October 13th, 1933.
THE S.A. J EW ISH CHRONICLE.
IN AND AROUND T HE P EN IN SULA
Succoth.
During the last week a festival spirit has pervaded Je""i h home~, even if Jewish busi- ness hou es have been kept open and th Services al the ynagogue have been far from as well attended as they were during Rosh Hashona and Yorn Kippur. Succoth is the, most lovely of Jewish fe tivals and even if the gladness and rejoicing with which it i~
traditionally bound up is at present not very appa-rent, they have at lea"_t made them-
_elves felt among the children.
Thf" Services at the Synagogues were, as w•ual on this festival, beautiful and im- pressive, and the sermons delivered, parti- cularly that by Rev. A. P. Bender in the Gardens Synagogue, thoughtful and in-
!:-ipiring. The delightful little Succahs erected every year by the Garden ongregation and the New Hebrew CongreCYation were again in f"videncf" this year, and were as popular as ever among the younger people
"ho were served ,dth the refreshments so tlear to every young palate.
The children of the Orphanage again erected a very fine Succah this year and were particularly fortunate in having had
a week of extremely fine weather in which to enjoy the use of it.
Child rents estival Party.
A delightful Chagiga. or festival party, was given on Tuesday morning by the children of the Bnoth Zion Hebrew Kinder- CYarten in Molteno Road. A large gatherinµ:
h of mothers attended to watch the concert which preceded thf" party, and it was doubt- ful ,.,,ho derived greater pleasure-the parents or the young actors. . .
The children ~ang and acted their httle festival songs without any restraint or shy- ness. The fact that they were singing in Hebrew hardly seemed to worry them at all and certainly did not detract from their emjoyment.
The concert was convincing proof of the excellent work which is bein~ done at the the Bnoth Zion Hebrew Kindergartens and that the latter are deserving of all support.
A D ance.
A rery pleasant function took place on Saturday night last when a dance was held in the Zionist Hall under the auspices of the Jewish Girls' Association. The pro- ceeds were in aid of the Rainbow Fete at which the Association is in charge of the Babies' Outfitting Stall
There was a fairly large gathering pre- sent and a very pleasant atmosphere was maintained. During the evening an inter- 1 ude was given by the pupils of Miss Pearl Lazarus.
Oneg Shabbos.
A special Festival programme has been arranged for the Oneg Shabbos to be held in the Zionist Hall to-morrow afternoon.
Durin~ the course of the afternoon Mr. L.
Hirsch on will deliver a lecture on
"Orthodoxy and Reform." The function will commence at 5 p.m. All are welcom<>.
Synagogue at Sea Point.
Tho e ,.,ho have been following up event"
in the Green and .._ea Point Hehr w ongre- gation during the last few year will be·
intere ted to learn that the building of th<>
Synagogue in l\J oray Road. ea Point, ha~
been begun.
It is many year~ no'' that discus ion ha be n taking place on the building of the
ynagogue and the initiation of the building will be welcomed by not a few. It is hoped that the building will 'he completed within about eight months.
An Attract ive Concert.
On unday night, 15th in t., in the Zioni~t Hall, a concert is being held under the auspices of the Jewish Girls' A ociation.
An attractive programme ha been arranged and the evening promise to be a mn• · enjoyable one.
The proceeds will go towards the Rainbow Fete.
Kindergarten Concert at Woodstock
1 hose in charge of the Wood tock and alt River Hehr w Kindergarten ar to bf•
congralulat d on the c cell<>nl Succoth cc n- cerl given on Sunday morning. The general arrangement of the concert, the item chosen, and the way in which these items were treated by the children were more than creditable. The children displayed a sur- prising knowledge of the Hebrew language -unanswerable proof of the way in which Hebrew instruction can be uccessfully given through the medium of play and song, and of the fact that the existence of the Kinder- garten is more than justified.
The concert, which was held in the Talmud Torah Hall, was extremely well attended and an atmosphere of excitement prevailed from the outset, particularly among the large number of children pre ent.
The official opening was performed by Mr . Max Cohen, who was introduced to th"
gathering by Dr. C. Resnekov.
Mrs. Cohen said she appreciated thi~
honour which had been conferred on her She took it she had been asked to perform the opening ceremony as a member of the Cape Committee of the S.A. Board of J ewi h Education, and she regarded it a~ a mark of approval of the work the Board had done and as a sign of the willing co-operation of the Woodstock Jewish community in the work the Board might undertake in the future.
At this Kindergarten Jewish children wen' brought up in Jewish ways. They were being given a knowledge of the Jewish language, literature and tradition. In the Diaspora it was not an easy or natural process for Jewi~h-born children to grow up to be good adult Jews and Jewesses as it was m
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Erctz Israel. Jcwi h ducation wa h lpin~
to implif y the proce"' .
To-day we were witn ing the work of an in titulion that wa one of the fir t tcps in this proce~s. The
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wi h education of tlw<'hilclrcn would nol onlv imlHH' them ":th Jewish knowledge and . ( ling but would aL o bring back a ta le of th • • things to the parent . Thi uc oth concert would more than ever remind u of th . fa t that we w re till wander •r9 in land not om own-that we were only living in tcmporar home -and that our return lo the national home implied a preparation on our parts.
Concluding, Mr . ohen said he wa~
certain that in time to com there ould b many notable Jews and Jew e \ ho would look back with pride on the h ginning of th ir Jewi h education at the Wood tock and all River tleore' Kindergarten.
At thf' conelu ion of th onc.ert fr . Mark ~ on behalf of the Kindergarten Com- mittee, pre ented Mi." Gla_er, the kinder- garten :mLtre ~ ancl her a si tant. ith boxes of chocolate~ a. a token of apprecia- tion of their fine work.
C.T. Young Judeans.
On Saturday evening la t in the Zionist Hall a lecture on ··Th• £mek ,. wa::; d - livered to the member of the ah<n ociety by Dr. H. W. Alt chul.
The lecturer dealt first with the geo- graphical po ition of the Emek and with it-..
ignificance in modern Pale tinian life. H then outlined the Bihlical and Roman period of the Emek' hLtory and finally passed on to the modern work of the
Je,
i h ational Fund- the redemption of fe,· r-~tricken\ amp b · th hnlutzim • nd th tal Ii h mcnl of numerou h althy coloni -·
The Emek was remarkable for the diver- sity of the type· of colonies and ettlement in it. There were to be found K vuzoth, private settlements and even colonies of th
mo~t orthodox Jews.
The lecturer concluded with a few remark!"
on the
J.
.F. in general and said it was a great pity that political strife should hav begun to take a part in this branch of National work.In connection with Succoth, two humorou~
paper9, compiled by Messrs S. Lewis and M.
Sarapskv were read. as was ah-o an extract from Disraeli~ "Tancred."
After the distribution to every member of a J.N.F. calender for the year 5694·, the singing of Hebrew songs and the dancing of the Hora concluded a good ev<'ning' en- joyment and inetruction.
On Sunday, 1 ·t in t.. the Society held a successful and well attended picnic to languli Caves. Members are reminded of the Shul Parade to take place in th Gard n~
Synagogue on Saturday, ]11.th in<.:t.. al 3.30 p.m.
The Next Conversazione.
At the next /ionist conversazion • to hC' held in the Zioni~t Hall on Tue~day vening.
17th in t, a \\ elcome will be extended to Mr. and 1\frs. A. M. Abraham and Ir ...
Gesundheit on their return from the Zionist Congrci:;s at Prague, and to Mr. Myer JofT1·
on hi return from a visit to Palestine. Mr.
Abrahams and Ir. Gesundheit, two of South Africa' delegate at the ongre "
will deliver their reports.
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L ecture by R abbi Kahnemann.
A meeting of the Hebrew Teachers' A so- ciation was held on Sunday, the 8th inst.
Mr. A. Levin, the Chairman, presided over a fairly large gathering of members and others interested in the question of Hebrew education.
Rabbi 'f. Kahuemann was the principal speaker, and in a very able lecture, which lasted for over two hours, he spoke on
" Hebrew Education in Lithuania, Latvia.
Poland and South Africa."
Rabbi Kahnemann traced the origin of the modern types of schools created by the various political movements, such as Y avne.
Tarbuth and Yiddishism. He spoke of the revival of the Hebrew language and the introduction of modern methods in the leaching or it.
When the four countries with which he was dealing, said Rabbi Kahnemann, had acquired self-government, the Jews had to a certain extent gained autonomy in cul- tural matters. They had also received financial support for the upkeep of their
~dwols, especially in Lithuania and Latvia.
But in spite of this the educational achieve- ments in these countrie~ wf're far from satis-
factory.
The reasons for this slate of affair"" \Vere
I he curtailment of teaching hours for th:-- Hehrew ~uhjects and the ub.titution of suh- jccls of general education. Another reason was the fact that the Revisionist Party \Va~
forming political p;roup~ of children . of a very tender age with a view to giving them a military training, and this occupied the time of school-going schildren and remowd them from the family environment. The>
. chool hecmne only a place of learning ancl
not a <'c>nlre ' hen' thev were taught in a tr ilv religion and national spirit.
Th' lime ha<l arrived when we had lo go ha<·k to the type of school that wa ~clf
upporting and independent as in the pa~t her nre cultural autonomy was achieved.
peaking of Jewish education in South Africa, Rabhi
r
almemann said he found a~real improvement since his last \:isit to thi country. He spoke in very high term~
of the p1 o~re~s. achieved bv the local Talmud Tnrah. He also urged lo~al Jewry to estali- 1 :sl1 their own day schools without the
<1s!'istance of the Government.
Ouestions were asked by Messrs. Lehrman Levitte and Friedland, and were suitabh (lenlt with bv the lecturer. . The Chairman also took the opportunity of welcoming Mr. Lehrman on his return from overseas, and tendered the apologies of Dr. C. Resnekov who was unable to atten<l the meeting.
A vote of thanks was moved bv Mr. Berc- sinsk . the vice-chairman of the A~.sociatio11
League for a Working Palestine.
The Council of the above League which met on the 9th inst. haB elected an Executivt>
con isting of the following: Dr. J. Sachs.
chairman; Mr. B. Padowich, vice-chairman;
Mr. Ch. Achron, hon. ecretary; Mr. L.
Matthews, treasurer; Mrs. I. M. Hurwitz.
vlrs. B. Rostowski and M sr . 1. Ben Arie, B. Roslo\ 'ski and G. Telem member with power to co-opt further members; there ·will also be country representatives.
A programme of activities was drawn up
al the fi.rsit meeting of the Executive. In it figures the opening of branches in the suburbs and country di Lricts. The number of members already registered is about one hundred and eighty.
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All interested in the League are asked to communicate with the Secretary, P.O.
Box 1156, Cape Town.
A F estival E vening.
A very jolly Festival Evening was held in the Zionist Hall on Tuesday night under the auspices of the Histadruth Ivrith. After the Pre ident, ~Ir.
J.
Gitlin, had formally open the proceedings, a number of s.peeches were delivered and musical item rendered.Dr.
J.
Mibashan spoke very appropriately on Succoth during the first half of the pro- gramme, and in the econd half an address was delivered by Mr. A. Levin. Musical items were rendered by Miss F. Rogoff, who gave a pianoforte solo, Mr. S. Reuveini who recited. Mr. Kessler who gave a number of violin solos, Mr. M. Natas who read a humorous sketch, and Miss Radov:::;kv \\horecited. .
All the item were \ery much appreciakd.
as was eYidenced by the enthusiastic applau,;e received.
Durinl_! the e\ening refreshments were served and the large gathering pre~ient in- dulged in community singing of Hebrew songs with obvious enjoyment.
Union of Jewish Women.
There wa a fair attendance of women at the mf'eting of the Union of Jewish Women held in the Zionist Hall on Tuesda\ after- 11oon. \tlrs. B. Nussbaum presided.
The main feature of the afternoon was an
<tddre~.s hy .Miss Goodlalle on " Black and
~ hite in South Africa.'' It was an interest- ing and thought-provoking addr . . and \\as fnllowecl with gr<'at attention.
Durinp. th<' cour<;e of the afternoon tht' 11cws-sheel was read hy frs. L. Burman.
and Mrs . .:\fax ohen made an appeal for support of the S.A. Board of Jewi5-h Edu<'a- tion.
Wynberg Jewish Circle.
l1nder the au~picc of the Wynh rg Jewish Circle a very interesting and instructiv0 lecture \\a delivered by Mr. A. Z. Berman at Lhe residence of Ir. and Mrs. I. Gordon, Wellington Avenue,Wynberg. The title of the lecture was " The World's Cares-an attempt at an explanation." The lecturer dealt with the phenomena which we arp witnessing in th collapse of the economic and social tructure of civilisation. The artificial barriers which separated the peoples of the world could not stand the strain of
modern conditions, and the only hope fo
c :vilisation was the immediate reorganisation of the whole economic system.
1Vlrs. ·\1. Kaplan acted as chairlady of thr evening, and a vote of thanks to the speaker and hostess was proposed by Mr. J. L. Fein- b rg.
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In Brief.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Abrahams return to South Africa on Monday by the "Winchester Castle."
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Mr. Myer Joffe returned to Cape Town on Saturday evening from Palestine by the Imperial Airways liner " Amalthea."
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* *Mr. Benzion S. Hersch is at present m Cape Town on a short visit.
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* * * * *Mr. H. Stoller, of Kimberley, is spending a holiday at Muizenberg.
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A contribution of £20 has been made to the S.A. Fund for German Jewry by the Lod~e of Israel, No. 2691, E.C:
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