~lay, 25th. 1934.
THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA
Shevuous in C ape Town.
The synagogue:-. \\ere well filled during th<' Fesli\al of Sl1evuous on Sunday and
;\londay. They \\Cre all Yery beautifull ' decorated with g.rPener~ a!:'.I usual during this f esti' al, and the ~en ices \\ere H" im- pressiYe as al"' ays.
ln the GardC'n~ Synagogm' the !-'er i<·e::-
\\Pr<' c·onducted ll\· Re\•. KirschnC'r and Re,.
KiheL a!'-sisted Ji,· the "hoir. On the fj r .... t morn in~ a Ycry ins pi ring sermon was de- li\ cred hy Re,. A. P. Bender.
A Shev uous E ve ning .
An ex<'cedingly en jo :able 'he•\ uous f u111·- tion \HlS held In· the Hi.;;tadrulh l vrith 011
~lo11day evening.. al tlw Zioni~I Hall.
The hall \\H~ fiH(d \\ith a large and appre<'iaiiV(' audit'IH'<'. !
r
r.J.
Gitlin. thP l'n'"ident. \\as in the l'liair. I (' opPned the 1•vening h.• \H'lcoming all tho:-.<' pre--enl and espcciall y1,,
o <k tinguished guests.Mr. Judelowilz. of Johanne~hurf!. an<l ,\Ir.
.J. Philips. of Blo<'111fo11lei11. both \\ <'ll knov.11 MHkers in the field of Hebrew culture in . outh Africa.
l\lr. Gitlin then <'alled on .Miss Kurland who, accompanied by her hroher at the piano, rendered t\\o wry beautiful Yiolin
!'OJo-.
\frs. Shunarnit ~Iihmhan then spoke on ''Shevuous in Eretz lsraf'l. ·· She discus~ed Shevuous as a rf'liµ:ious and national festival and gave a 'ery vivid description of the manner in "hich it is now celebrated in Palestine in to" n and village.
Mis ... Rodovsky rendered a very fine recita- tion b Shlonsky and the well-known poem
"Iggereth Ketana '' by Bialik, and "a-:
greatly applauded.
\fr. Lipshitz san~ several of Tchernicho\- sky"s and Bialik's son~s. which WNe g:reatly appreciated.
\fr. G. Laden read two humorous ketches out of a Palestine Hebrew Purim publica- tion. \\hich C'au~ed much merriment amon~
the audience.
Mr. M. Losman also contributed towards the enjoyment of the evening by eff ectiw recitations.
l\Jr. Potashnik then spoke on th import- ance of She\ uous in the Diaspora.
The climax \\as reached when :Mr.
:VI.
\ atas, who "as greeted with great enthusia'-m. read his own composi6on,
"Akdamoth Le-Shavuoth" which \\as ex-
<·eedingl v humorous and witty. He was re,qirded hy much applause and cheers.
Durin.z the interval tea and refreshment were ~en eel while communal singing and dancin~ "ent on.
~Tr. Gitlin. in dosi'l'\g the function.
thanked the audience for participating so
\\holeheartedly in the plea::;ant eveninµ-. Ht' thanked the speakers and all tho~e \\}10
throu~h tlieir talent c0ntri1mted toward~ th('
~uc<·ess of the r\ening. At the same i.irnc lie announced that the collector of the Hi:-ita- druth h rith. Mr. Bitnun, \\ oul<l call on ihe members in ordPr to collect their memher- :::hip fee:;;.
Meeting for Women.
J\ ma~::; meetinp: of Je\\ish women in the Peninsula will he held in tlie Zio11i-,t Hall.
Cape To\\11- on Tuesday. 29th in::;t.. at
:t:w
p.m., under th1· au::;pices of the Bnoth Zion As!->o('iatio11. The lll eting \\ il I he addre::-:-.t•d hr the \layor (ComwilJor L.Cradn<•r) and hv Jlis .Marcia Gitlin.
Woodstock-Salt R iver Junior Zionist Societ y.
"'I o-day"s Creale.l :VlemH·e io Zio11i!"'m ·-
"a~ the suhjeC'l of a de hale al a UH't'linµ of the ~ ood~tock and Salt River .Junior Zioni~L
~ocicty on Thur::;<lay last. in the 'I\llmud Tor ah Hall. Woodstock. ,;\lr. D. L:muo\\, Chairman. introdu!'ed the debate. and
\le!'srs. \ 1'..apelus. \I. Belikoff. D. \leyern- witz and ~\l i::: ·e..; I. Ruskin and D. L('\ in entered into a heated discussion on ihe
~uhect.
Mr. Belikoff fore:::hadowed an econom1c depre~sion in Palestine: and stressetl the fact that Palestine as an ideal must he built on a pracical ba"'is. and that the fear of an economic breakdown must he obviated.
::vlr. Kapelus maintained that there would h no danger of the Zionist ideal ::;uff erin~
because of a world depres~ion, and shov .. eel how Palestine "as progressing and pros- pering \\bile other countrie~ \\ere on the Ycrge of hankruptcy. After much discu.;;sion.
the debate terminated.
During the earlier part of the evening,
l Ii ~ 1\1. Con read the news sheet . . Mr. H.
Kalmonowitz deli,·ered a paper on ·"The British Policy in Palestine," and Mr. Laza- row read a !:ummary of the life and v1e\\S of Dr. Leon Pinkser.
A Literary Competition was introduced for "'h i"h the following subjects "'ere
<'hosen : "A Dream-Pale!-'tine of 1.he Future." '·A!-' imilation. a ~ olution to the Jewish Problem.'' "A Jewish tate- Diaspora or Palf'stine .. ,
O neg Sha bbos.
Ar lh(:" 0•1e~ Shahhos in the Zionist Hall to-morr<•\\ afternoon, Dr. I. :M. Hurwitz
\\il] defi,·er an address on "The Jc\\ish Ghetto... Th<:> f nnction \\ill commence al
• J, p.m. \\ ith the :\Iincha Service.
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Cape Town M acc abee Organisation .
A dance \\ill be held al the Hotel Eel" ard.
.\1ill Street, Cape To\\11. on 1hur:-.ddy. die
:~ l~l in~lanl. al H.30 p.m. Admi!-'sion i.., Ji, imitation only.
~I embers who lun c not rccei\ed im ita- Lior1" or other-= de,.;irin°· to Jw pn· ... enl an
1 ( quc:-.Led Lo cornmuui('ate "ith .\Ii::.-.. .\.
\Vashkan!:-k ·, c <> Castle Hotel. Cantt•rhury Street, Capr T<rnn.
·\ll members arf' i m ited to all~nd an i 11 Lerfunction lo be held al tlw Zion i~t Hall
011 Sunda '. tlw 27th instant. t\t 9 a.m. the final~ of thr T,1hle Tennis Knock-out T11U1.
mlrnrnt \\ill take pla<"e. In th<· afternoon tlwrf' "ill he a YOUll!! hrael Eibteddfod.
Trt>a'.'illrf' Hunt. Ches~ and Draughts and an inler-deliatc.
There \\ill lw an ··At Hornt' .. 111 the
t>\ <·ning. a .. a "1riel> p roµrammc and da111·p
iia\ e l>ef'n arranµ-ed.
ll member-- are asked lo altt·nd and iake part in anv of ilie::;c acti\ ities.
Miss Van Gcldcren at Stellenbosch.
~Ii. s l{oza \an C<'ldf'ren_ Prin!'ipal of the {yjrJ,( Ce11L1,d SdHooL let'lured to th1•
Educalional Fa1•ttlt, of LhP llt1iH't" ... il) of 'tt·llenho.eli 011 lo11d, v.
ThP ... uhj11·1 of 1!11" lt•dure ''a"' a11 p -
1wrime11t in \lodern Ecl11catio11 \\ hich 1s lH·int! \\ aLC'hed \\ ilh nHH'h intr·re.;;I Ii; the EduC'alion f1,.parl111e11l. and \\ hid1 011 :-.uc1·<• ... :-; iwinp; pt o\ <'d. the Department con- :-.idcrs n~a) he adopted liy otht'r "<'hno)o.:; as
\\cl l.
At the f'orH'lu~ifln of the lecture the Dean of the Fa<'ulty. Dr. Cillif'. f'xprr!'~ed th<' hope Lh:lt thf' report of the experiment mighl also he sc>nt to the l T11irersitv of Stellen- hosd1 at thr en<l of the year. for publica- tion in their official organ.
Correction.
An error i11ad\·erte11tlv occurred in the report of the J.\.F. C~baret Ball in the '"S.A. Jewish Chronicle:: last Wf'ek. the name of ~Ii:-s Annette ,\1iriner heing given a~ the performer in a Spanish costume dance, iu:-tead of that of Miss YYonne Blake;
Mis l\1iriner gave a number of tap-dancing items.
Muizenberg Young Israel Society.
On Fridav evening, l 0th May, a Senior Ludy Circle ll1Peting was held. \h. vl.
Arenson was the speaker. choosing as his subject ·'The Rational and Romantic in the De\elopment of Judaism."
\1ay, a Junior held at which A short debate On Friday evening. ] 7th
Study Circle meeting was 'arious items were rendered.
'\as enthusiastically pursued.
A mef'Ling of the whole Society took place on undav. 20th inst., \\hen Mr. P. Y utar deli\ creel a lecture held over from Pesach.
The "uhject ''a" "Pe, ach of Yesterday.
To-day and To-morroV\ .. , A large audience thoroughly enjoyed a hrillianl addres~. man~
participating in the ensuing di cussion.
The next Senior Study Circle meets on Friday. 25th inst., when Mr. Charloff \\ill
talk on the Jewish National Fund .
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Zionist Conversazione.
_,\t thr Zioni:;L Comersazione in lhe Zionist Hall on Tuesday e\'ening. 29th in..,t., a "ekome will he extended to
.Mr.
:Ylax Gurland, who arriwd from Palestine on\1onday. Mr. Gurland will he the chief
~ peaker of the e\ ening. All are '"elcome.
Mr. Meyerowitz to Lecture.
l\Ir. H. \t . .\Ieverowilz will leclure to i.hc children of the Cape Je\\ish Orphanage to-mon C•\\ ( Salurda; l night, on his recent visit to Ba.,utoland. Dr. Louis Hermann
v~ill prtsidt> and all intNested are invited to attend
Hebrew Teachers' Ass. ociation.
A meeting of lhe Hebrew Teachers' Asso- C"ialion "ill take place on unday lhe 27th in ·L., in the Talmud Torah Hall, al
,J p.m.
"\lr. Z. Avin will deliver hi second addre~s on "Heh re'" Education in Palestine and Galuth."
AL the same timt> an exhibition of rt>cenlly JJUbli hed hooks and periodicals of an educational character and of special intere~L lo teachers Y\ill he held. The exhibition
\\ill he ope11 from :3 p.m. Lo 7 p.m. ll are welcome.
Mizrachi Organisation.
A very well.attended meeting of ihe ahove organi ation was held on Wednesday. the 9lh inst., at the .Zionist Hall. i\Ir. I. Shuel
·pre ided.
Rabbi
B.
I. Liµshitz. of Parov\. delivt>red a lecture on ·'The Uc,elopnwnt of the Talmud." After th lecture a discus~io11 followed in which Ylr. Ch. B. Levinson and a numher of member participated.During the e' ening Mr.
\1.
Reading read the news of the vlizrachi aclivitif's.The meeting condudt'd Y\ith the si11ging of lht' Hatikvah.
C. T. J ewl.sh Girls' Association.
An informal dance will be held at the Zionist (Minor) Hall on Saturday, 2nd June.
In Brief.
'lr. \lax Gurland, of Tel-Aviv, former!}
of Cape Town, arrived in Cape Town on Friday la t. He will spend about tv. o to three month here before his relurn to Pale Line.
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'Vlr. and \lrs. A. Li berm an left for Johannesburg on Monday.
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L Ir.
J.
Philip , of llloemfonlein. I:> at pre:; nt in Cape Town.*
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*'\]eyer Jonah, el de ·t on of \fr. and \In;.
';, H. Friedland. "Fricdcnheim. ,. 1S, Clhe treel, will read Maftir al the Beth Hame- drash Hachodosh to-mo1To\\ ( Saturdav I
morning, 26th inst., Parslza l\'oshei. Brocl;a:
11 a.m. ·'At Home" in the evening.
