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THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICL!i. 555

In and Around the Peninsula.

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·iti . 011 _{n uf e}ncll's of the r. rif f 1 ₁e1 r nrgrrni ntio11s. ·

l'Xi~ti11 ,,. noi for purposps of gain.

hut . olely in the j11tercst8 of the · rommm1ity <mcl in its , errice, ¹outh .\frica11 Jewry has the guarantet~

that no oth1>r intere::its than tho. e of .T<¹^{' '}r.\·\.: welfarr are to be r prc>sentecl by thP jonrna]. If ;my fmtheT as. ^urance~\\'PTP required on th se points. they e:1 ec full>· provided bY tlw pnhlication ( elsPwhere in thi.s i s~n e) of the names of the gentle- mcn who ·onstitute the ne·w Board of Dir etor ·.. as '!·ell a: the Cape>

'l'O\\ n Editorial BoaTd. (It, inci- d ntally, mak · _Ir. .To,' e p h Brainin'~ di. coveff as to the "mi~

l<':Hling" C'han1rtr~' 0£ the reference>

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AXT THE PEOPJ.;K

Tiu~ .'{A. . .fell'i.·h Chronicle fa not i nclPpt>11cleni. in the ,ense :llr.

.T ORf'])h Braini11 would like it to declare itself to he. Being a repre- . entativl' communal organ. it carmot :-:cne Goel ancl :Jfammon, or God and i lw D"'·i1. at 011 and th ...,ame time.

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t1 fact_, it dare not and will not :ern· .Jiammon or t11C' Devil at any time>. It i., ho-wewr, independ nt

c>n0l1crh io cleclare that it ''ill h nc<'- forth ~P1Te no other cau:c than i.hat nf ihc Gorl and the people of I ra L 'rhiR polic)· ma>· not safo,f>· the taRtr nf one who came from one countrY ( m rica) on H mi, ~ion to thi.:o::

1·ountry (8outh Afn a) 011 h haH nf a rno' ment in still another r·01111iry (. 'oviet Ru ·sia), '-'·here Goel i:-: trnacknowle<lged, and where tho:::t' pro ·laiming their belief in Hi;::

t-:u1irem11e>· an<l. in Hi::: pc>ople are tortured and hanit-<hf'd. Our intt>r- pret ation of .. indrpcndf'nce" bein<'"

l'lo:::d»

a~:-:oC'iatNl

^witha due sens;

of 1'C' pon..:ihilih. :rn<l. H'rY remote l'rnm J-lefkfndl;. it ma>' p~"':-<ibl)' lw dista"h·ful to our American Yisiior.

lnd wlih thi:-; I renrnin unconcerned.

BaYiDg f:Hi<l that much, l would just remark thai. g n rally :-;pC'aking.

for a vi;:;i{or io interiere to the extent he did in i.he ab~olute inner wff ^{ai n; of}i he Sou th African .T ewish rnmmnnit,v j.- neither ·ensibl , nor rrentlemnn]>. 1 wonder, mor~°'·cr, ,,·hat ha:-; berome of ~Ir. Brainin's con:'tant prot station.: o" derntion and lornlty to ZioniKm. incc 11 denrnnds nothing le.-., than a com- pletP dif'arnwa1 of ''any connection''

"·ith thf' rnoY<>ment on the part of a n't-pon:ihlc> .T rwit-h journal? At<

nnc> \d10 constantly declared that )'1io11il'rn and .Judai;m were one and i lw ~arnP thing,, doef' h expe t a .T P'Yi8h repniablc jounrnl to ha''

" nn cmrneciion " 1 ·ith Judai m, .fewi:-:h affairs 01· ilw .Tewi.h com-

11_111nit». PXC'rpt wh n 8UCh OllllC('.-

hon . ·oincide..; "·ith the intrigueB.

lll.a<·hmai.ion: and devilish pursuit"

0~ the .T e\ri::1h renegade~ of the ) "'''"'ektzia .)

..: K _to Mr. Brainin's opinion ₀₁₁

"hat ^l:.:.fair or unfair to the reader -rind rulrerfisrr ·-of thi.- journal.

I prefer to refrain from makin ,,.

11pon it the comment· it deserve. in flithu the Kings English or Pre8i- dent HooYer':--~ American, but. truly.

f'bonld ~Ir. Brainin not rather min,d hi· 01l·n businrs.<.:., ·whateYer that maY

hr? ·

.\. BAR:MITt.;YAH CBI.,E- RH.A 'TIO~.,...

Hearty congrn1 nlai.ion:-: o :Jln:-:i<'r

~[an[rerl. Platzk:r on thr occa. ion f hi:-; barmitzrnh ! ~lanfrpd ir; thr 11ldc>r sou of 11r. and ::\lrt'. ~l. L.

Plai.zky, of Strathcona Rna<L Oran- jezicht. and he wa: n proud hoy when he was ·· called up " ai 1 h~)

~IothN Svm1g-orrue on ~atmduY

morning la.~t io TPad his portion o.f thr I~aw . . '1'o " lcbrde i.he C\ rnt.

Mr. and :Jir:-. Plni.zk~· ent riain<'d the rhildn'n ni. the Orphanage latPr in the day, 1 hu:-: Rlrn ring t lwi r jo:·

with the littl<' orphans. Keedlc~ · to 1'<1}' a wry enjo>·ablc' aftenrnon was 8pent h.v all. 'J1h ct>lebratiou ·

"'CT<' continued j n th C'\ 4?ning.

whC'n ~fr. an<l ?\Ir~. Platzk~· cntPr- tainC'd a large' nurnhc>r o{ friencl:- to dinner. Here ::\Ir. \\'oolf Harris in feljcitou.· language propoKe<i tllC'

toa~t of th<' hannitzvah hoy. ,\·ho :-:pokr appropTiatel>- in rep]>'· ~l r.

Advorah' IIerhstrin. in hanrnmio11~

vpin, propot--ed thr health of ::\Ir. awl

~Ir:-. J?lai.zk>· and ab. rut relntiH'i-:.

and rrgTetted th ahKrnrc

or

the g·ranclpar<>nb. .:.\Ir. -:\fax PJatzky :-:.uitably Tc>spon<led. Dancing \nl~

indulgrd in to a latr hour. ,\111011g

i ho8c> pre, cn1 \\·f'rr: Mr. irnd ~Ir~.

\Yooll Harris. Adrncatp and )fr:--.• l.

HrrhKfrin. )Ir. <lrnl :JfrR. L1'011 • 'l'!..!:111.

Dr. and .. Mrs. \YeinlH rg, Jlr. ;md .:.\Irs. 1. rhailllO\\'iiz, Mr. an<l ..Jlr-...

11. IL Le\rin. Dr. Ciol<lhrrg, 'Jir.

.\lfo•<l Fri dland('l', .Jlr. and .Jlr:-:.

)f. ·walt. ~Ir. arnl :Jlr~. 1. Harri ..

<lllcl Mr. and .Jir::;. Henn- Harri~.

On ~nnda~· <'Ycning a large number of friendR g;-1therpfl to con.t?T<l~-: la:,, ilw Bannih\'nh and hi:-: l'<ll'l'~-:1:-:.

.\ HH f ~.JJ EL.\ I'.

.Jir. nud .:\Ir:-:. I Rid on· ( 'oh('Jl. '.¹•

• 'unny1ancl, Frp:-;nn.n l•::-:tait, :--;t':l

T:oint, !urn' bPC'll tlw J'l'C'i pirni..; ^<f hearty congraiul::itions on Ow nnirn[

of a. son and heir. ..\ hngc' numht>r of friends \\'Pl'r pm,rni. on }foncLly

moming at thr tircumcisiou ·of the young lad, \\·hich waf' peTformed hy )Ir. 8. H. ~ficlwlson. HeY. P.

Bender. in appropTiatr terms Yoic d th ·ongratulation:-; a.t tlw lar;e bod:' oI fri nd.'-pre:::ent and ab ent -to the happy parent::-;. :Jir ... \lfrcd Friedlander in a .few word.· joined in the chorn: of gootl "'i:-:lw: and

·· god:pc>ecl " to the new arri n1l. I off Pr my H'J'~- lwarty congrnt u1ai.ion:

to Ir. arnl .JI r . ..;. Cohen and .'inf'rrc goon "'i~hc> · !'or a Jong. ha pp.\· and nsefol lifr io ::\I<1strr Colwn.

A XE\Y Hf'HOLAH.'HIJ>.

The rnovcment to <'~tabli:h a n's ar<:h . cholar:-<hip in agricultur0 in nwmory of i hr. li1tr :-lir 'l1homat

~mar1!, "·hich ii i: }iropo:->Pd to call

··The , 'm;~ ri.i. 11c>morrn1 • 'cho]aT-

~hip.~' hn '· hre11 ge1wrou. l>· ;;;upport 1d

h~· · 'onth .\.l'rican .Jr\Y.... The

( 1lrnirrnan of thr ( 'omrnittc· . "·hich h<ll" hc:Pn fornwd, i ... , 'ir Lio1wl Phil- lip:. Hi: c·onirihutio11 i:-: to l £100.

Oilwr l'O-n·ligioniKt:-: \\ho haw pro- mi:..;ed ~uhl"eripi.ionK ;n·<· 'ir Otto

Bc,ii. £1/lOO: :--lir Er1H¹^,t Opp<>n- hrirnrr, £,)00: )fr. F. Uir-."hhorn.

£.~,oo: ancl 'Jf<':--srs. :.\fu. c>11tlrnl Bros ..

£;)2 10:.

• TL TXDEH1 ·'1'001 > ~I fDfV. .. ' ll .'OL\'ED .

In thi ... \\'P<'k':-: ~c>drn. Deuterouo-

rny:v-.

'ha ptc~·r 1·±. n¹r:-;r 22. Wt' read:

•• r1 h011 ~lrnJt 1rnly tith<> all tlw h1crP<l14!' of tln- ~C'Pd, thut i he field hringcih forth yciir h.r year."

rrlw Midrash, C'Ol1111H'Uting on th

"ord: .. . t st¹i r Tf-11 .. Pi 1' •• ( •• Thou :-:halt trnl.' titlw ''). l'<'l11iHk::-. ·· .t. rir

Rislil'l'f 8lteti.~r1.xhrir..

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^Giv<' ^a

tPnth part in ordrr t h;li i.hon mnwRt heconw ri<'h "'). ontinuiug, ·th Rahhi~ of ill Jfo1ra:..;h . tat1~: "God :-:nicl to 1mH-'l, H ~·ou go lf'ft. I will go rigM. R11t if yoll go rig-ht. I will go l0ft.'' rf hb i:-; <'OJlllllOlllV kllO\\'ll

cis <1 •• :Jlidrn:::h Pt>linh.''" h.;ming 01·

rn>':-:trriouR ,,Iidra ... h. But in T<'alii.\·

it i:-: \ <'l'~- ~implP. Tlwr i:. a sJig·h·i diff0rc'JlC'<' i11 H<'hl'C¹^{\ \'} lwtwPPll th'

Tlc>hrew l<•iic•r.; .. ~hln ·· :rnd ·· l"in.'' 1t dE'Jh'lld · 011 ilw d i;H·ritical poini.

Wlwn ph1c1¹d on t lw right :-;i<lr ii

1:-- ··•'hi n ··: wh0n on ilw lc·ft si<lP it i:-: ··~in .. , HP1H·1· tlw fn11owiun- is tlw :-;ol11ii011: ·· .lsr'ir 'l'f'-(1 • ..;f'il' 1:;

(.\rith 11w doi 011 the• h•fr , id(•

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THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE. 557

tastrophe in Palestine.

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inued from page 554.)

<tl·tyr lH>pnlation of l)nlestinl' ll<•o11l ]

1. e ,,. io. a You all :-;ee, ar<'

P]y k .

llir; nia -~11~ ^" .:acrifiee-.:," bnt 1"' ]p h,·l,~ of maitn·:-- arnl

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1 to lw martn·: on the alt.tr

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thi na1¹m1hood: tn them "·c

ll}p 'l<. 1· ~

l ^c^{t\e o} ^PHl'01n·ao·pmen ^{l .} 1ope th t . r.

. a rt may prove some

Oil o]· t' . .

Of ^r1 1 n1 to them 111 then

l'ag dy th(I (' . . . .

ii th·. tond lll. tcmc:(', ,, <' \ri:--h

. '" . 1 ₁

H>. age to onr ll'adn

1 nzniaun arnl all hi .... h nrt- rl k ·olJra~llt'"-::-.o that thrY

1tow tl . .

beh. ¹a t w • arr :'ti 11 a ·

llid t h('m a~ en..ir \\'<' wt:n.•

IOJ·p ,

. . • ·Incl _·ll'1> _• that rucleh· _. ~hake11 1 '

"<·

ar<' not at all n lto-

• 1 0

\1nheartr1

lr]]y . l ·

o 1· · ' P \\i-.:h io ·eud thi. mr .... ~- thllllnanity in rrrneral. \Y)

nt ~ .

, in p. lno1~P than 1iloo<i L'

hit .. ile.tiue at the moment.

,\ 111 O'"ll l . 11 l" t

1 l """ 'l'a is ) ee( Ill ff a

"lrt<•k . . . b

• <

1 11:tmned. m con:-:r- 1 ' 1lw Ii. )\ . . I) 1 .

11 (llJJ>rnmg:-: 111 11 c~-

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^](~\·er.- ^ofpeace and fol- Jlr .1u.·tH·P. W0 appreciate the

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Hi l, of .'\"lll}Hltby 011 <Ill

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( . l'(ls;:-.ptl hy ih rn•ss ill

lllt1y .

lllrr tl . HlHl rl~ where. and hy

Kadimah Association Cables.

The Kadimah A:-sociation of Cn}h'

To\,·n ha. sent the follmYing cahlt s in conned ion

'"it

h the happPniug-:-:

in Pale:-:tiue : -

To th0 "'Ol'kers' Organi:-,ation.

rr <'1-AYlY: '• Rirchat oz ugeyurah lrjrn1,Pri haji.·lmY urnaginaY.''

"-:oviali~t International, AmstPr- dnrn: .. (ir atl.'· shockeil happen- irn.!·:- P1il<• .... tin' under Labour (~c~n'rllllll nt. Func1ation constTuc- 1 irc :-:.ocin11:-.m Palestine hrutall:·

.·lrnkrn martndom ten:- of 1hou:c:;nHl~ Zio~1ists ' ocialist. in Ru-.;sin

''"ill

he <leri.dcd. K·p< ct nm t-1bm<l hY us."

~ \ .... irnilar <'~1hle was ah:o sent to t1w British !Jcihonr Party. Tlw following· cnhl0 was .. ent to Colonel .T oi,iah

·w

^edgwood ^{:JI.P. : -}

.. Y mmp: Je'n.'· ::-hocked hap- prmnp·s "Pnlr~iinc. Danger Y onth l'Pg:.m.ling eniOU Jack !:-_\"lllbol :-battering .1 ^e\\ish hopef'. Pre- wnt martn<lorn te11: o[ thon ·aiH.l-..

Zioni1-:t:-. . ~ocialists in Rns~ia lwin~ ckridrd and nPan::; potential Chalc.1;1,m11 being forcibly turned into acllwn•nt~ 'l'hircl Internation- al."

Jn.

n .. l'<»olntion we \rish to (!ft.· :icre io humanity that "P

(' ('1'111 · l

\ t' lllpr as en'l' to build

r1t_l't·e.¹onal _t lf 011w. noi _.0111,· in _. 01ir MILUON POUNDS FOR

I · hut also m the inter- CHARITY.

111_{n1·11 ·} 550)

ly, ,,.', ¹~¹.)· ^a-.._a who_le. (Continued from page · o l',

11 a~m 'nth tlu .. re~oln- l lw n'urnming- ;H) prr cent. callcll e "

1 nut a me.., ... age to our 'I'lw ('hariti<'~. the trnstees an'

<tll( i

!fort. ⁰ tell them that all rlirec1<'<1 to pay £10,000 free of duty o f '.

1to tle .. troy u::-; are doom- to the Liberal .Jewi h ^f ynagogu.

ill lll'(I r1i1 ^>

1111 de . ₁₁ w death o1 £:30,000 free ol' duty to the Jewish

HIHl hi· colleagu ': Ori)hanag<· of

\r<·~t

^J^onrnorl, ^and

'('lll'(l th ^TT ⁽ 1·1

lit•} L ]lp('I' :J<\ l el'. £5,000 fl'('0. of <llli_\· [ll'110Dg ~11Ch l l<•i-y of Hebron mid the ( •1₁r_1·sti»n or umlenominationa l

:it tatk . ₀

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t le prr.~0111 <htY t'lwritahk in:--titutiorn~ in Brighton 'It. of I>nl sti11e ,,.1·11 :--c·-

1 Pllti. . awl HoY<' <I~ hi~ t "';,o:iator:3 ·hall

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l'ac·l (l~· it~1ture .the~·P. ^The :-;(']ec·t. ~\Ii('J' P<l,\'lll<'llt of the clutir~

Ill ti 1 ¹¹ le l'Oll of 1:-:rae l 011 tlw 'a riou :-:: lc,gacies t hr tru._ i 't's al], l<•d in Yain. For <'YCI'Y

I ¹¹iht'J'(•

1 · <1rr dired ->rl to hol<l thr re. iclue nf:

t ₁ • a t 1011--and otlwrs

·ltph- . . 'l'he ('lrnritie~ Fm1d 11pon tru. clur- . J, • · ( tahh~h ilwm.-rlw~

l <'\Pl'\' £1 , ing fl }><'l'iO(l or t\\'l'llt.\" .\'l'cll'~ nl'teT 'i• t1·0, t>d i. J, of ,J ewi.'h pro- hi:; dt'aih to pay or apply the

\ ill · ¹¹ .._,r<'z I. ra ] . worlcl

1^10111· 1 l"¹1>1·.i,·1l ,·111<1 i·nc·<)lllP ih reof, or :-;nth ll ) ont lUnclredi-; until ⁿ ^l

111 _~ ^rt Ir., 1 .11 l 1>art

or

ilw <'<lJ)it11I nncl income as

11 . . · «P w1 >e allowed

• ('£'. ¹¹¹1bonal li.fe in l)alci-tinc the.'· .-h<1ll think fit to or for the lwnl'fit of sue.'.h charitable purpo::let'

0' 1

i. h to l1l l · a.' the\· in their

ah~olute

^di^·cretion

11. 111 • P las11-i lff thi:s i· -

1 _It> ¹¹·ra] h· tl t t' } ~hall r'rom timr io tirnr :o;<?lect in the

1 . • • la • m 'i.·raef

11 llot • l'\\1 · l l nation . ii-; all.Ye, arnl proportion~ <l~ near y ] a..; may e b o. f l o

t

· Pa1·p ¹ i't ^{·· '}lf · ^{m orcler}to <>11e-Iifth tlwrro( - io .1r.wi:-h and fonr- fi1·01 te Land ^ofI Tad li\'<· fifth~ to ¹l1l'i~tian or 1mdPnomina-

1· (Jf

7 ..

^{.for th}

~~od

^an<l ^iional ·lrnritahJr

purpo~ci::,

and at

r. ('h·ij .1

ael and of humanit \". the P::q1iration of f'nch period o-C

' lJh:t/1

¹^1<¹¹¹ then moYed U~e twcnfr yrarn io c1i.·trihute an:v

·'/hat ⁰¹¹• which read: capit<;l 1 hen remaining for charitable t ·] !.' •raph . o <1 C·opy f ] t 1e re,..olutim1.' · innpo1-1es a.~ h P f or anc l . m t) 1e same t"t11a1

~\.f;c~ .to

.the l\Iinister of proportions.

1£· )) • ~ll.- for t.ran ·mi:.~ion _\.11 hi:s lif Ptinw, :Jir. Baron

I t Olf11n1

1l i',. ¹¹i'i Office and to t11e remarkrd in a. paragraph in his ,,, iicau Ziom· t Fede1·a- _\D·11 _, J _1el 1 · 1ac gn· ^'lJ away Yery arge 1

11n · :--urns of ll10JP\.· for charitahlc pur-

h 1111·11 .

t (' 111P(ltj1 ¹¹¹¹¹⁰^{nsly a}⁰^wed."^io, po~es. without clistinction of r li-

i: of · ¹g rlo;,,p<l with th gion. lwcm1~(' hr lowcl hi.- hrHian

0

~al ~thflntikvnh

_eni. ^and ^th lm>tlm'll as nrn h a:-;

hi~

^{J ewi:-'h}

~ brethren.

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The Mark of O!!_alHy

IN AND AROUND THE TOWN.

Continued from page 555).

means "GiH! a tenth part";

.. _1. Pi r 13i!ih l'il J.;'h eti:a::;heir ,, (with th diacritical point on the right .... icle) mean:-; " Giw a tenth part jn order that thou ma~-e:'t become rich."

from the "·orcl " -~sheiT ' and not .. ~\.seir.'' Jn the light of this, the :Jiidrash can ea;:;il~r be nudertoocl.

" (}od . aid to I;,:ra<'l. If yon ~o left."

Yiz .... If you act,'·' '' Aseir tea rir ··

(\Yi th the dot on th left , itle). " If rnn giw a truth part," I

,,.ill

^go

~·ig-ht .... .\sh ir tea"hcir " ( "·ith ihr dot on the rip:ht 8ide). 1 ·will mah thee rich.'" But if ym1 go right.

Yiz .. ·'A. heir tc-a..;h eir" (\rith ih<

(1oi. on the right 8ide). ·· :vou \\·ish io keep all th' ri he" to :rour:-;elf."

I will go left. Yiz., '· A .. eir rn,a:-:eir ..

(with tlw dot on the left): I "ill place you in a pOf:ition that .'·on \\ill ban' to fake 11w frnih part.

Y,IO .,TWI' JL\LL LIBRA.HY.

'I.1he Hon. :-\e ·retary of the Zioni:-.t Hall Library cle. irc>' me to announce that owing to the :4ad happ<?ning::;

in Pal :-:;tinr. t hr. official opening-ha~

hrcn po:--tponed indefinitely.

The 1.Jihrar.\· Hoom will, howewr.

he open from :3rd :....: ptcmb0r on Tne:-.d<l.\". \r<'cln :-;(fay ancl 'l'hurscl<t.'·

<'H'niugs from 7.:~0-9 .30 p.m.. a~

w 11 a::- on Nurn1ay mornings from 10 a..m. to middn.'·· \\'hen the Lihrar- iim \\

m

h) in attendanc<' arnl . uh:-:crihers will 1Jr Pnrole<l. Huh-

"'Cription i~ nt th rate of onr ~hilling

per month. with a depoi::it

or

^ten

~h.illings. J1c•ading in thr Lihrny is J1w' to all.

E RR_\rl'CM.

\Yith n•ferl'llCC to 1.he nn11ou 11tt'-

lllent conl'crning the ngagement of Jh. Lonis ¹ohen arnl :Jii "'~ Harri::-.

\\'hich T noted in 1. his col unm la::-t week.

r

rrgret tlrnt ihe information in the lc1ttcr part

or

the parngraph

W<lS i:ncone 'tly statrcl.

.Jrn. WOOLlr KlHEL.

)[r. Woolf Kibel, the young-

PHlc~tini<lll arti~t. ,,·ho arriYe<l in Cape TO\rn ~ornt' monihs ago, i :-t..ittling <lom1 gnHl\iall~- to ,'ou1h

~\.frican lifr. Hr has he0n doing n

OTt'clt deal

or

^workat honw. H l'

~10wed

me :-:ome hrn or i lure hun- dred ~ketche:-; in hlark aml white <1.'

well as in waler colour. p iu now he ha~ not worked in oil~, a:-' h ha~

found :-;0111' difficnl(v in g ttin~ the nc cssary materinl. . He tell: me tl1at this \Yeek lw i: comnH'ncing- work at the lhamhrn, \rhere he will

;1ssi t l\Ir. Kon ya with the interior decorations.

WHY :NOT A .1mn 'H

EI TEDDFOD'?

La~t week I puhli:-;hed 1m cxtl'll- .iYe li. t of Jewish prize-"innern at the Afrikaau. Ededdf od. .A frw ,,·eek ago the Engli. h Ei8tedrlfod brought to light a no le~· compre- hen ·ip list. 'I'herc nrnst be in ad- clition a Yery largr muuher o.f talcnt-

<'<l .T e,\·i.·h young p opl ancl adult·

who do not enter the~e competitions becau · of the langua~c (lifficulty or hecau ·c they ar not . nfficiently in- trm ted .

• 'ome i.imr ago t.hr HPY. N1mlll<'l Kibel expr 's,-;cd a dc:;irc to :-:er or- ganised in ( apr rl OWJ.1 a J cwish Ei::;teddfocl. Hi~ iclea is an cxtr me-

lY o-ood one aud ,'houlcl find faYOtl1'

i~1

the

eye.~

of aU tho. e intereRted in fo~tering and dcYeloping the ·cultural :-<ide of J ewi1·'11 life. An Ei.-:teddfo<l of thi· natur0 ,,·otilc.l lJe a great

~ocial eYent. hringinp: in Yisitor.' from all oYer the c:ouu r~· and woulcl .tinrnlatc in re·t in the mor en- lightened form~ of r cration among our younger people.

U:J:IITI.JE:-·V 1)0, 'NIBILITIE ..

Choral and .'Olo .·in°·incr in Jfr- hr w and Yid<l.ish, C liazo1i11tli. r<"'ci- tcition. . Tea cling,·· ancl <lr<.mrn ti · p 'rJormancc'.', a.- '' 11 a: thr in~tr1~

nwntal rPnc1cring of .J e"·i:-h nrn<.:H!

ronlcl all find tlwi.r place here. whilst

~uch item:' a~ Halutzim <lauc:e · and tabler111.r l'ivr111t · of Rihlical seem'.~

wou1<1 undonhtecllY me t with tr'- mc11Hlou:-; enthu::;ia-:ni. A::-piring imthor: a11cl poet:-: "ou ld :fi.ucl im np- portuni.t~· for writrn!.!.· 011 .J c"·i~lt -..uh- jed:-: in J~ng-li. h, H<•lir \\"or Yid<li .... h .

rrher are inderd no limit .... to Uw po~~ihilitir.' of . 11ch a Yenturc. It

~t:rncls to l'C'<l:-on that. an Ei~t dafocl wonlc1 rc>quirr lrPlll<'Udon organi:-a- tion. I nncler-.:1an<1 ilrnt the Re,·.

Kibel i.- quite' "illing io "pon-.or th<'

!'C'hcmc and io work ]w;nt and soul for a :-Ul'f'C':-:'ful fruition of hi irlc•a.

li only rrmc1i11"' for othc>r:-. inwre ted io c01~10 fonnlrcl "·ith idPi.l: and a:-- si~tanc<>. I irrnd that there will be n mniC>ri;-ili::-.ation j n the no too

!lisfant. fntur0.

J.. :i;¹1n. 'T ETHTlO T 'L'C'Il.

I had a drnt t hi:- we k with Adrn- eafr A. Bhackf-:HOYi:-:. who b .'aid to ham one of the hc>si collediou of hooks in to1r11 and J-; an <lr kut col- lector oC fir:-:i c.lit io11:--. Ifo told ltlP.

ihai. ihcrP arP c1nik a numb r of

fir~t edition collc · or:- int wn, all o[

thrrn lone hunter::;. Th n eJ. l1as been felt for a long tiin ~ for a hh to organi.-c' ancl facilihlte the acquir- ing of fir.t edition~. for th wa~·

or

the fir:-:t rdition fir.ml in thi .... ·ounir.'·

i. hard. Pnhli;,:Jwr:-; oYcr <'< r;,trely

:-« ncl new hook:- het\'' exc1'p a, n·- prilli:-:. ,,·hil'h 11r<· of <·our-.<' of no Yalrn' to t lw hihliophile. 'rlw club wonl l hr j 11 C'Olllnrnnil'<ltion with tlw puhli.:her. and c•n:-.11r0 tlw .... nfr ar- riY;tl of Jir~t rdi1 io1h i11 thi .... <'Otllltr.\·

l'ot' tho~P \\ho \I <llll ihrm. )fr.

• 'hacbmcn·is \rill h< g-l<Hl tn he<ll' from otlwr rnthu~i,1:--ti · hook-lowr, who arr. ini<'l'P.'t<'<l in tlw fornrntio11 o [ i'l1Ch a club.

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