In and Around the Peninsula

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April 27th, 1934.

THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

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IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA

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ture, jealous of your self-respect, hopeful.

even a. all per ·e<.:uted peoples are hopeful.

of the !-ipeecly arri' al of the day when, ' <' too. shall re-inhahit the land which 01H.:t·

\Hl". a11d "till is, our O\\tl. ,.

Apart from the lrC'lure a com pr -hen,.,i\(·

1 \iC\\

of .

halom A~eh'~ ·'Three iti~ ··

Lecture by Mr. Kirschner.

v1r.

^1. l\..ir chner, Pr id nt of the

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Zioni t

Fed

ration, arri\es in ape Town thi afternoon

b;

air from Johanne

burg.

His \isit j._ in rc.,pon e to an invitation from the Dor~h i Zion soc:iation \\ho ha'<' a~ked him to deli\ er a

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cture here, and he \\ill a('<'Ordin~ly addr ~s a public· meet- ing Lo he held in th Zioni~t Hall on Tu s.- dav evenm~. 29th in L.

1r. A.

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Al;rahams. Hon.

ife

Presid nt of the Federal ion, "ill pre ide. and an addre~.

'"ill

^al~o^lie

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^{Ii\ r}^d^]i, ^\1^r.

B. L.

Rubik.

L .R.

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l\.i n•C"lmer returned to • outh Africa from Pale~tin hut a f \\ week ago and lw \\ill no doubt hcne JHU('h of int rest lo rel al('.

Lecture by Dr. Resnekov.

'I hNc> wa a good all nd·u1 c of membc1::- al th~ moT1thh .. At Homt•' of th Bnoth Zion A~ oeialwn 011 'J tu d aft rnoon.

Ii ... ~I. Ohlmdlz pre ich d and introduc· 'cl

D1. ( • I' t' 111•km \\ 11<1 d10 t' 'I lu of CulightennH'nl ·• as the '-uhjccl of an e Lrcmely intere~ting addn.·~--.

Dr. H ~n ·kov ~ho" eel how the de ire for European ·ultur among"l the Jew" of Rus"ia and Cermany arose from a fal"'c lieli f that onlv the lack of e"l rn ·ivilisalion hindered J e\\ s from obtaining full legal equality '" ith other peopl . 1 h \\I Itmg~

of \lo~ ~ \lendel ·ohn were a mean~ of dis- seminating in ermany n w idea of <"ulture amongst the Jc-wish peopl there; th re

\\as not, ho,..,e, er. th f urlherance of a Hebrew ·ullur but rather a g neral Euro- p an culture. Although Hehre\ \\a at fir. t u. ed as a mPdi um of pr a cling this C"ulture in order that the idea might be un<ler.,.lood h; all, the \ oic of the Hebrew 1. n°uag \\a. gradually stilled in German;.

Thrrughout urope a'> a re ulL of thi~

eultural mo\ ement or Haskalah the real Jew died and ther "a r c.;;urrected inslf'ad a German. a Pole. or a Frenchman of th~

Mo. aic faith.

To\\ ard. the end of the 19th Century ma~'" bapti m took place in Germany, but unfortunately for the e people conver~ion

\rn. look d upon a kance by cultured hri"'tian . \·ho con~idered th converL h;pocrite and turnc:oaL. Th failure of the erman endea' our tO\\ ard en lighten- ment a far as th po iLion of Jewry \\a.

concern d proved a warning to the Jewi h people. Th re arose new voice in th midst of the wilderne through which th Jc,\ish ma 1:e had been plunged by th rnoH~mcnt. J. D. Lus atto and athan Kroch- mal endeavoured to recon<:ile l\ o eemingly oppo. ed currents-the old way and the

llC\\ af!C of enlightenment. T~ ^Krochmal

the ~reale. t ~ nice a Jew could do to man- kind wa. to remain a J w and to ha\e elf- r p ct~ the ah orption of foreign culture wa.;; not the only thing nece ary for n- lightenmcnl.

The en<learnur of the Ru ian J w to- ward eman ipation and enlightenment. too,

end<'d m dbillu::-ionm nt for the

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ma "es. At the beginning of the 19th en- tur; p opl belie\ed \\ith J. L. ordon that the ~ahation of th J \\s lay \\ilh them-

.; Iv ·

to ohtain a new dc..,liny and all that

"a required

of

them \\a. to learn Hu~sian and f org t Hebre\\-in f acl lo ·•be a man abroacl but a

J \\

rn thy tent." Tht·

pogroms of 1881, how v r, JHO\ed a rudt•

<l\\akcnino to people who thought that h)

ah

orbing

a

lfo_

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ian culture th y ''en·

n·-

garded a. Rus~ians.

Leo Pinsker at this timt> end m our •d to

~h°'' the J ' :- that nlightenrnenl and tlw altaining of a foreign <'ullur · \\ould 110l nahlc them to gain

full

C"itizen hip. and to

<pwlt· him "it lay entirely with ours<'h<·:"

to become · lf-re pe('Ling,

hy

tlw intcn_iH' Ludy of our traditions and ideaL . . . ·

It

remained for Per lz molen. kin lo ''<'<'p <may anv of tlw illusions of emarH'i- palion that \H'IP. "till 1C'fl lmking and lo prepar the peop)p for a chang< of lwarl and a rl'lurn lo 1!11• id<·al of Zio11.

' ) 011 \~ i h, lu· aclclrc> t•d lii111 elf to till' as::-imilalionists. ''toll<' likt· llH' other p<'oplt·'~

So do

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Be. I pray you. he like them.

""earC'h and find krnrn ledge. cnoid and for- . nke ~upeL tition. ahm e all ]ip not a h.unc d of the slo<:k "hence you wer h \\11. ) < "·

be like oth r people.;. proud of \our litna-

The secret of a

GOOD DIGESTION- COOKING DONE with THE NATURAL COOK NG MEDIUM!

v,a._ ~i,en h~ :\lrs.

L.

Burman.

ckc1ssion en...,ue

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in

"hieh 1

i"'s awl :\lrs. Orman parti('ipated.

short blm\ it1.

A

heartv \Ole of

thank

was propo~cd lo

Dr.

He:::.neko\

and

i\I rs. Burman ))\

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Wolff.

Scout Outing .

'l he Jc\\

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:-,coul"' at Paarl " r last

\\eek-end host to th 11th Cap Tmrn

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'\\ j..,h Troop. "ho that week-end started t lelnating their si t enth birthday. Each hoy from town \\as im ited to the home of on~' of the Paarl rc:::idenls.

'I w

hor

an iH•cl loo l.1te to attend Shoo) on Frida) niµht, hut all th C.::c·outs of hoth Troops \\err. enl rtainecl al a pri\'ale hous<' in th<' P\cning. On . aturda) they attended

~hooL afl<·r whiC"h th \ \\ere pres nl al tlw Harmitzrnh of orH' of the lad~ of the Paarl . <'oub. I 11 tlw t•\<•ning an interesting: and

<•cl1wati\ e S<'oul programme, arranged h\ \11.

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cnlwrg and hi" a"'~i lanb ' tt"

.-.j\t'fl quilt• a numl)('r of the local J<'\\ r).

including .ome of thP Hahonot \\NP pre <'Ill

c1l th<' Talmud 'I orah Hall lo \\ itrn• thl' I 101 t'f'ding:::. \\ hi<·h \ t•n• \<'I' II<'<'<' fu I.

On . 11rul,I\ all tht· ho) . p1·nl thP da in tlw opc•n dirnhin~. playing game~ and trt•1u•rally :;pc•n<ling a happy time.

Th<' \\('f\k-l'nd JHl"'"'"d all loo quiekl., hut

llHlllY fric•rnl hip" lun<' h en made hcl\H'<'n the frwi:h hov. of th 2nd Paarl and 11th Cap<· To\\ n Troop~.

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290 THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

AMONG OURSELVES

By SHULAMITH

Readers are invited to submit notices of social functions, invitations and other communications to "Shulamith,'' P 0. Box 2000, Cape Town

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1ll iss Olga Lindo.

~\li -~ Olga Lindo, th' popul 1r adre · · who is delighting Cape Town audience· al thl' Opera Hou r, looked very charming in he1 tailored sports coat of grey, \vorn with a fa cinaling liul titched hat to match, when 1 inleniewed her al her hotel thi' week.

Her plea ing appearance and her ~imple uuaff cted charm make Mi Lindo a ....

fa cinating off a· on the ·Lagt>. To Lh'

\\Omen rn the audi<'nce, lis:; Lindo 's clothe· al way:; add a spe ·ial int re~t to her play-, and in repl to my question, 1 wa told that the lovely gown::-. "hich were ·o much admired in -~ .Ylothcr of Pearl," \\ere cho:;cn by Mi~s Lindo ht>rself.

In addition, wh n touring \\ith her own company, a mo L ~lrenuou and rc .... po11"iblc

lavk, Mis:; Lindo up rvise · the co ·tumc:-.

worn by the members of her company.

Mi s Lindo is both a talented and r ·- perienccd aclrcs · and her Parl y train inµ include· a three-year apprC'nlie ·:-;hip iu pantomime· und drama ·1L the' Drury Larw Th • Lrc, and a period of acting \\ilh itt•r father, Frank Lindo, wt·ll-known to ilH·

Enrrlbh public a ador and dram. Li::-il . • rnd who i · a de::;cendanl of the famou · )c\\ i ·h famih· of W<'"l Tnclie t •a merchanL

-··1 he

"Lag' plct)S so lar<r and

e

·adi1w ,1 part in Bl) lift·:· "aid l\liss Lindo . . . that my hohhit>...; are of a quiet and reld inn 11al11te.'' l\lotoring i a f;.nourile pa:-;linw.

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iking tiial i

\\t•ll

ali

fiPd

in Soul Ii fri<"a,

· (H'<'iall in ( ap T(mll, \ hi

h Ii Liudo

think 1 the lowlit>sl lmrn in thP Union.

and the· glorious :n·m·t) prO\ idt•s ht'r \\ ith

lll<HJ) opportunitit·" for indulgill'r in another of ll('t inlt'r<'"ls- thal of photograph ·.

n

·~uling. loo. plap an important part in l\I i~" Lindo's IPisut <' hour - biography is ht>r "(H'C'ial inL1•1 e::-.l- and sht' think, 1 l''".

Millin·~ "'Hhod<·s" a brilliant achi v menl.

WIH'n in

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ohamwshu1 µ. when· she ha ju l concluded a Slll'!'t'ssf ul sca~o11. Mi._._. Lindo told me that "hf' sa\\ a good deal of ⁱ

1r .

Millin \\ho i. a friend of her. ~he then untied th paper parcel ,,hieh he wa · holding and unwrapped \]rs. Millin' book '"An rli l in th Family., which he had j w•t pur ha ed.

1 i"s Lindo has a charming flat in London, about \\hich sh<' is 'rr) enlh11~ia.,tic, and it is an intNe"linµ: l oincidener th 1t it shoulrl lw in WimpolC' ~lreet. dos' by th hou e of the Barrel family- immorlali ed in the play ''Thl:' Barrel of Wimpole treet, '' which is amonn the r<'perloire of play·

1is ... Lindo i"" producing in a;J Town.

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Dcmre at tellenbosch.

tellenbo ch will he th centre of ,1ttrac·

tion to clan er both in town dnd out next Wedn day night on thf' ~>ccasion of the fir. t dance of th ea 'On at the Talmud Torah Hall.

The dance i b ing held under the au pice..::

or

the SLPllenbo ch Je\\i'll adie ' Ben rn- 1ent ::iocif'L)', "ho ll<l\<' made ~pecial pro-

" i ion for the srnT ss of the evening.

popular orchestra from Cape Town ha been engaged and effecli\c Japane·e decorations

"ill add bri~htne ~ and colour to the hall.

Mr. Isaac Ochberg.

One of the most energetic men I ha\ e ever met i Mr. [.._aac Ochherg, who is too

\\ell known to net•d any further description.

ln fact,

I

hould

find

it impo' ihle to :late with any degr e of certitude the number of cornpani 011 which he is a director, the oci Lie of \\ hich h ¹^· ither Pr ::;idcnl or on the E.·eculi' '. or Lo quote th m- numerahl charilahle action. for \~ hich he i~ "o "ell known.

o matter

l10v.

hu~y the day

Mr.

O('hhl'rg

. th\

ay

find"

time

for

walking- perhaps that

hc1s ·omething to do \\ ith his formula for

tlw prescn at ion of 1wrpr.tual youth- and

110\\ that lw i!:S again Ii, in<r al ::; a Point

he>

is f rcquenlly to

be

c1H.·ounlc>n•d slridin!.!.

alon° the High Lc\d Hoad and past th<' Hound Hotl!:if'.

l\lr.

Ochherg'~· recipe for tarliu~ th<' cla · \\ell i lo \\alk front '•I l'oinl lo lo\HI \ iH Kloof f k.

PrefJClrntimu for tlu¹ CC1lmr,¹t.

Orn· of the novl'l cabaret turn \\ liid1 i.

a fealure of th ational Fund Ball on th<'

16th

i\la · will be a \\·hi~Lling ilcm hy

A

·Ji ·s Charloll<' L eh, th' younget of ~I rs.

E.

L ·ch' allractiv' daughl<·rs.

Charlolle. in addition to heing an · cel- lcnl \\histler. ha~ a lcn ·Iv voice of . triking puril und ·tr nglh. .

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^is a fa.,,cinatino hrunell \\ho", piquant face i" framed hy sler.k black hair.

i\Ji

·s Annette vliren r, whose dan!'ing was

"O much admired at lh Plaza, and her

parln 'f,

.\Ir.

Ted Ban inglon. \ ill giH• a C'Oslume dance \V hile tan Thomas and his populai on·he~tra \\ill undouhtedh add to the succ s of lht' c\ cnino. The book in~

of table· ha . I am told. alr ad) heµun and tht> cabaret hould he a gr at . ucceEs. J ha\e al o ju t heard that the \favor and

\layor Ir. and \Irs. Gradner. ar. gl\rnf!:

th ir patronage to the Ball. and will tlwm- elves attend with a part .

pril 27th,

l 9:H.

Oneg Shabbos.

t the Oneg lu\}Jbos m the Zionist Hall to-morrow aft rnoon al p.m., \fr. '.

J.

Jud

lo\\itz, of Johanne burg, will deli,·er an add res on "The Fir l Zionist." An inter "ting mu~ical programme ha heen arranged.

The Oneg hahbo function will in future he held regularly ever fortnight and they will _commence at i p.m. and not 5 p.m. a pr viou ly.

'·Ar Home'' at Sea Point.

An

·'At Home," under Lh au pices of the Bnoth Zion

A

ocialion

l

Green and ea Point Branch} i being held at the re idenee of \lrs. Ginne, " hahah,·' Av nu Fran- cai , on Wedne day, 2nd May, al 3. lS p.m.

n addre~ will be delivered

hy

dv. H.

l

1.

Bloch.

Bnoth Zion Branch at Muizenberg.

\ branch of the Bnolh Zion ociat1on i"i :;hortly to

he

formed at Yluizenberg. An .

··At Home,. for the purpos of inauguralinrr the hranch will he held at the Hotel tlantie i\J uizenbcrg. on Tue::;day,

J

::-it viay, <:•t

.3 µ.rn~

All interc ·Led are cordiall)' i1nited to ~illend.

The Zionist Conversazione.

.\t the Zioni:.t comersazione al the Zionist Hall on Tw• dav C\ening, 1st \lay, A(h. H.

~nitcher \\ill sp ak on "'Zionism at the Cro.'sroad~ .. , 1 h,~ opportunil~ will

he

Laken al this function of bidding fare\\ ell to l\tr.

Isaac OchhNg. \\ho i. lemi11g ne. t '11rnr·- da\ 011 a lrip lo Europ(' and nwrica.

In Brief .

l\I r. Isaac 0f'hhNg is lc<nin° on 'I hursday, :ird lay, h) llie '.s. ·· ,uilio •sare" 011 a lrip lo Eurnpt• and \ml'rit·a.

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lis Anncllt' Jop)son Lh South hil'an 111neli~t, r •lurns lo-<la' to .np1~ To\\11 in th' •·f.ilv of ap;p11r'' uftPr a tf'u month'

Lc1, i11 England.

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:\Ir.

:\I.

Kt·11L1iclg1'.

\1.f>.,

lt•ft fot Joha1111t'.

li111 g 011 \ t•<ln<'

din.

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\Ii .. · (,lady Lazarus will deli er the s<•1·01HI lcclur(' of tht' ·' \\ inlcr lcclun•" :-;erit·~

:ll Lhl' ( rphanaµe on , 'aturclay c\Jenin ', Sth

\ll:n. Sht> \\ill !"JH'nk on ·'Shakespeare.''

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:\fr.

Z. A\

in relurnNl Lo

South

friea on :\londay from a lrip lo Europe and Pale - Line.

LP.acting 'it} Food Stor r quir s smart man with knowledge of promin nt city .Jewish homes, as indoor and outdoor sales- man. Exe llent prospects.- Apply in con- fid ncP to "X.Y.Z." this Ollie .

TH

fr. M. . .. chrir thanks th Cape Town Institutions. r lath· s and fri nd~ for their kind e.·pressions of sympathy on the r cent death of his beloYed mother.

The delicious

flavour of the anchovy m a mild and delicate

form

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