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IN AND AROUND THE
· PENINSULA
Zionist-Socialist Party.
On Thur day, th in. t.. a farewell r c p- tion in honour of l\1i~ ~ . Rado" sky and
~Ir. h. .AC'hrnn took place al th Parl;
Club.
A larg number of memb r~ ''ere pr --ent.
The hairman. Ii. G. Tel em, op ned the meetin~ and hri fl; d alt \\ ith the de\Otcd act id tie" of Ii. Rado" sky and 1 r. chron and xpr s ed th hope that the; \\ ould C'Onlinuc thei: work for the cau~e. 01, behalf of all tlw m ml n:; the hairman
~ished them a hap1n future.
\11. Z. \in . poke on th important '' ork
~hich 1r. chron had carried on for manv years. H ~.aid that the pi ent organi~e~l Zionist-, ociali~l mm mcnl in ._ outh [1 ica
\\a la1g lv due to the untirin~ effort of
\1r. Ac:hron.
J. Ir. ehron briefly replied and appeal cl to all for more f'ncrg<'lic \\Ork and furthe-- dfort f 01 th catL e of Labour in Pal ~tine.
After n•fre!-ihrncnl" ha<l heen cn·ed. the gathering 'an~ Pale tinian , ong.. 1 hf' function <'loi;;cd \\ ith th "inginrr of th
' h vuah .. m d "TPchf'zaknah.'
Cape Town Herzlia.
A ven; ~uc ·e sf ul me Ling of the ape Town Herzlia wa, held in th Zionist Hall on Munda\, 8th imtant, \\hen a lecture wa delivered ln Rabbi
I.
\1. ervis. The lectur r d alt with the 'ariou aspect of Zioni m from different viewpoint and w nt on to show v\h re the fault lay with Zionic:;m a practiged in the We tern world. He~aid that there was not suffici nt . tre s laid on th(> cultural side of Zioni m, for. aftc1 all, Zionism i a form of nationali m and as . uch mu t embody all the facets of a nation's life if it wa to be succe . fol.
A foely di cu ion followed to "hich Rabhi Gervi . uitably re ponded.
During the eveninrr a paper on "Theodor<' Herzl wa~ read by \fo B. Drui in. ky.
Union of Jewish Women.
The monthly meeting took plaec at the Zioni t Hall on Tu day la~t. Mr . Bere~
zow ki '"a in the chair. and launched an appeal for a ommittee to be formed to raise fund' for the Jewi h Telegraphic Agency. However, a member were not forthcoming. it wa decided to hold a serie' of function , the fir t to be a bridge after- noon at the r . idence of ~lrs. E. Ros .
Mr·. L. Raphaely then gav a \ ery in- teresting talk on the intere. ts. scope and work of the ,ardens ynagogue ommittee.
\1i s R. Yan elderen hrouo-ht up the point of teaching H Jrew to the children at her
"d1ool and it was decided to call a meetin~
of thr l.;nion _ ·ecutiu. :'.\Iis. Yan 7eledr<:>n, and the E ec:uti\{'~ of the United Hebre\\
. d1oob, Hehr \ ongregati n, and the Hebrew Board of Education to inquire into the matter.
Mrs. H. L. Lewi ' report of the monthly meeting of the ational ouncil of Women followed.
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Dr \I ;\find th n p:mc a \ 'r) inte t -tin!!
addr :..~ on .. Education and J1ild P, H.:holog\'. ·· H poinlrd out the imJ ort- anc of nol reprrs!;ing the C'hild. and ho"
many childi h in~tincl • Lo "h ic:h th par nt-.
object ~ trongly. often dev lop into r al accompli~hments. He hclie\e. in ahrnv t 11- in:r the <"hilrl ilw lrulh in an~\\cr .tn hi-.
ciue~tions. and i" n great ach ocatr of ihe f · d<'\ <'lopmenl of in.,.li11cb anrl eharncter d the ('hild. Too mu<"h repre'-' ... ion. he maintain-. make:- tlw ch;Id dr,elop into a moody. rn•111 ot i<' and ~elf-,·onsciouc:. in di- 'idual. had for hinN•lf and th<> worlfl in g ncrnL nnd thi" is thr: !.!r~at point ,~ hiC'h parrnl"' llll!"t al" H\ .. hear in mind.
Board of Guardians.
rranp;emenl'-' ha\' b n mad to in- nug11ratr a ··\I mher~hip DriYt~ '' to cornmence on the 1 t
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emh t for t n day , h; \\hi eh m an. it J!-i ('onfid ntl) hop d that ' r) Jc" andJe"C"!:i
in th Penin ula \\ho hac 11ot H'l IH'<'omc a ~uh'<'l'ihing memh r \\ill do o.~fem]"""' tlf th ommitt e, a i"'tt>d ln fri nds. intend making a thorough eamas~.
hut th ~c "110 ha\' ah· adv mad a ontrihu- lion to the Board wiil not a~ain he approach cl.
Green and Sea Point Jewish Guild.
Th abO\e "'oriel\ held a v rv su ce ._fol Book Tea and Del;ate at the ; . idence of Mr. and Irs. acks, Bellevue Road. . ea Point. Mr. J. Han..,on wa in the chair.
The new~ . ervice "a read h. I is.. R.
Rth .
A dance in aid of the Gr en and ~f'a Point ;nagoguc will be held at rthur·._
, eat Hor 1 on aturday 20th October.
Visit of '' Haolom" Editor.
:\Jr. .\I. 1'. leinman. erlitor of the H bre"
\\erklY ·· Haolorn." is due to arrive in .ape To\\n 011 \o,rmh r ]st. ~·e underc;.tand that "hile 111e main purpose of \Ir. Kl in- man ·s corn inµ; lo ..,outh Africa i to \ i"'i t hi ..
dau~hter. Irs. -. Lourie. of Johanne burg.
ht:> \\ill al"o take the opportunit; v.hi!e hNe of interesting ... A. J wr 111 the
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'' Chevra Gemorrah" Muizenberg.
A \ery ucce~~ful function took place on
\\ rdn<:>sda~. October 3rd, at th Balmora l Hotel. \Ir. B. P. hillip pre ided. The 'i-..itor.;; w re welcomed by Mr. M. Jankelo-
" ill. Chairman of the ongregation.
\ pprop:·iate addre 5e were deli\ er d hv Rah hi Gen-i~. Re'. Frank, le:s r . Kramer.
~\\ arlz. Gordf'n. Arenf'on. Jaff and Levin on.
Ominf! the ernning uitable pre entation"
\\ere madr Lo Rah hi Gervi (the pre~ent
kc:tu.-er I and l\Ir. :i\I. Arenson (the previou.
le:'lurer) in appreciation of their ervice .
antor L Katzin entertained the audien e
\\ ith a few well-rendered song . A vote of thanks to the chair and he singing ()f Hatikvah brought the function to a clo~e.
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oodstock-Salt Ri Circle.
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!ll"nthl~, ll1"f'tinrr nf the \~ oodslo ·k-~a] Ri,er J('\\ish Cultural 'ircle v.ill he h ld at the residence of \lr. and 11rs. J.
'-tein ... Tt'fra Firma. ·· Hares venue, ood- '-lo<"k. on Tuc~day, 18th in~l., at 8.15 p.m.
Dr. II. W. Alt~chul \\ill peak on
•· T Pte1 ioration of Jewi~h Tationalisrn. '' :\1cml t•r-. nnd friend dl kindly im ilf•cl
to attend.
Oneg Shabbath at Claremont' .
Oneg abhath wa held in the Talmud
·1 orah Hall. Jaremont. on aturdav, tlw 6th Oc toher 19:1 l. under the auspices .of the
\lizraC'hi and the Junior Zioni::-t Soc:iet . 1 r. H. \r\\. lead. Chairman of the Clare- mont Hrlnr\\ on~regation pre~ided, and
call d up<'ll Rabbi hraham on to addre s
the mrPling, the ~uhj ct heing ·'.i\lo es" and H rz1.··
Tr. ~I. F1eedman aLo poke.
lr. A. ~ilher propoi! d a 'ol of thank t 1 the ~pcakPrs. and r pres~ecl the hope that the in~titution of Oneg . nhhath 'rnuld he- r om~ permanent.
TI1e proc recling!-i trrminat<·d \\ ith th . ing- ing of (frhre\\ . <'11°. undc th lead!'rship of Ralihi \hraham on.
Wynberg Jewish Circle.
m ting of th ahoY \\C.l
on :\lrnclav rH'ning at th r --idenC'e of and fr .... , ... Wolman. vlain Road. Wynh rg, and \\a" pre ... ided mer hy Mr. A. mi th.
'fr.
G. Laden ]HO\ id cl s vrral humorous c;ketch " "hich "ere mu h apprrciated, a wer the recitations hy l\Ii s Hado\\sky. Mr.Z. Avin ad<lre~~rd thf' me tino- on the i-iuhject of "The w01 k(·r~ of Pal ~tin ·· and gav an illuminating de"cription of < ondition in Palestine to-day. Mi , Rae Cohen propo ed a \Ole of thank to the 'igitor. and th ho t and ho~tec;s of the e' ening.
Bnoth Zion Association (Wood- stock Branch).
A very rncccs ful meeting of the above branch wa held at th re idence of Mr. and Mrs. M. inger, Devon tre t. Wood tock.
Mr". ... \larks \\a. in the chair. he w !corned the speaker. \lrs. \I. Zuckerman, and 1 fa~ ~J. OhlO\\ itz.
During the e\·ening a piano solo and a re itation were rendered by th ~i" Trac:k- man.
\Ir .... Zucke:man poke about the \ ariow•
acti\itie of the Wizo, but she ~·tres ed th>
poinl the t \\.her \er po ible the ational Fund should receive upport a there w re many tract of an1i1able land in Pal<:> tine \\hich were not \et in the posse ion of the Jewish people.
The new"-sheet \\a~ read• hy \Ir.::.
Mark~ and wa comm ntcd upon by Mi Oblowilz, \\ho al. o appealed for upport for the J. 1.F. Each lady donated omething with th re. ult Lhat the sum of eleven Ehilling~ \\.a collected for the ational Fund.
l\Irs. F. :Marks thanked l\.fru. Zuckerman f oi appealing for the J. .F. he aid that it ' a a pity the ladies had not been approached at an earlier date. he added that ._he hoped thi would not prove a d terrent to th attendance of ladi at the
meeting~.
~43, Loop Street
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.~:;T~)CAPE TOWN
Mrs. S. \Larks propo ed a vole of thank~
to the artists and to the speakers, and Mrs.
Zuckerman proposed a vole of thanks to the hosleEs for her kind ho pita1ity.
Cape Jewi sh Aged H ome.
The ne"' building of the Cape Je"' ish Aged Horne will be opened by His Worship the Mayor, Councillor L. Gradner, on Sun- day. 28th Octoher, at 3.30 p.m.
Woodstock-Salt River Hebrew Congregation.
A social \Hts held al the Talmud Torah Hall. Argy le Street, Woodstock, on Sunday last. The hall '\as beautifully decorated by the local Junior Zionist Society and the tables "ere lai<l. out and decorated by the ladies of the congregation.. There were present about three hundred people.
Mr. P. Gordon, the chairman, presided.
and ether speakers were Dr. C. Resnekov and lessrs. M.
v;r
olozimky, B. L. Rubik.The Chairman. in welcoming the mem- ber~. their wives and friends, expressed hi~.
plea~un· in hming the honour to address the111 al a social rather than al the usual customary general election. But no\\ an innovation had been brought about which he hoped had come to stay. Ile further in [ orrned members that they were celebrating their h\enty-firsl birthday as a congregation;
during his time they had es.tablished a Talmud Torah School and a Hebrew Kinder- garten which is noted as one of the best in the Peninsula. This is indeed something to he proud of. He urged members to give their full support in the future as in the pa!;l. so that the congregaion and its. suh- . idary bodie.;; might grow from strength to
~rt>ngth.
Dr. C. Hesnekov appealed to members to unite and moid internal strife which only
rnu~ecl disintegration. He further stated that it is not merely the duty of parents to
<·ornf to Shul on Hosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur, hut to ha\e a Jewish home so that the child might gro\\ up in an atmosphere of Jewisl11w. . lf this ,,:ere clone '"e need have no f<•ar of the futur .
Ir. i\I. Wolozin::;k · hri ·fly enumerated the holiclavs leading up to Simchas Torah.
He said that
Jc,\
ish history and r liµ:ion was orn· \H' cou lcl he proud of.Mr. H L. Ruhik remarked that memhers should not make a god of one institute and so neglect the other bodies, but should giH·
th<>ir utmost support in keeping everythin~
of Jewishness within and without.
Rev. S. Kassel spoke on similar lines.
The follo" ing artists helped to make the evening a success, \iz.: \Iis Edith Richman.
song: vli"s A. Gro.,s. ·ecitation; Iiss } reda Marks, recitation; Mi s D. Kaplan, recita- tion; Rev. S. Kassel, song; Master L. B.
Ke sel, song: Mr. M. Losman, humorist.
Mr. P. Marks mo\cd a "\Ole of thanh to the speakers. arli~Les and ladies v.-ho helped lo make thr function a success, and also to the Chairman, "'ithout whose support the function would nP\ er have h<.>en the succe-..;;.
it had p ·med.
C.T. Maccabee O rganisation.
ow that the winter Eeason is over, th following short review of our activitie published.
The soccer team did very well indeed playing fourteen matches, of
\>\ere won and one drawn.
headed the Zionist League log.
\\'a::s Mr. l. Stein.
which eleven They al 'O
The captain Two teams entered for the Table Tennis Leaµ:ues and did as '\ell a could be ex-
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pected. The 2nd League team was more consistent and did very well, finishing half way up the log. For a first season, the results were satisfactory. The 1st team Captain was Mr. M. Pamm an<l. the 2nd teom Captain :Mr. iVI. Kahn.
The following picnics arc taking place shortly:-
Sunday, 14th October: Picnic to Kirs-- tenbosch. l\Ieet Cape Town Station 8.30 a.m. sharp. Bring food and mugs.
Tuesday, 16th Ot:Lober: Cultural meet- ing at Zionist Hall, 8.15 p.m.
Thursday, 18th October: "At Home··
at Zionist Hall, 8.15 p.m.
Sunday, 28th October: Mystery picnic.
Meet at Zionist Hall, 8 a.m.
Inter-function with Sea Point at Zionist Hall, 8 p .m. This will be a very enjoyable function.
Members are requested to note that Dr.
Rosenfeld will probably arrive in Cape Town on or about the 12th instant.
Club nights will now be resumed as before on Saturday and Sunday e\ening· only, at the Roeland Street Hall.
The Tennis Section has been completely filled and there are no further vacancies.
It is expected that this section will be an unqualified ~ uccess.
The E-wimrning section will commence shortly under the able guidance of Mr.
Harry Getz, the Secretary of the W.P.
Swimming Association, and Miss Millie Matthews, who has kindly consented to coach the girls for this season as well.
C onversazione at Muizenberg.
The second monthly conversazione took place at Muizenberg on Sunday evening last.
Ad". M. Barnett, Chairman of the .P.
Je, ish Club, presided.
The leclurer was Adv. J. Herbstein, who cho e a his subject "The Menace of the Future." He traced the growth of anti-
eu11l1 m in various countries of Europe
· nd di 'CUssed its presence and probable
course in outh Africa. He held that it was a \Vorld~wide di ea e and required a world-wid cur nam ly, thal of a return to Judaism and Eretz I rnel.
\dv. Herbstein's forceful and eloquent address wa greatly appreciated by thf"
large crowd pre enl, many participating in the subsequent discussion.
Social and Personal.
vlr. Barnett Krain is leaving on Thursda).
18th inst., by the "Guilio Ceca re·· on a trip lo Europe.
October 12th, 19:~-t.
3-1 r . Y ettka Levy Stern, who has ju t completed a uccessful campaign in the T1 an vaal on behalf of the Children's Emi- gration Fund, arrives in Cape Town during the coming week-end.
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}lis Marcia c;tlin i leaving: Oll Thur . day, 18th inst.. by the ·· Guilio Cesare" for Pale tine.
Dr. A. Rosenfeld, who is on a vi it to thi country in the interests of the :\Iaccahee Organisation, will arrived in Cape To\\ll from Johannesburg during the wef"k-end.
The marriage of Bessie, daughter of Alr.
and Mrs. S. Jocurn, of :Muizenbcrg, to Bori · Canin, nephew of :\Ir. and ~\lrs. J. Can in, of Johannesburg (late of :Muizenberg l, "'ill take place on Thursday, October 18th, at 7.30 p.m., at the _\Iachsikei Hadaath 1Vliuyan, Beach Road, i\Iuizenberg.
Reception at the Balmoral Hotel. l\luizen- berg. All relati\-es and friends cordiall1 invited.
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The engagement i~ announced of Minnie, elder daughter of ;.\iir. and Mrs. P. Maisel.
Wynberg. to :\Ir. ~Iay~hel Tickten. Royal Hotel. Wynberg. third son of l\fr. and "\Irs.
\. Tykocki. Bialystok.
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:\Irs. M. Be:elo\\ itz, of 213, ·pper Buiten- kant Street, Cape Town, returned 111
the ·' Guilio Cesare'' on the 4th inst. from an extended visit to Europe and Palestine.
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~Ir. and Mrs. A. Comay, l\Iayor and l\layore s of George, arrived in Cape Town in the "Balmoral Castle" on Monday on their return from a six months' \is it to England.
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The marriage of adie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. Davis, of George, C.P ., to Abraham, on of Mr. and Mrs. S. Shaskolsky, of Observatory, ·will take place at the ard ·n ynagogue on Tuesday, 16th October, at lU.~~O a.m. An " L Hom " will after-
" ard~ be held at e1 went Hou •, 1. Ihf St reel.
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Dr. H. L. Ro enberg ha been appointed lecturer in mathematics at the atal Uni- ' er ity College. He is a pa::st !':ltudent of the Cape Town University on<l ha~ had a distin~uished cholastic career both here and overseas.
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Dr. and \lrs. W. ach·. of Johanne'lrnrrr, returned to South Africa on Monda~ h~ the
"Balmoral Castle'' from a trip to Europe.
