Juh- <>tl1. l <):) 1. THE S.A. JE\"ISH CHRONICLE.
IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA
The Zionist Conversazione.
Dr. S. E. Kark acted a:-; ho:-;l al th1·
Zionist convcr~aziorw on Tuesda) ' night when Mr. i\. Levin :;rokt· 011 "'Edu<'ation and Politi(':;."
At tht· oubet thl' l<·durer puiuLcd out that Hebrf'w edw . .:ation.. or Clzinuclz.. wa:- a
\Cry imporla11t <{lte'-tion aud that it lllW·t therefore 01•1·upr a f'orrc~po11di11gl; import- ant plact' in our lives. Chinuch in thP Diaspora. w1tlt tht' t'X('(•plio11 1wrliaps
or
Lithuania. \\as al a \ "') Jrm cl di. 111
PolaiH[ for i11slanct'. out of a Jc\\ ish popu-
lation 1)1' :~ .. 000,000 onh :W.000 d1ilcln •1
attended the HPbrev. sch1.JOls of "Tarlmth. ··
as compared \\ ith PnlPslitH' v.:JwrP thf' sn1rn' numLcr· 1 f l'liildrf'n atlP11dPd Jfclir1~\\ :-wltnol<- out of [I pop u) at ion of Oil)\ ~H)().()()()_
\fr. LPvi11 expressed hi~s op1111on that Zioni::.t lPadt·rs should tak1· ;rn'al!'r interest and a mon' active part in thi-; question.
hccmtse it Mis iu ti11• llt·bn:\\ ::·wltool that the you11~ generation !tad to a('quirc the national "'pirit. Thc ll<·lin•\\ .J..Pad11·r who worked "itli this realisation i11 mind should rcceht• 111on• mond support both from Zionists gt~ncralJy and parents.
Th<" l<·durcr protested slrn11gl) again::'!
the narr1'\\-minded -~Party people" who tried to irflU<'IH.'C the $Chool-aged child with their
,, fi po ••. • 1tw~ " to create h atre d amongst t em. h
Politics should not be introduced in the school al all.
Tn tlw discussion which followed, Messr:-.
D. Getz .. Z. Avin and B. Padowich partici- pated. The news items were read by Mrs.
T. M. H urwilz and a piano solo ·was giYPn b) :\Ir. Holtzberg.
Orj)banage Wrestling and Boxing
· , : Tournament.
.'t1.. t l
Orphanage friends and those interested ili. Uw. physical development cult will ha\t' an .·e.xcellent opportunity of witnessing a splendid display at the Orphanage Hotrn to-morrol\ Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock.
·.The ill'rangements for this boxing and wrestling tournament haY<" hPen made h) Mr. Harry ·Harris, the member of tlw Ornha.Trn~<" Committee in charge of physical culture; and Mr.
J.
Myers, the Hon. Boxin;.•Instructo1·. and \fr. I. Bcrkovitr:h .. the Hon.
Physical Cnltu'.rc Instructor ...
The ho ·iuu: )~irio has hecn \l~l'V kindh lent 1 b; tlw
·i\atior~al
Sporting ClukThe Jin' ing will be rcfrrecd hy .\'Ir. E.
Uips-Ch
1• if ·the ·'Cape Times," and Dr.Hhr~ Cnh~·n: T
All Orplwnagc friend~ wilJ hc wdcome.
Cape Town Herzlia.
On Wt>dncsday, 27th .June~ the abovt' Society held a social evening al the resi- dence 1)f \lli;:;s
J.
F. Cohen in honour of tl1ree depa1 ting members, Messrs. L. Cooper.H. Sallwr and H. Zuckerman~ the latter two of whont havt· already left for Eretz Israel.
The eveni11µ- w<1::-; voted hy .ti l a 1·ompklt . uccess.
On Suuday night, lst July, t1w a111111al general meeting 'rn~ held. Durino· llH·
past year the Society has done good r-work.
starling from small hc~iuning::, and pro-
~ressing to ,.,,,lrnt is now on~ of lh<· lPadin~
Young Israel Societies m tlw Provin<"<'.
The election of office-bcarNs took pla1·1·
with r1·:·m1t~, as follow:-:- Cliain11a11, .I.
Bobrov~ Vire-Chairlady, 1\!Iiss J'. :-la1IH·1·:
Treasurer. Mr. B. Barron. Committee:
VTisscs H. Suchedowilz and E. Matthews, and .\lc.:;sr~ .
.J.
Fri1·dman. E. Clrnrloff and C. K.Friccll,111der.
Cape Town Young Judeans.
The 1w. ·1 mcl'tinp; of th(~ abovt> So<"il'l \ ''ii I take place al lht• Zionist Hall, Cap;.
To\\ 11, on Saturday-, 7..,1 instant. Tht> mcPt- i11g will Lake the .form of a Th<'odor lfN.d
\lemori.tl EveBiu~, mid t 111' l('dlll'f'r wi II '11· Dr .
.J.
Mibasha11 ..Histadruth l vrith.
At a meeting- of 1J1e llistadrntit I vrith lo
lw held in the Zinni t Hall on Thursd:l\
<'vening, 12th in~I ., Mr. Ledrnnan wii'I lPdurc on "'Acttial Problems.·· All :m•
wclconH'.
Oneg Shabbos.
At thf' Oncrr Shahbos lo he held in tlw Zionist Hall t;·morrow afternoon at 4 p.rn ..
Rabhi Z. Srhwartz will lecture 011 "Languagt'
and .:\alion .. , .\lemhcrs ancl friends arp
rnrdialJy invited.
C. T. Mace.a bee.
A cultural meeting will be held at the Talmud Torah Hall, Hope Street, on Tues- day evening, the 10th inst.. at 8.15 p.rn.
All rnemhers are welcome.
An "At Home·' will he held iu the Zionist Hall on Sunday, 15th inst., at 8.15 p.m. Habhi Gervis will give a lecture and several prominent artists will take part.
All. mPmhers should support this function.
al whi<·h they an• promised an mjoyahh·
<'\'CTI ·nf!:.
Owing to an error in publication it wa~
stated that the Annual Ball would take place al the Ziou isl Hall on the 1-th August, 1931.
The Ball will lake place at the Hotel Edward.
Tickets arc ohtainahlc from Mr.
.T.
Epstein..S8, Burg Street, Cape Town.
Woodstock and Salt River Cultural Circle.
The annual general meetjng of the Wood- stock and Salt River Jewish Cultural CirclC' will be held on Tuesday, l 0th inst., al
8 p.m .. at the Talmud Torah Hall .. Argyl<' Street, Woodstock. The annual r<'porl will be pre~ented and a new committee eleclt>cl.
Members arc kindlv invited to nttend.
Herzele Konwiser at Wynbrg.
This gifted yo11ngster, 011 his school hol i- day from Johannesburg, chann<>d his hcar<'r::-
ress Di tmetioa a -,,. •
{A. W td.)
2·S58 8 2·4S§9
\\ho atl<'nclcd till' \'laa~i\ Sen i('t' 011 Tw~..;da)
11ight at Wynlwrg. lfrrzel1~ i::-; a pprfe1·l lllll"':Cr of hi-; \ oicc wlii<'h is o[ '<'ry widt·
n1ngl', fkxil>l<~ and sv. eel. Hi:-:. intonation is ptm· and Jtj-, deli\ t>ry is in 1•xcclle11t llchrev.. On this O('<"asion he \\a-. sup- ported hv Jij.., father, Cantor B. K.onwi~wr a11d hi~ 1·l10i r. The item.; rendered \\Pre th1·
cc:111p11:-it ions of thC' Cantor himsp) [, \\ ritl<>n and rt'nden'd in trup tradition al .... t vie. 011
~unday e\Pninp;, 8th in:-t., 1-lf'rzek KonwiM·1
\\ill nmduct the Maariv SPrvi1·1· al tlw Zionist llall, Cape TO\rn.
Acknowledgment.
Tlw Sl'1wtary of tlw Jcwi~h :--iic-k ftelief :'.t>cirty al'k111n\'lcdges tlw receipt of £Jo from tlw estate of the Jat1· :\lr. C'. iSalomon.
Bul<rnayo, per the Standard Bank of S.A.
Zionist Y outh Executive.
The Sports SuL-Committec of ihc Cape Zionist Youth Executive announces the fol- lov. ing results in the undermentioned 1.eagues of matches.
Soccer.
Observatory-Mowbray beat Young Judean · A, 8-2.
l\Iaceabee i\ beat Green and Sea Point w.o.
.Maccabec B beat Claremont, w.o.
Wynberg beat Woodstock, w.u.
Y ow1g Judeans B heat B.O.Z.S., 9-3.
Woodstock have withdrawn from thi._
~ection. All teams please note.
Table Tennis-League A.
Maccabee B heat Wynherg by 99 point~.
Maccabee A beat Green and Sea Point w.o.
Woodstock A beat Obsenatory-Mowbra"
A., w.o.
Results of matches, Muizenberg v. Clan•- inont B and Claremont A v. Herzlia A not yet to hand.
Table Tennis--League B.
B.O.Z.S. beat Bellville, w.o.
Young Judeans A beat Maccahee C bv 26 points.
.\faccabee D beat Maitland, w .o.
Woodstock B heat Herzlia B, w.o.
Young Judeans B v. Observatory-Mowbray result not yet to hand.
Boys' Own Zionist Society.
An oratorical contest was held on· Sunday last at the residence of iVIrs. Tarshish. Tlw contestants were the B.O.Z.S. and Muizen- berg Young Israel Societr,.
The Chairman, Mr. Caplan, opened th1·
meeting and welcomed the visitor~. , H(' then resigned the· chair to Mr. A. Berez.ow- ski, the judge of the contest. His assistant:-- wrrf' Mr. Charloff and Mr. E. Glazer.
1
Nlr. Levensou, for 1\tlu~zenherg, spoke on the subject: "That the immigration of Jew!'.' into Palestine is beneficial to the Jews.,.
Mr. Caplan, for the B.O.Z.S., spoke ot1 .;Herzl.'' The second Muizenberg representa- tive, Mr. Fig, spoke on "Zionism," and Mr.
Schwartz for the' B.O.Z.S.. spoh on "Di.
Leon Pinsker."
ThP judge's decision was in favour of the B.O.Z.S. Three heaity "Hedads" were given for the judge and Mrs. Tarshish, and
lhf' me,..ting concluded with Hatikvah.
143, Loop Street
~ Corf'er DOJU &
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CAPE TO N.
Bialik Memorial Meeting.
A memorial meeting for Lhe late Chaim
"\ achman Bialik \\ill he held in the Zionist .Hall 011 Monday. 7th jnsL al 8.J 5 p.m.
For f urLlwr tlcLail" watch the daily Pres<;;.
In Brief.
Dr. E. Bernstein~ Headmaster of the Jew::, Free School. London. arriYe~ in Cape To-wn on l\1 on day. 9th inst.
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The Mavor. Mr. L. Gradner if' at pre ent i11 Johr.11111 ,.;ln1r~ 011 a ~hort 'isiL.
The t'tl'..!U(]enwnl i:-. annotrn<·ed of Anne
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I I dee) ~;_;)];Pr. dau~hter of l Ir. and \!Ir~.
\. Sallwr. of Tamboers Kloof. Cap<' 'I ow11.
and Saul Geffen, eldest sou of \Ir. and
\Irs. S. Geffen. of Sea Point.
AdY.
\Jon~is
,i\lexai;der *left "ycstc*r<la} on a visit lo Kimherley. HP"'ill
he hack 111('ape Town on Monday.
Vlr. \fendel Wolman sails Lo-day by tlw
·· ~:dinlrnrµh Castle'' on a trip to Europe.
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Mr. L. Gf'tz. who has heen seriously ill
al the \' nlkshospilaal. has now returned to hi::- home and Jf' \\ell on the road to recoven.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Futeran are beinp:
congratulated on the birth of a son.
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Miss Rebecca Gitlin returns to South frica on Monday hy the ~'Arundel Castle."
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\1r. M. Ha"l ... el arrivPs in Cape Town Lo-day uncl ka\P=" for Europe h\ the "Edin- lnm:rh Castle.··
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\fr:;.
J.
Cinne~ lefL 011 Wednc>:-da: on a 'i:-,it to .T ohanneshurµ;.\Tr.
n.
Stern, of Ceres. left last * Friday on a hort business trip to London.Herzl Memorial Meeting at Caledon.
On thP. 01Ta~1on of th<:> thirLieth <.mniVf'I'·
'-,'rv of Dr. Tlwodor H<'r?.1" · <l<'alh. a corn- me;10ratio11 Sf'l"Yice was held al Llir local '-ynagogue 011 Tuesday night. IL wa~
aLLcnded hy the "\\hole of the local ('0111-
rnunity. TJ1c Vlayor of Somerst>t We. L. Mr.
.Jaffe, \\as also pre:_.;ent.
The Sen·ice was conducted by Rev. H.
Goldber~ \\ho intoned the Haskorah. He also ~m·e a lecture on the life of the late 1Pader. \ ftPr Rev. Goldberg's lecture. an address \\:.lf' delivered by Mr. Jaffe.
t\ vot<' of !hanks \\as proposed to Re".
l I. Go1ctlJC'rµ for orrranising the Senicr.
\\hi ch \\ H" 1·011clnded with the sinp:inµ: of 1 f atikvah.
WANTED.
TEMPORARY CHAZAN
for tht' fo1•tbcoming Hiu,b V<•stiYaJ.., a]l(l Succoth only.
. \.pp]), .... tating 1·emune1·ation require<!, to
TH~~ 8ECRETAR,Y,
NJ<:\\' HF,BREW CONGREGATION, no1u,ANn ST., ('APE TO,VN.
DEATH.
BOROK. Joseph Isaac, of 150, Buiten- kant Street. died suddenly at his residence on Friday eYening, 29th June, 1934. Deeply mourned b~· his wife and children.
THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
1-lerzl Memorial Evening at Woodstock.
One of Lhe largest gatherings seen for mat1y year~ m Woodstock assembkd at !lw Talmud Torah Hall, Woodstod~. un Tues- day e\ening to commemorate th1~ thirtieth anniversary on th<> deah of Dr. Theodor Herzl.
When the Chairman, ~Vlr. D. Lazarow.
jutroduced the first speaker. the hall \va:- filled Lo capacity.
\Ir. E. Kluk, Pn·-;i<lc11L of tlw Cape Zionist Youth Executi\ r, spoke on the oul- slandm~ events in Herzl':-; life and des'crihed ho"
.J
e" rv \'ms united by the untirint?- cff orl!:> of Herzl, anfl the <'in-umstance~"hi ch led to the First Zionist CongrP~~ a L
Basie. BuL his greatest achievemenL \Hls th<' smin!! of the Jewish vouth for the ]t'wisli people, "jth the Balfour Df'rlaration
a~
thr realisation of Herzl's dream.
Dr. l-1. v;. Allschul dealt parLicularly
\\ 1Lh lhe party prohlelll and emphasi~ed th<'
utmost necessity for thf' Je\\s to he C'ogni- sant of matters which were 'ital Lo Llwm.
Present-day events \\t' rt' prO\ ing, ht> ~aid.
that the Jews must rist-> as on<' solid mass and establish Palc~tinr a~ tlw Jewish
"'\ ational Home.
Dr. C. Resnekov spoke on tlw definit<' 1Pssons thf're were to ]w learnt from Herzrs lifr and '' ork. Herzl had shO\rn that th<' onlv solution to the Jewish prohlcm v.as national emancipation and not rivi l emanci- pation. Dealing with the traditional point of vir\\, Dr. Resnekm descrihed how tlw mob of n nation lie dPeply 111 its traditional ohsPn anc.;es.
\Ir. Judelowitz, deli\rri11g an inspirmg
lel'llll'<' in \ iddish, d<>l\l·rl into 1111' inlirnate l i f1· of Tlwodor Her?.1.
1 r. Gordon. Chairman of LIH' Wooclsto('k and Salt Bi\f'r 1Ichr1'\\ Congregation. in thanking tl1f' speaker:;. n 1'allcd a 11w1·ting he had atlcnded thirty-one war..: ai!o addr<'ssed hv Dr. Herzl. in LrPds.
Ht'\. • . Kassel intone<l tlH' rfaskarnl1.
\ fine 1~nclrri11µ- ol" a pof'1n. "Thl'odor Herzl." was ~iven hy \Tiss Rae Cros-...
Th" ne" ~ servil'r \\as rrad h) \Tr. G.
Baigcl.
The vast aucliene<' <'nllmsiaslirnlh sanp, l fatikvah al thr concl11sion of the MC'morial Even in~. whi('h was hel<l under tlw combined
«w::-pi<·<'s of the Hehrr\\ Congre~ation and Junior ZionisL Society of Wood"tock and Salt Ri\Pr.
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iliO~ii~~f' li-;liili~~
HERZLE I<ONWISER
will conrlnct tlw f)i,·int• Ser\"ice assisted by a f'hoir urnle1· tlw versonal supe1•,·ision of hi ... fath<-1'. ('antm·
n.
.\I. KonwiSC'l', at the'Zionist Hall. Hope St., Cape Town, on Sunday, 8th July, 1934,
AT 7.ao p.m.
1'1w Jmhli<' an• <'onlially in\·ited to attend.
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CLEANING and DYEING.
~lessrs. So botker Bros I German Refugees) have opened a Cleaning and Dyeing concern for ladies' a11d gf'ntlemen'i:; clothes at 53, l\1aynard Rt., C'ape Town. Repairs done by an expert. \Vork collected and delivered promptly. Telephone 2 8869.
July 6tli. 19~1.
Arrival of Dr. Bernstein·
HEADMASTERt JEWS FREE SCHOOL.
On \londa} 1wxl Dr. E. Bernstein. one of the Headmasters of that huge school in the East End of London lnown all ovet . the wcrld as the Jev. s· 1<'ree Srhool, i ...
arriving by the "Arundel Castle . .,
In a letter to His Worship The \Iayor t Councillor L. Gradner). Dr. BPrn"lt>in e:\.·
pressed a wish to meet as many a~ possibl1·
of thP "ol<l boys and girls,. of the Free School during his fi"c days" sta~ m Cap<' Town.
A committee of interested people met in the Mayor's Parlour last week and arranged.
for Dr. Bernstein's reception. \1essrs. L.
Gradner, H. StodeL Sam Goldstein and E.
H. Kloot and Mrs. Franks were appointed as the members of a special arrangemenb
<'ommittce and are rnef'tini! Dr. Bernstein on Monday morning.
\Ir. Gradner is placing a car and clri' Pr at Dr. Bernstein's disposal for the duration of his Yisit to Cape Town and arrang•·menl"
have lwen made for him to visit all Penin- . ~ u la places of interest.
Tn order, however. that Dr. Bern~tein
:-hould have an opportunity of meeting a':' many past Free School pupils as possible a public dinner in the Zionist Hall ha~
he en arranged .
The Mayor will preside, and the ReY.
A. P. Bender, Adv. l\1. Alexander and Dr.
1 Amis Herrman have hcen invited.
Particulars re the dinner will be found in our advertisement columns.
\Ir. E. H. Kloot, P.O. Box 1201 ( ph01w 2-6876). is the Hon. St>cretary.
Obituary.
Mr. J. I. BOROK.
The death occurred Yery ·uddenly on Friday evening last of Mr. J. I. Borok brother of Mr. S. Borok. of Durbanville.
Mr. Borok was a 'ery highly respected nwmher of the Jewish community and he
\\ill he deeply missed hy a wide circle of friends. He was an aC'live member of the Beth Hamedrash Hachodosb Committee, on which body his absem·<:> will be very much
r
ell.An pxlremely lar~e gathering attended
the f unera] which was held on Sunda)
morning. The cortege first stopped at the Beth Hamedrash where an address was de- livered by Rabbi M. Ch. Mirvish.
At the p:raveside Rahhi Z. Sch\\artz, and Rabbi I. S. Kramer paid tributes to the
<leceased.
The deepest condolences are extended to the wido"'. children and relative~ of the fle<'rast'<l on their berem•ement.
Wynberg Hebrew Congregation .
CH AZ AN
WANTED FOR THE FORTHCOMING HIGH FESTIVALS.
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P.O. Box 23, 'Yynh<"r~.
