties or Groups you are indirectly assi ting the Nationali ts.WE MUST PULL TOGETHER. We must eradicate Nationalism.
Issued by 0. A. Oosthui1t.e11, General Secretary, U11ited Party, 183 Pretorius Street, Pretoria.
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IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA.
(Continued from Previous Page.) active during the past year with in- dividual efforts but on Thursday, 1st April, the Sea Point-Ca_mps . Bay groups, numbering 13, combmed m the running of a most successful Early 'Morning Market which took place in the Temple Israel Communal Hall, at Green Point.
Much credit is due to the conveners of this very fin:~ combined effort, Met-:dames R. Cohen, l\f. Sagov and I.
SilvermaJJ.. All the stalls were ex- tremely well stocked with home-made cakes flowers, groceries, delicate~sen,
hand-~nade articles, etc., vhich says much for the enthusiasm of the many workers.
The Organisation is also most grate- ful to the Committee of the Reform Congregation who gave the use of the hall free of char!!e and to the members of the Sisterhood who1 served teas.
Purim Evening at Muizenberg, A very successful Purim evening was held at the Talmud Torah Hall, Muize1Jberg, under the auspices of the Combined Muizenberg Zionist Societies on Thursday, 25th March. Mr. J.
Weinreich presided over a large gather- ing.
The guest speaker was Rabbi \V.
Hir ch, of Pretoria. In an eloquent address he drew a parallel between the time of Mordecai and E1:1ther nnd the modern as1:1imilation movement in J£urope. His very constructive dis- cour e was attentively listened to by all those pr ~en~.
DuriI}g the evening Cantor Gold- wassPr entertained the gathering with some fine songs.
Miss Naonu Berelowitz gave a piano solo ancl Mr·. \Yeinreich gave a stirring aC'count of her experiences during h r recent visit to Palestine. She made an appeal for the 11\fagen DaYid Adorn.
'l'he au<li(•nce was also eni,ertainerl hy l\frti. HubilJ, a Yisitor from Johan-
1w ·burg, with finl' redtntions in Yid<lish.
~fr .• J. WPinreil'h thanked nll tho (' 'd10 lll'l1wd lo make the ('\'eni11g a snc-
<'P s, and espeC"iall~· l\lrs. Ji. 1lloc1k and the otlH•r ladies who helped with the Hen-ing of n•freshment.s.
Bannitzvah C~leb atic.n.
._icl11ey, (•ldc>st son of )fr. and Mrs.
£. Y agan, conducted the service on Friday l',·<>ning, 19th March, at the Good wood ~ 'hul; on Saturday morning lw r~ad a Portion of the Ln w and l\laftir.
At the Brocha at his home, 127, Main Road, Goodwood, Mr. R. Wol- man presided. Rev. B. Dorogow pro- pos<'d the toast of the Barmitzvah and also paid tribute to IMr. and Mrs. I.
Kagan who were one of the founder->
of i:;he Congregation here. The Bar- mitzrnh responded. An uncle of Sid- ney, l\Ir. Marcus, of Johannesburg, also spoke.
A reception was held on Sunday night at the Major Zionist Hall and wa · attended by a very large gather- ing over which Dr. 1\1. P. Friedma1}
presided.
The Chairman in opening the even- ing regrett <l very much the unavoid- able absence of Rev. and Mrs. Doro- gow.
Mr. Immerman propo8ed the toast of th Barmitzvah who responded in Hebrew and English.
Dr. ('. Resnekov, Chairman of \he Cape Board of Jewish Education, after delivering a very interesting addr ss presented the Barmitzvah with a first-class certificate. :\fr. Benjamin propo ·ed the toast of the pnreHb. Mr.
Marcus, the uncle of the BarmitzYah.
on behalf of J\fr. and :\Irs. Kagan,
Phone 2-5164
P.O. Box 868
THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH CHRONICLE.
ULh April, 194 .thanked the speakers. To mark the occasion the parent1:1 inscribed the Barmitzvah in the Sefer Haharmitz- vah.
Vredeho,ek Massadah Association.
The first meeting of the 1session was held in conjunction with the Vredehoek Jewish Cultural Circle at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Arelisky, at which Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Sachar showed the films they had taken whilst on a recent vi it to Pale. tine. During the evening l\fr. Leol} Segal addressPcl the record gathering in the interest of the Emergency Fund.
The s cond meeting was held at the home of Mrs. I. Goldberg, where mem- bers were canvassed for the Emer- gency Fund and a considerable sum was raised. After tea, Mr. J. Hanson spoke on the "Aspects of the '\Vork of the Jewish Board of Deputies.,,
On 14th l\farch a Scavanger Hunt was held, iIJ. which five cars filled with members participated. This enjoy- able hunt ended on the beach at Camps Bay, where the accumulated food was eaten, interspersed with the singing of Hebrew songs.
On 30th l\Iarch 11\fr. S. M. Levin ad- dressed a large gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Rabinowitz. Mr.
Levin analy ed the present position in Palestine m1d appealed for all possible assistance for the Yishuv.
During the e~ening Miss F. Rabino- witz provided a gramaphone recital of Hebrew records.
Vredehoek Synagogue Ladies' Guild.
At a Card Function recen~ly organ··
ised by )!rs. Sonny Sack · and )fr ·.
F. Salber, a n_•r.v substantial an,ount was rais('<l for l\[agen David Adorn funds.
Cape Peninsula Women's Mlzrachl (Omen) Organisation.
The J\lareh monthly meeting of the Oranjezic·ht-Tamboers Kloof branch was held on 'fnesday, 30th March, at th<' residenc<~ of Mrs. A. :Mareus, Ken- '' yn Court. Tltt> Cltairlad;\·, 1r ·. F.
1Je,·i1H', afte1 weko111i11g all IH'Psl'nt, again appeah•d to members to unite their (•fforts to help our brethren in listrPsH. "A Precious Cargo" was the title of an interesting articlt' read by l\lrs. H. Benson. Miss Hita. Cohen, who reeentlv retumed from Eretz Israel, ·poke' on "Aiiyah Dnring the
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1ar." 'he said that this great work was carried on by the Haganah, who in spito of the lack of trained per.'on- nel and ships, was successful in bring- ing over the refugees from Europe.
In spite of the fact, too, that they were hindered when the British started sending ships to Cyprus, they carried on and iIJ pired those who had lost complete faith. The morale of tho~e
in <li.'t1:e 1:1 was built up by tho organ- ising of polibical youth moYements which prepared them for the time when they would be sent to Eretz Israel. This talk was enjoyed by all.
Mrs. I. udat proposed a vote of thanks to the speaker and the hostess.
H istadruth I vrith.
On Thursday evening, 25th March, the Histadruth's celebration of Purim took the form of a musica 1 evening.
Mr. Z. Ann presided.
l\fr. H. Rivlin entertained the audt- cnce with some of the latest Hebrew records kindly loaned by Mr. achar.
']'here wa.s community singing, and then Mr. Z. Avil]. road a humorous commentary on the Megillah, which was highly appreciated) as was also l\Irs. Freda Rubinstein's readmg of some of Bialik's po ms.
1 'ong were rendered by Rev. Hell<'r of 1\'orcester, Master Ronnie Hell<'r, and the Hebrew-speaking youth group.
HEBREW TEACHERS' CONFERENCE.
(Continued from 260.)
who control foe de tiny of our youth.
The educatioIJ. of our children can be left in the hands of quali£ed Hebrew teachers, under tho direction of the minister. In this respect we have passed a resolution calling for tradi- tional Jewish education to be gi,·en in all Hebrew schools. I would uggest that a Sub-Committee eventua1ly be elected of ministers and teachers, to co-ordinate our common aims. I would further suggest that the pel'1sio11 scheme you are to work out be done iJJ.
co-operation with the teachers."
Rabbi Dr. Chigier said that the minister should not interfere in the educational matter of the teacher.
"I feel that our educational work lies in the direction of J udai m in every sphere of work.''
Rabbi S. Rosenzweig said that there was a common basis on which teacher and minister could work.
Rev. A. Lew stressed that in his opinion there could not be a division of the minister and the teacher. "I fe<'l that Hebrew education is verv un- portant to the minister. The mi~i ter must play an important part in educa- tion."
Rabbi A. H. Lapin said that it ,ms necessary to have children educated in traditional Judaism. "I f~el that
Wf> C'ln work togethe1 with the
teachers 1\r e <:an C'O-operate iJJ. many
fields, but we must not interfere w1tl1 their system of instruction."
Mr, Y. Marshak said that the com- mon exchange of ideas would even- tually lead to unity.
Rev. Altshuler said that the problen.
of small communitie · was very differ- ent from those of large towns.
Rev. B. Kur said that the difference between mini ter and teacher wa:
being magIJ.ified. "'\Ye have some basis for unity with the teacher, let us take it."
Mr. Levite s~ressed the duties that mini ters and teachers have to face and although they appreciate the dif- fen>nc s, each one must still know his duties and responsibilities towards Hebrew education.
Replying to the discussion Dr.
Rabinowitz stre sed that the exchange of views between the teachers and mi1)isters was a uece sary step to- wards unity." "The teacher is a member of a professional trade. There is a division between teacher and minister. As far as the pension scheme i& concerned, there is no rea- son why the teacher C'a11not join in with us."
Mr. J. Rubik said that it was n~ce ·- sa1y to lrn~·e ~ome to-01wrat10n. He felt that the problem of small com- munities was the respon&i b1hty of the S.A. Board of .J<>wish Education.
"We both stand for a traditional edu- cation for onr eliildren; let us rcsoln~
our problems and unite for the com- mon good.,,
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