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In and Around the Peninsula.
The Orph ans at Muizenberg.
The children of the Cape Jewish Orphan- age spent a very delightful day last Sunday when i\Ir. and Mrs. B. Phillips, of the Sid- mouth Mansions Hotel, Muizenberg, invited them and the committee of the Orphanage to
L p<"nd the day with them.
The bigfter children were taken out hv lorries, kindly lent by several firms, and th~
very sma 11 babies in motor cam. On arrival at M uizenberg they stopped at the Sidmouth, and minerals, cakes and fruit were served. The whole party, who were in charge of the Principal a;nd :\fatron, then went down to the beach and the children':-.
joy knrn no Lounds. l\Irs. Phillips and her da ughtf'r an cl ass,istants had prepared huµ-r batches of sanch\ichcs, and these, ·with un- 1 imited quantit i<'~ of fruit and minerals.
provided an open-air feast which \ms en- joyed immensely.
During the afternoon l\Ir. and l\Irs. Grad- ner arranged for the children to be taken all over the Pm ilion, and owing to tl1e t!-·cnerosity of sundry kind friends the auto- matic maf'hines did a roaring husinrss. At
•l p.m. the party returned to the hotel, \ here a '\ onckrful aftt>rnoon tea was served.
~Ir. B. A. Crasnow, Vice-Pre ident of the Orphanagr, in a brirf speeC"h~ voiced th<>
thnnh; of the ommitlre to their hoslsi and l 1. Cr 1d1 r nhl ' upp< rl< d him. One f
th < ld1·r hoy also rry suitahl ' thm1 ·eel
1 r. and ~ 1 r . Phillip on b half of the
<>hildren. Surrournlcd hy a crowd of inf('r-
('SL<'d onlooker~. th children kfL Iuizenherg
at nboul 5.30, hming spent quite one of the hnppie t days of their Jives.
Th~ Commillec of the Orphanage desire to offer their sinC'<'re thanks to Mr. and .:\Irs.
Phillips ancl all tho e who helped them provide for this large party. They wish p;iatPf ull y Lo acknowledge als.o their indebted- n<>ss to l\lessrs. Stoller & Selekowitz, Fi~~
Bi os. & Sacks and ~Ir . .l • Lurie for helpin"·
them once again by lending their lorries and clrh ers, and to .i\lrs. B. Sch;neider and Mr.
J.
Weinreich for providing motor cars for the hahies1•The Rev. Green at Maccabean Guild Luncheon.
The H.cv. A. A. Green was the guest and speaker at the Maccabcan Guild Luncheon held on Wednesday at the Zionist Hall.
Rev. Green spoke on his attempt while in oulh Africa to interest Jews in Jews'-College in London. He was sorry he had failed in his attempt. Perhaps if he had been younger he migh l have made more of an effort-as it was, he had been unable to:
Of one thing he was certain-if the solidity of the Jewish people depended on the young people then the young people needed as bpiritual l1~aders for the future a class of
lilil!!~
minister~ who were men of character and dt>ep Jewish feeling, who wen' willing to rnakr sacrifices for their people, \\ho could spPak to the yonng generation in a language they could understand. who could explain '~hat needed explaining and who co·
attract them to the service of Judaism. Thev had to 1>e men who could represent th~
Je"' ish peoplr outside the Jewish comnumit".
Jews· College aimed at producing uch . a type of minister.
Rrv. A. P. Bender~ in proposing a vole of thanks. f'aid he wa .. glad to see one of the
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1 young:e~t old mini.;ter"' ·· heinµ- entertained h · youn~ men and womrn. Hr expre:-~ed thr 'ery hearty thanks of all to the ~west.
":\Ir. Ben Fine presided over the gathering and introduced the speaker.
New Hebrew Kindergarten.
At the official openinp- of the Hebrew Kindergarten in Molteno Road, as well < ~ on se' eral othrr occasions, Mrs. Cloub.
Chairlady of the Bnoth Zion Association.
statrd that it was the desire of her committe · to form n chain of ~nch kindergarten ...
throughout the Peninsula.
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<' are ~] a<l to see that Mrs. Clouts. n P 1
her c•ommillee hme not hc>en content to ~ee
their dt>~in' rf'rnain a dPsire onl). Thry ha\ P ma cl<' an alt( mpt to h1·iwr it into rra l i-
,11 ion, HIHl pre of of I 11i j thC' I('\\ ki11d I'·
g"atl•'ll to h· oprnrd in tli(• Zinni I trail on
1'lwr day. 16th ~larch. This kind<'rgartrn will eaf('r for ehildn n \\ho ]he loo far from the \Toltc-no Road orn, lo he pupils al it.
and the enn he no douhL that it will be a Yrry rn ccs ary ad<lition to that district. Tiw H'ry hest wishes an· held out for the ~l1ccess of tlw nrw 'en lure.
Lecture by Dr. Sachs.
"Judaism as a Philosophy of Uf e ·· will he the subject of a lecture to be deliYered by Dr. J. Sachs. ~I.A., Ph.D., in the Zionist Hall on Thursiday evening, 19th inst. The lecture wil 1 be ~iven under the auspi,.cs of th(' Kadjmah A~c;ociation. All interested are invited to attend.
Maccabean Guild Dance.
Some 170 people attended a Flannel ocial Dance held last Saturday night in the Zionist Hall under the ampices of the Maccabean Guild. It was a very jolly dance and it was generally agreed hy those present a most enjoyable one. Music was provided by Miss Disner. During the evening there were intrrludes by Miss Sadie Marks, who danced, and hy :\Iessrs. Emdin and Lazarus, "ho:
aC"companied by \Jic;;s Lazarus, gave a hurnorou "oeal duet. There was also exhibition dancing hv J1r. Vnn Remhurg and partner.
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Maccabean Guild General Meeting .
. The annual GPneral Meeting of the Macca- hean Guild was held in the Zionist Hall ]a t Tuesday nio-ht.
Th,, presidential report, delive:-cd bv Mr.
S. lL was a very comprehensive on~. It opcm d \\ ith an account of world Jewish happening~ during the period under review and of important events in the local com- munity. ft wenl on to deal with the activi- tie:; of both Lhe Maccabean Association and the Cape .l 0wish Guild just prior to the m~ialgamatio.n .. of the two, and eventually with the act1v1hes of the Maccabe an Gui] d.
A fair amount of functions had been held ch1t ing thP year, arranged by the Cultural Suh-CommitteP. the Social Sub-Committee rn.1 tlr Dramatic Sub-Committee. A Lune he on Cl uh had been inaugurated and a fair numher of guests had been Pnterlained sim·r its formation.
Oi\ int!" to a start latr in th sea~on the Tenni~ Club had set off with a handican.
\la 1 _ members ,d10 had sig11cd on at tl~e hrgir:ni11~ had ne,er made an appearance at tl~e c·ouri~ and had not paid subscriptions.
Tne r(sult was. a heavy deficit. The bond
011 the" tennis court had been called up, but a nC\\ fixed bond had h('cn negotiated. With lwtter ~11ppn1t next season thf're was every pro~pt < t of re' cnu<> and rxpenditure balanc·
m~.
Th('· orchestra was still continuiiw fr<::
t'xcdlC'nl '\ork Ullder i\Ir. George Tohi~s a,
conductur. f sp_·tette also practised even '' c·ek under Mr. Ladore Lewis. · Thr-rc "a~ at JH'<'Sent a heavy deficit to k' d<..'alt "ith 'nd <'\t'ry effort should he made to '\ ipC' it off during the romin~ se~ ion.
fr. i t>ll deplorrd the lack of respon e ht:
hnd n·ceiHd not only from memhcr~i of tli g-r11r1, I ho<ly lrnl al 11 jn onu· •, •• fro111
th C >llllllill(<'. Ile H'gr ti <I that lw h 1cl l(I hund o'er th~ rC'i11s1 of offi ·e wlPn th
:\' ociatim1 ,\a, in o orrv ,/ a 11lioht 0 •
Tlwn• \\as 110 dis•'ussion on the n·port '\ hich \\a-- < arriccl unanimously.
A fo i r amount of discu~ ion ensued. ho\\- P er. 011 . \Ir. i\ L J £orwitz's deliverino tlH' 0 trcai;;urer!:- n1.0·1. Item. were qae1ied and methods uf wiping off the deficit were stw·
~r::.tcd. The report, when finally put to tl~e
YOf('. was carried.
'I he election of office-bearers, the next item on the agenda, resulted as follow : President, Mr . .i\I. Hornitz; Vice-President, Dr. \ . Altschul; Treasurer, Mr. P. Bergman:
Secrelar}. \fr. E. Bernstein: AssiEJlant Secre- tary. \lis Leah Levy; Committee: MiEses
J.
Kaufman and " Lewis and Messrs. S.
Cohen. B. ell. . Nell, L. Salber and H.
Zuckerman.
Under " general ·~ it was suggested that the subscription fees be lowered, but the
L uggestion did not receive a Y ry favourable reception and was referred to the incoming Committee.
W edding at Mow bray.
The marriage took place at the Mowbray . ynagogue last Sunday of Miss Tilly Good·
man to Mr. Joseph Bial. Reverend haac-
~on officiatrcl.'
143, Loop Street
(Corner DORP
& ) CAPE TOWN
LOOP STREETS •
\larch ! .)._!1. 1931:
After the ceremony an " At Home " was held at the residence of the bride's parents.
Toasts were propo::-.ed by Mr. S. H. Fried- land, Treasurer of the Talmud Torah, who presided, by Rev. Isaac on, Mr. B. Shashol- ::;ky and Mr. \Iyer Goodman.
During the afternoon a collection was made and £ 1 ls. was $ubscribed toward~
Jewish funds. Two-thirds of this was to go towards Moes~chittim in Cape Town and to- wards the special• appeal for Matzos, and one- third to\\ards the Talmud Torah and the· J.N.F.
Orange Grove Fete.
A rrangPrnents are at present in full :-wing for the n.wth Zion Orange Grove Fete which is to take placf' in the Zionist Hall on the Sth Mav. The ladies are working very enerrretic:allv for Lhe siucce::;s of the fete and
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it is sincerely trusted they will receive the snpport they deserve. The fete is being held in aid of the Zionist Hall Funds.
Orange Grove Concert.
A concert, to swell the funds of the Orange Grove Fete, i~ ht>ing hf'ld in the Zionist Hall on Saturday evPning, 28th inst., under the auspices of the Bnoth Zion As ociation. The programme will be a \~ry altractivc one and
'"ill
include such item· a~ a dancing displayhy i\Iiu; Pf'arl Lazaru:;' pupil~ and a dramatic Pnterlai11· wnl hy th" pupil· of Miss lavi · Scott. 'l he price of , dmis ion L 'l'r)
mo le; mly 2:;. Cd.- and it i. hoped that the tic+ct "ill haw th" ::ml<.• which the causi' merits.
A rumplcdor Evening.
() 11 'I liur.d:I\ 1'\1•11i11g. fith I. rl'h. 1111 K·1dimah As-.,o<'iaLion ~olemni ed the anni,er- sar · of the d<>ath of
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os1·ph Trumplrdor. th1• soldier hero of Trl Hai. 'l he meeting took platP in the Zionist Hall.Aft<'r the nwt>ting had been opened by the President, :;\lr. Z. Avin. Miss Gamsu gave an l · f Cl . . " D d .,
imprr~sive rem enng: o wpm s ea :\'larch. This was followed by an eloquent and thought-stimulating lecture in English by Adv. J. Herhstein, a report of which appe:.uf'd in our last '\eek: issue. Mr. Los- man rer ·.Pd LPib Y dfe's ~ongs: and ::mlo1
r ... rilJ Zir of Riga accompanied h~ ~fo,~·
Camsu, saug clastSical and folk song~ \\ ith great heauty and feeling.
The second speaker wa~ }Ir.
: M.
Tata~.whos~ short well-delivered lecture dealt with Joseph Trumpledor's personality and the thour.ands of Chaluzim, his followers. The ne. t item was a violin solo by Mr. Kessler who was accompanied by Ir. Lewis.
l\lr. Z. Avin, the last speaker, portrayed the cliff erent aspetts of Trumpledor's life and spoke of his spiritual heritage: and made a stirring appeal for " The League on behalf of a workinrr Eretz Yisrael," from which source the Jewish youth obtains enertr.~·
and power to follow the dead hero's foot- steps.
After Mr. Losman had again recited and Mr. Ziev sung a· few beautiful folk-songs the meeting closed with the singing of
" Hatikvah."
Aged Home Outing.
A verv kind thought has prompted a num- ber of people of late to entertain in some form or other the inmates of the Cape Jewish Aged Home.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. S. Wain- stein added her name to the list of those who have acted .;o considerately. She m- vited the ladies and gentlemen of the m-
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stit ution to v1s1t her at her new home at Alexandra Avenue, M uizenberg, where a very enjoyable afternoon was spent.
Those who ";ere good enough to lend their cars to have the inmates of the Home driven out to ~Iuizenberg were Mrs. Rieck, of Inizenherg, Mr. J. Gitlin,
Mr.
J. Cohen, l\Ir. L Gradner and Mr. H. Stodel. The Committee of the Home is very grateful to them for their kind assistance.Condolences.
The drepest sympathy is extended to :\Ir.
J.
I\.adish, Pres.ident of ,the Cape Jewish Orphana3e, on the death of his sister, Mrs.\I. Mitchell. which took place last week. at Durhan. l\Ir. Kadish returned on Tuesday from Durban to which he paid a flyinrr visit on hearing of his sister's illness.
.:\Trs. Mitchell was a well-known and actiYe communal worker in Durban.
Fortcoming Functions.
Saturday, l £1th .i\Iarch, in the Zionist Hall.
-Dane under the au pice of the Kadimah A::>::;oci.ation. ~lusic by Maurice Green.
Tur-;day, 17th .\lareh.- ZionLt Conver- sazione in Zioni -t Hall.
Thur::>d<I). 19th i\Iarch, at 8.15 p.m. in Zio11i L l lnll.- Leeturc ]iy Dr.
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Sach~, l\I.A., J>h.Il., undrr the auspice~ of the Kadimah\s oeiat ion. ubjcct: " J ndaism a· a Philosoph · of Life."
ftw!'!cht). 2 Ith l lar<"h, at 8.15 p.m. in Zioni l II ill. \ t tii1~ 1111dt>1 th1' nu ph o Liu' Lca~w· for a Working l'alcsti11 '. .Mr. B. L. l:ul1ik in Llw chair; s1waker , 1\le..:..;r ....
\1. Ku1trid!.!:r. 1\1.P .. Z. 1 \in nnd Achron.
Social Items.
Thr engagement i · announced of yhil.
p}Jc~l <laughter uf , Ir~. and the late Mr. A.
Berman. of Cape To\\11, to Harry, son of
\Ir. a11d the late :\Ir·. S. Ka.plan, of Port ElizabPth.
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he en•!a~1·mPnl i~ announced of Kalt'.
:·uu '~e ·t daughtf'r of
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r. and Mr~. H. Van·l,!f'L of Cape Town. to Bernard, second son nf the late Mr. and .Mr~. 1\1. Dogan. of
\roodstocl.
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\e\ s ha been received from the American lmi\ersity, Chicago, that Mr. Maurice Torf, rldest son of 1\Ir. and Mrs. D. Torf, of Cape Town. and fiance of \1iss Anita Suritz, of Sea Point, ha-: graduated his final examina·
tion in Physiotherapy.
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t:· * * * *The Rev. A. A. Grf'f•n leavf's to-dav for England hy the Balmoral Ca tle.
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*:\Ir. I ·aac Ochberg returned to Cape Town on Friday from a visit to Johannesburg.
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THE JEWISH CALENDAR.
5691.
*New Moon Nissan Passover, 1st day
*New Moon lyar ... . Lag b'Omer ... . New Moon Sivan Shevuoth, 1st day
*New Moon Tammuz ..
Fa t of Tammuz ... . New Moon Ab ... . Fast of Ab ... .
*New Moon Ellul ... . 5692.
1931.
Thursday, 19th March.
Thursday, 2nd April ..
Saturday, 18th April.
Tuesday, 5th May.
Sunday, 17th May.
Friday, 22nd May.
Tuesday, 16th June.
Thursday, 2nd July.
Wednesday, 15th July.
Thursday, 23rd July.
Friday, 14th August.
New Year, 1st day .... Sdturday, 12th September.
New Year, 2nd day .... Sunday, 13th September.
Day of Atonement .... Monday, 21st September . Tabernacles, 1st day .. Saturday, 26th September Tabernacles, 8th day .. Saturday, 3rd October.
Rejoicing of the Law.. Sunday, 4Lh October.
Chanukah .... .... .... .... Saturday, 5th December.
*Abo obsened the da~ prev10us olS Kew Moon.
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