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Zionist Conversazione.
An exec ·din~ly large gathering attended Lhe Zionist Conversazione on Tuesday 11:p:ht.
Dr. S. E. Kark acted as host, and at ihe outsci extended a very hearty welcome tu
\.1r. and Mrs. L. Policansky, of Tel-Aviv, w lw are at preo;;ent on a v1s1t to South .\ f ··ica. They , 1ere all, he said, ex~remdy glad Lo have hack with them, e •en if only for a little while, these two ex-South African-.. "ho '\::;re hf' Id in such great affection and e:=.teem
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all \vho knew them here. They '"ould always receive an ex- ccedinp:ly "arm wekome whenever they pa:d a visit to this country.Mr. Policansl y responded, expressm~
tlrnnb 011 hi.: own and his \vi[e's behalf for ihr, wel•'omP whic harl been extended them.
He spoke briefly of the grov~ th \-\hich was taking place in Palest:ne even since his last "isit to Cap<.' Town some three years a~o. The Jewish population had increased till it \\as le-day snme 2.SO,COO. There "ere portions of the rountry wh:ch were practic- ally unrecognisable e\en to those who had hecn there only a short time back.
After the Jewish news had been react
~Mr.
H.
l\I. Bloch procee<led to initiatea
discussion i11 "h:ch a large number partici- pated.
Mr. Blcch 'lueslioned whether, despite the fact that the financial results had heell so very satisfactory, the last Keren Ha,esod campairrn had heen a surcess. He tf~sted the str<'ngth of th<.' Zionist movement not by tlH' fi11anC'ial contributions Lo Zioni8t funds lrnL by the nurnher of people who
\\CJ<' rPally imbued \\ith true Jewish 11atic11al feeling and who co-operated i11 ti1<' ordinary e,·ery-da; Zionist work. J udg •d h) these standards he was prepared to say that the z:onist movement in South Africa had made no progress durinp. the last ft fleen years. inety per cent. of those
"ho contributed to Zionist funds did so nol necessarily because they were Zionists.
As for the movement outside South Africa. the same could he sa:d. Compared wilh nationalistic movements in other countries, allowing even for tremendous ad- vantages on the side of the latter, the Zionist m0\emenL insofar as the number of its adherents was concerned, lagged very far behind.
Among those who participated in the discussion were Meo;;srs.
B.
Mirvish, E.CharlofL
.T.
G:tlin. Kot1owitz. M. AleKander.D. Getz, Dr. H. W. Altschul and
J.
Herh-stein.
·Musical items "ere rendered by Miss F.:
Ro!!off ,vho gaye a pianoforte solo and
Mr. Fa~an who sang. ! \
Oneg Shabbos.
Dr. H. W. Allschul delivered a "\ery ~nler
estinf! lecture on "The Marranos" . to the On cg Shabbos gathering on Saturday af Ler-
noon. Rev. Cohen presided.
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The lecturer ~ave a graphic description of the. mental an<l physical sufferings of the l~larranos-the Jews who were com- p~lled to adopt Christianity against thc:r inner · con vie! ions during the time of the Spanish persecutiom. He described thr tragedy of Je\dsh Ue in Spain during the 14th and 15lh centuries \\.he11 the Church was rabid in its per:-;ecution of the Jews and he· inquisition '":th its indescrihahle torture was estahlshed.
Cantor Konviser and his young son n'ndered sp·,cral songs lo th<.' veat de>li~h1
of the large audie11cr.
A Barmitzvah.
Jlr. and ,\11~. Hermann Wolff and i.heir ::-on, Bernard Liond, were the recipients of many congratulntioHs durin~ thr week-end en the occasion of the latter's becoming Barm:tzvah. Yomi~ I1 rnard read MafLr and the Haftorah al ihe Roeland Street Sy1wgogue en Saturday morning and 011 Sunday aftf'rnoon a reception was given hv his parents at their re~idence in Sea Point..
Although Mr. and l\Jrs. Wolff haw onl v recent I_ 'settled in the Cape, they hav·, earned for ti1emsel es many fr:ends: .Ylrs.
~ olff i::-. nn acli\c L'Ommu-nal worker and i:,-; asscH. iated with a numher of charitable a:; \\.t>ll a,- natiC'nal organisation" in Capt>
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not surprising, therefore, that a lurµ.e gathering of friends and colleague~assembled at her reside11ee on Sund<.t) after- uoon.
\lr. ~I. Ale. andt~r.
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M.P., propost•d tht• loa"l of the lt1rn1it1.\ah. and }Ja~tcr Liunel re~ponded i11 a H'ry neat little :::-pe0"h. '1 Ire }la;. or. ~\Ir. L. Gradner. pro- posed the to<.Lb of the parents, to \\hich both Mr. and !\Ir_. Wolff responded. The toast of the grandparents \\a proposPd hv Mr. A. M. Abrahams an<l Rev. Rosenherg.of Pretoria Ofrs. Wolff's father), responded.
Amon" tho.<' present wen~ Mrs. L.
Gradner, 'vlrs. Rosenberg (Mrs. Wolff's motlwr \.d10. together \\ilh her husband, had come to Cap<.' To\rn spec'ally for i:lw occas1011) i\lr<;. ,\. i\l. Abrahams, Mr. and Mrs. L. Segal, Sir. aud Mrs. I. :Mauerberger.
Mr. and Mrs. H. StodeL
:\Ir.
and Mr..:. P.Press, Mr.
B.
A. Crasnc\\, Mrs. M. Zucker- man, Mr::-. H. Glaser. Dr. and 1\Irs. I. M.Hurwitz, ~Tr:-. hid or Cohen, He,. and vlr~.
P. Rosenberg, :\Ir. \. l\l.
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ackrn11 and ~1r.E. H. Kloot.
C. T. Macc.abee O rganisation.
The Armual Ball tak.c>s place on the ,Jth Au~u:-;t I Saturday l at the Hotel Edward.
Mill .~trcet, Cape To\\11. As this affair "ill. be an outstanding social success all members
·are requested lo attend and join in the fun.
The fortnighth cultural meeting will be held' on the 7th ,\ug;usl at 8.15 p.m. at the Zioni~t Hall. lemb<.'rs are requested to note the change of "\enue on this occasio11.
The bi-annual µ.en<>ra] meeting \\,1
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place on Tue::;day, the 21st instant, al Hie Zionist Hall at 8.15 p.m.
Mem1Jers are requesled to note that lhe Roe laud Street Synagogue Hall will nol b · mailable en Saturday or Sunday. the ·hh
<.:nd Sth i11'-lant.
Woodstock and Salt River Jewish Ladies' Society .
. \ committee meeting of the above Soc:et)
\\a::. held at the Talmud Torah Hall, Wood- stocl', on Thursdav. 18th
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ulv. to-eleet a Chairlad) and 5c~·rctary for. the· Societ~.The committee '"as el~cted at a ge1wr;l rnreting of the memher~ of the Society.
Mrs.
B.
Bloch opened the meeting in her cnparity of Act:ng Chairlady. She asked for norninations for Chaiilady. Mrs. B.Btocl was unanimously elected to thi:
po~ilion. l\1 r:=.. Shein and 1\Irs. S. i larks
\'.Cre t lellNl Joint Hen. Secretar~es.
Bnoth Zion Branch at Woodstock- Salt River.
Tt:e first meetirig of the above 5oci('ty
\\ aE held at Lhc rc:Sidence of Mr. and ~ lrs.
S. Iarl .~. ::\Irs. B. Bloch opened the m et-
l l l " ~md u~ked for nominations for Chair-
la<ly. M 1~. S. ,\larks was unanimousl:.
der·tPd.
Arnmgt•me11ts \.\ere made to can Hts Wood- '-'l<H'k awl Sa1t River for more member ...
for the Soc:'cty and to increase the number of do11atif'J1s to th<.' Keren Hayesod.
The m·ws-sheet wa read by Mrs. S.
\Jarb. The ne t meeting of the Soc.;iety
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held at the residence of Dr. and .\lr:-;. C. He~nekov on Thursda;, 23rd Aw.!:ust.when Mrs . .:\Iihashan \\ill delher an addres~.
Muizenberg Young Israel Society.
On Frida; la~t a Junior 11.re:;ide E\cn"ug was held. This was followed by the fort- nightly me::!tinn of th Society on Sunday.
1 he meeting took tlu~ form of a dehal<', many mcmL< ·=- taking part in the di~cu~
s;on. This .;:hm\s the kee1111es~ of m1·mlw1~
in the cultural activities of the Sociely.
The next m<.'t'ting '"ill be the Senior Fireo;;ide E\en:11µ: to be held on Friday.
\ugust 3rd.
Talmud Torah Boys' Minyan.
The Talmud Torah Boys' Minyan cele- brated its eighth anni\.ersar; on Saturday morning, 28th inst., al the Talmud Torai1 Hall.
There wa-; a large gathering of young boys present.
Mr. J. Levin and Mr. Kaplan, the Shamus.
offic~ated al tht> morning ~ervices, \.\bile
vlr.
1. Sudat rendered the ".Vlusaph Services.Owing to the unavoidable ah..;enc of Mr.
.'\. Le\in. the Principal, and
:'\'Ir.
E.Kupowitz, the Chairman, l\lr. Z. Avin de- livered the usual address in Hebrew. He· paid tribute lo the late Mr. J. Homa, the founder of the ::\linyan eight years ago, and was pleased to see that the Minyan was <loin~ progressiv work.
Among Lho~e present were Mrs. Homa,
".Vliss Homa, Mr. J. Ebitz and Mr. B. Levin.
Mr. Padcwskv made the Brocha, after which ref rPshments were served to the boys, under the supervision of Mr_
L.
Peires and l\1r. A. Friedg-ood.
143, Loop Street
(~g;;;.er .~~:;T~) C~PE
TOWN.
\ ugust 3rd, 1934.
Mr. Heinz Hirschland.
Mr.
Heiuz riirschland, who is to play on Thursday n;ght at the Cape Town Orchestra Symphony Concert. is a recent arrival from Germany ·with a fine reputation as a piani t, teacher and accompanist.Mr. Ilirschland is a pupa of the world- famous Arthur Schnahel, under whom he studied for seyeral years. He taught in Berlin, and besides giving many concerts in var:ous cities in Gt'nnany, he made success- ful c01H'P1l lour" in Italy. Switzerland and Spain. His arrinll in Cape Town is a considerable asset lo musical circles here.
On Thur..,,dav n:~ht, l.vhen he makes his first public appear;nce in South Africa, he
\\ill play Rachmanino\ 's Piano Concerto in C Minor.
Memorial Meeting at Woodstock
lJnder the auspices of the Woodstock-Salt River Jew:sh Cultural Circle a memorial meHing for the late Chaim Nachman Bialik will he lwld on 1 hursday, 9th inst., at B
p.l~l. al the Talmud Torah Hall, Argyle
:-itrcN, Wood-.tock. Prominent speakers \-vill address the gatherinl!. All are welcome.
Lecture by Rabbi Gervis.
At th<· meet,nµ; of the Woodstock-Salt Hiver Je\" ish Cultu ml Circle held al the re.·id1•nce of Mr. and \lrs. ·p. \larks, Wood- :-lock. Hahhi J. ~I. Gervis l<'ctured 011
·· HalJbi Y chuclah Ilalevy."
t the outset the lecturer dtew a parallel licl\\ 1•cn Bialik and llahhi Y ehudah Hali~\')
who wrote ancl ·pokt· lo the nati'on in. 1111nt•
or less a similar "' ay, although one had lived eight hundred years later than the other.
Procc<'cling. Halilii Gervis spoke of Y chudah Hale\ y as of the grealesL IIehre\\
poc>t and litrrary giant of his period, for in his poems he expressed the spirit of the life of Lh<' Jc-wish people whom he l<)\ ed.
lJc devoted his life entirely Lo the ideal of the Jewish pe'ople and eventually \\ enl to [>ale!:iline, al that time an exceedingly daJJgerous undertaLng.
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the discussion which followed mam mcmlwri" participated. In the unavoidable absence cf the Chairman, Dr. C. ResnekO\, the meeting was presided over by Mr. A..] . Hasker, and a vote of thanks was pro- po::-((l by :Vlr. S. \larks and seconded hJ
\Ir. B. L. Rubik.
Woodstock-Salt River Junior Zionists.
The annual Char~ty Concert (funds to he devoted to the Chalutz Scheme and Keren Hayesod) will be staged on Sunday.
12th inst., in the Talmud Torah HalL Argyle Street, Woodstock. The two plays and sketches are heing producerl by VIr.
YI. Lazarow and acted entirely h; members of the Society.
There will also he singing, daucin~ and novelty :terns, etc.
Observatory-Mowbray Jewish Guild .
On Tuesda~: 2hh July, at the home of
:\Ir.
and Mr~. L Dickman, "'The Bend.··Pinelands, a 1neeting of the abow Soeiet y was held. Dr. Lizerbrum was in the chair and presided O\er a gathering of ahouL forty people. Dr. Gross read an essa on
"Jewish German or German Je\\-. ''
A d.scussion follo\\ed in which SC\ era!
interesting questions were answered. Tea and refreshments, kindl; proYided hy the hostess, were served.
A Hebrew sing-'wng follo\\ed and the mer ting concl nded with Mr. Abe Roberts thanking the speaker and Dr. Altschul pro-
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posiug a \Ole of thanks to the host and hostess.
The annual dance of the above Society will he held at the Hotel Edward on Satur- day, lBth August, 193~. Tickets are obtain- able [mm the President, Dr. Lizerbrum, or memhf'rs.
A Concert.
A grand concert 1mder the auspices of the Zioni-.t Social isl Party \\ill he held
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on Sunday evening, 12th inst., in a :d of Palestine Labour Funds.Bialik Memorial Evening.
A memorial Evening to the "Shloshim"
of Chaim ~ad1man Bialik will be held in the Zion :..,t Hall on Sunday evening, 5th
;usl., under the auspices of the Zionist Social° st Party. All are welcome.
Hebrew Teachers' Association.
The annual general nw<'l~ng of the Hebre"' Teachers' Asso<"iation \\ i II be hf'ld in the Talmud Torah Hall, Cape Town, 011
\fonclay, (>lh inst., al B.15 p.m.
Young J udean Concert.
On Sunda), 5th insl., the Cape Town Young Judeans are holding a co1H·erl i11 the Old ShuL (,overnrnenl Avcn ue, ;n conrH'c- Lio11 with the SoC'iPly 's <'jglnh anniversary.
Ad111i!:'sion \\ill he on donation of ls. for adults and ()cl. for <'hildrcn and th<· p1·o<·t>eds
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go to\-vards the Chalutz ~-i<'hemr.In Brief.
Tile engagement is a1111ou11ct•d of Lily, scc<'nd daughter of \lr. and \lrs. I. So11e11- sC'hcr, of Sall River, and Dr. D. B. LC'wis, of l~lsie~ R,\er, ::;rcond son of i\lr. and \Ir::-.
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l . .i1'\\is, of ~Lellenhosch.... * • *
The engagement is <.u1110u11ce<l of PearL elder Jau~htrr of \fr. and ~\Irs. I\. Lazaru'-'.
of Tambocrs Klo< L and llair;, elder son of Mr. and \Ir!:'. A. Gclh, of Stellenbosch.
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fr. l~eurv Hermann ldL on Wednesday on a sl10rt ~·isit lo .loha11nesln1r12.
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Mr. Bcnzion S. Hersch arri\es in Cape Town during Lhc wec:k-<:nd frem Johannes- burg.
Mr. a;1d \irs.
W. s:Lusk~· .
of \,] uizenberg . returned to Cape TO\\ n01;
Ionclay by the·'Wan\ i<'k Castle" from a trip lo Europe .
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J.
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\Ir. L. Polif'ansky,
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Paarl Junior Zionists.
(Froni a Correspondent.)
An
impre~si\C' Bialik 111cnwrial JJH't'linµ;v.a~ held in the Talmud Torah l lall. \t the outset the CJ1airman ( \l 1. Jacoh Le\ in- solm) pa:d a Lrihutc Lo the late Jilr.
J.
Rahino\\itz, and the audicnl'c ~lood a~ a mark of respe('L.
\fr. Le\insolrn hricny ~pokt• on the life ..
an l w0rl c, of Bialik. and n·ad ...,e,·eral of his poemc,.
vlr. Z. \,in. of Cape Town. gaH' a detailed a <·ouril of B:alik\.; youth. hi:-:
further career, and his \\orks. During his
vi~il to
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c:ksline a ::-ho rt while ago he had met, B:alik perscnally, and -was !:-truck hy his :simplicity anrl his antipalh) to any form of di~play. ~Ir. Avin mentioned the important part l3iatk played not only in lh<> literarv world hut also in the communal life of ljalesliue. and of the rcmarkahle innuencriw
exerted on the Yi:--huh.Mr:s. Ilavman read se\eral of RialiJ-:.., poems.
\Tr. E.
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llornilz proposed a \Ole of thanks to ~1 r. 1h-'.n, which wa~ !:'eeonded hv .Mr. S. Miller.·The mcrLing <'Oncluded wiLh the !'inginµ.
of Hatikvah.
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