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8 2 THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA
Cape Peninsula Jewish "ational Fun<l Council.
1 he annual me ting Look place at the Zioni~t Hall on Monday evening, and wa H·r well allend d by repr entative of Lhe vanou Penin ula oci~Lic and , 'upcrvi or of Bo Di. Lrict ·.
The hairman, Mr. J. Gitlin, al th out ·et r [ rred to the death of Baron Edmond de Roth 'Child, the father of ale Lin coloni a- tion, Dr. \i ictor Jacob on, a m mb r of the World Zioni t Execuli\e, and Johann Kre- mcnetzky, the fir t Director of the J wish 1\ational Fund, and a~ked the meeting to nse a a mark of respect to their memories.
Dr. II. Alt chul, one of the ice-Chair- men of the Council, then made a pre enla- Lion to Ma ler omah Schwartz, the winner of the Jewi h ational Fund competition arran rred for ·hildren up to the age of six- teen, and ref rred to the intere~t hown by him in the work of the Fund and al o to th Boy ' 0\\, n Zioni t ociety of which he is an active memb r.
Mr. Gitlin then reported on the acl1v1t1 of the Council which. showed that the Fund had made good progre during thi y ar.
All item~ of the ational und collection.
howed an increa e, and the total amount coll cted for the year ending 30th June, 1931·, wa £2,631 again t £1,836 for th pr viou · twehe months. The number of boxes di trilmted ha been practica1ly doubled, th total number now plac d in the P niu ula hc-ing about I ,800. Thc-
. hairrn~ n mad speC'ial mention in this l'Oll-
ne ·Lion of th ' t:ellcnl work b ·ing dolle h the Bnolh Zion Association and th· Youth ,~ho have or0aniscd Lhern:: 1 c in ord<'r to allcnd lo tlw di:trilmtion and d arance of
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'llll' liairn1.i11 furth•r t<•porl<'d that tlw f'., I <'llliH• had HIT<Hl"Cd for a pan l of JH·ak ·r lo addr · P •nin ula o i Li and al o a l<·cl111 Pl lo 'i. it all tlw Talrn11d ') orah. in the Pcnin ula t•arly nc.·t )< ar.
I for p1 ot: •cding with Lii<· c eel ion of' a11 E ccuti'vc for Lh en ·uing car, Mr. Gitlin Lhank d the outrroincr E. <·uLiH• for ih<'i r
a::;~i~Lanc and particular! th • ice- hair - men. Di. H. lL.;;chul and \Ii. E. harloff.
and th Hon. cnetarv, l\Ji.,.~ Jane Kaufman, who put in an non~ou · amount of \\ork during th ear. Th •l ction of the E. c utive r _ulted a follow : Mr.
J.
Gillin, chairman; Dr. II. W. lt ·drnl and Ir. E.harloff, vi e-chairmen ~ Dr. . Resnekov, hon. trea urer; VI is Jane Kaufman, hon.
ecr laf). Committee. Mrs. B. Berold, Mr.
G. Lad n. "\Ir. I. ata". vii..,::- D. Radnw~ky.
\lrs" rs.
J. .
ari f. J. \L \'hi nrich, \frs. 1.ZuckPrman and one repre entative of the Cape Zioni~t Youth E ecutiv
~ ith a vote of thank~ to the Chair th meeting concluded.
Lnion of Jewish Women.
1 he monthly meeting of the Union of
JC\\ i. h Women wa, held in the Zioni ·t Hall
la~t Tuf';::day.
\lr:;. B. Tu sbaum wa in Lhe chair, a·
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l""\. BereZO\\ ski, the chairlady wa indis-µo ed. After the minut , and corre ·pond- ence had b en dealt with, a mo l intere Ling paper on "My Impres~ion of the Paris 011-
f('rence," wriLLen by Adv. B. olomon wa~
read h; Mr.. J. Gottlieb. dv. olomon told detail of the onfer IH.e-ho\ o er four hundr d delegates had gathered there.
r pre ·en ting t\\ enty-~e\ en countrie and how ' omen' affair::, child \velfare and general world and movement had been di cus ed.
Finall h decided that th crux of the '"hole onfer nee wa the fact that four hundred women were returning lo their own countrie all of them now emi ~arie. for fostering that international pirit and broader outlook '"hich mu t come if thi. civilisation of our i to be saved.
After tea the meeting Ii tened to a mo:;t vivid and appealing talk by Mr . L 'Y· tein.
he told of th horror which the JewiJ1 youth of Germany now endure~, and im- pressed on u th fact that Pale tine is their only ahalion. There the ·hildrc-n '\ere pul on the land, and vere train d for re ponsible po ·ition~, and th re was no fear of their heing ent hack to the hell that is GC'rmany, or lo wand r, countryle , through- out the \vorld. Pal tine was th ir own
lH'\\ land, wh re the would f el r all; ~afp
and l:'Cllled.
~ommitee wa formed at th end of' the addre~s to h Ip Ir.. cv - Lein in her
\\ ork of sen cling thcs poor hildr n to Palestin .
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'ol<• of thanh to i\Tr . T v · t in.
lh11i11g the afl<'lllOOll It ·. . Lit'IH'l'Jllllll
mac1t nn npywal for th upport of tlw
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C'W ish hronicl<'' a id • und and111l'l "ith a ready n• pone; veral ladie
1wndcd in tlwi 1 <lonalion imm di at 1 and Ir . Leon , q~a] ann unced that sh ' ould ,<J!d a hrid~c aft rnoon in aid of the fuw' on '[ w•-;day. Drr:r-mhcr ~rd.
llrith Trumpe.ldor Flag Ceremony.
A cer mony ime l<'d with unu ual dignity and int r l took place und r the au pice ·
1 f the Wood 'lock B tar la t unday in the Wood Lock Talmud Torah Hall.
Th hall wa_ crowded th r being about thr e hunclr d spectator pre ent. The occa ion wa the pre. enlation of a flag by
\tlafaked Hagalil, \Ir. }lax Ben Ari , to the WoocLLock Betar.
~\fLC'r th arriH1l of the guard of honour
the bugle call wa, ounded. The Betar Gdud, und r the command of Mafakadet J.
Bercowitz, marched in. The Mafaked Hagalil escorted by his officer and the flag bearer mounted the platform, and the audience ro e to sing the Hatkivah.
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Dr. Alt chul, who was in the chair, ex- plained the significance of the ceremony and outlined th aims of th B tar 1110\ rmcnt.
The dramatic moment of th vening wa_
\\hen the \lafaked Hagalil pres nted the fta~
to Lhe ~Iafakadet of the Wood tock Gdud.
m1d thL, ge tur wa followed by the ri in'.!
of the audienc and the ingin~ of the Beta,r hymn. \fr. B n-Arie, in a hort speech.
plained what the flag ymboli ed, and urged the n ed for young and old to in-
1 re L themselve in the Betar movement.
"\1i s ercO\ itz r ceived p cial congratu- lation on her pl ndid work among the Wood tock Betar.
A delightful cone rt then followed, th oulslanding feature of which '" re 8ong~
h; \IL Fanny Milner, the Bf'tar hoi r and
\la ter Kudewitzk .
Youth Oneg Shabbos.
On aturday next, the 17th inst., a Youth Oneg habbo~, under the au pice of the ap Zioni L Youth Executive, will be held in th Zioni l Hall, Hop treet, Cape To,rn, at 1.15 p.m. harp.
Rabbi I. M. Geni will addre the gathering on "Orthodoxy and Reform Judai m." Mr. E. Kluk will be in th chair.
Zionist Conuersazione.
1\1 r. 1. . Judelowitz, of Johanne burg '"ill p ak on "The Eternity of the Jewi h
\aLion" at th conv r azione to he held in Lhe Zioni l Hall next Tue day e ening.
Hebrew Teachers' Association.
An e lraordinar me Ling of Hebre\\
teacher \\ill take place on unday, th Wth in 'l., in th Talmud Torah Hall, at 8.15 p.m.
The me ting ' ill revise th ~ llabu · in order to introduce ome improv m nt and will di· ·u~ · man · important matter .
The ommitte ha rec nll y adopted a rc~olution Lo accept the pri al teacher a::- membt>r:s of Lheir ociation, and invit
Lher •for all the pri ate teacher in the·
I\ 11in ula lo atternl thi tino, \·hi h ill al o d ·al with Lht, ah°' I olution in ord r lo form on<• st1 ong ho cl of th, H hr , I< a 'hers in thr ap<>.
Brith Tnunpel<lor.
A l• lannl Danr will h held in th ood- sto ·k 'I almud Torah Hall 1 rg 1 tr cl, on Sund a , l BLh ov mb r. al 8.15 p.m.
An app ·al i. made lo hoth memh r and non-mcmbC'l's lo avail them!' Ive.' of th
<1pporlunity of pm Lieipaling in what pro- mi::es lo he a v ·r · enj o able function and at th same time of upporting a
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wi h ) outh organi ation.Boys' Own Zionist ociety.
A meelin° wa held on aturday night with haver Fri drrood in the chair. Th
DC\.\ wa read by Chaver harloff and
lunrt Ber on poke on Baron Edmond d
Roth~child
:\fr. vlelamed spoke on the "Zioni t ociali t Part , " and que tion ' ere a ked H brew ong were sung and a Hebrew
~tor wa told by haver Caplan.
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CAPE TOWJi-1.
f\o,emher 16th, 1931.
Cape Mizrachi Organisation.
Ther are many jn Cape To'.¥n who will be extremely glad to learn that the Tal- mudical Class Tachkmony under the wper-
\ision of the Mizrachi Organisaion is de- Yeloping well. The Talmud lessons delivered by Mr. Hoff man are visited fre- quently by young boye who are fairly well
\ersed in Talmud. Arrangements are being made with prominent scholars for Tanach and Judaism, and there is a probability of starting these courseSt shortly.
The official opening of the Tachkmony took place on unday, the 4th instant. at the residence of Mr. I. Shuel. Mr. B.
Chidekel presided. After the Hascholo of Bovo Metzia was delivered Lo the boys and gue:1ts by Mr. Hoffman, refreshments and tea wefe kindly provided by Mrs. Shue1.
Rabbi M. Ch. Mirvish spoke eloquently of the significance of the study of th<:' Talmud in South Africa by young boys.
the foundation of u Yeshiva in Cape Tm\
and its influence on generations to come.
~ Lengthy ~·pecches were delivered hy Rabbi L S. Kramer, Rahhi S. Crawitzky, of Wood-
•toc k, Rabhi . Ahrahamson, of ...laremont, Rahhi B. Lipshitz, of Parow, and Messrs.
~J. MoroC'n'-'tCrn,
n
Chiclekt>l and I. Slrncl.all of ·,\hom t' prt'1'!:-icd tlu'ir moral and materiJl support.
Kowrw Hebrew Friendly Society.
At a members' meeting of Lhe abo\e Society held recently in the Zionist Hall, Cape Town, a lecture was delivered by the Society's phy~1ician, Dr. Ben Cheifilz. The Chairman, Mr. L. Kantor, presided.
The lecturer gave a lengthy description of the effects of diet on our health and physique.
After the lecturer had answered questions raised by the members, the chairman pro- posed a vote of thanks to the lecturer.
Woodstock-Salt River Jewish Cultural Society.
A lecture on "Spanish Jewry" was1 de- livered by Dr. C. Resnekov at his residence on Tuesday evening.
The lecturer gave a vivid description up- plemented by historical facts relating to the Jew~1 in Spain during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries down to the "Expul- sion" and "Inquisition."
After the lecture a discussion took place in which Mr. Aronson and Dr. H. W.
Altschul participated.
Mr. Alex. Rubin was m the chair and the meeting terminated with a humorom reading by Rev. S. Kassel.
Bnoth Zion Association.
An "At Home" will be held in the Zionist Hall on Tuesday, 20th inst., at 3.15 p.m. Rabbi I. M. Gervis will deliver an address on "Achad Ha' am-Zionist and Philosopher."
Bnoth Zion (Maitland Branch).
A social evening will be held at the residence of Mrs. S. Sieff, Main Road, Mait- land, on Monday, 19th inst., at 8 p.m. Adv.
H. M. Bloch will deliver an address.
THE S.A.
JEWISHCHRONICLE.
Children's lnimigration to Palestine.
The follov .. ing Ladies' Committee was elected al the meeting held under the auspices of the Union of Jewish Women last Tuesday afternoon: Mesdames M. Son- nenberg (Chair lary) , Ginnist, B. Stern, Leon Segal, Sierad~ki, D. Lazar, P. M. Clout , M.
Zuckerman, Maurice Harris, J. Frenkel. Fip;, Sam l\ewman, H. Allschwang, Berman, B.
Diamond, Smolan, Cohen, the Misses M.
Oblo,vitz, Abelrnhn, Barron. Mrs. J. Albert Davidson (Secretary) .
Strand-Somerset West Zionist Association.
!\Ir. B. Padowich will be the epeaker at the Conversazione which will be held at the Strand on Sunday e\ening, the 18th inst.
Jewish National Funcl Box Clearance.
The next quarterly Box Clearance will lake place throughout the Cape Peninsula on 8unrlay, the 2nd December.
Social ancl Personal.
1\1 r. and Mrs.
J.
Gernndheit left yesterday in th1· ''Duilio" on th ir return lo Palestine.* * *
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Miss Lily J ocum left yesterday m the
·· Duilio" on a trip to Europe.
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Mr. Arthur Lewin, Secretary of the '\ational Union of South African Students, and Mrs. Lewin, have been invited to accom- pany the party of students, which Stails for Europe in the "Guilio Cesare" on Decem- ber 6th, as guests of the National Union of Students in England.
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A Rationalist looks at Religion.
That the new wine of science ha burst tht> old bottles of religious dogma 1s the text of "Modern Knowledi:?;e and Old Belief.s,'' a ~equel to "The Churches and
\Iodc>rn Thought." which achie\ed much promirwnce. Mr. Vivian Philips (incident- ally. a Cape To,rn resident) has summarized tl1f' impaC'l '" ith lucidity and o;incerity. His approa<'h is that of the Rationalist, for
\\horn the "Old Belief~/' haw become not mrrdy untenable, hut a mischievou clog lo human progress, al a period in human historv which demands our unhampered in- telligence and sanity. That this appeal for candour does not fall on deaf ears goes without saying. The organised forms of religion have lost all appeal for the bulk of intelligent men and women, and even for the rnasse the ~ecularisation of life, the play of new ideas, and the general dis- integration of old economic and social norm·, has produced a d<'<>p-rootc>d religious apallty.
Thi~, hook is a challenge primarily directed against the Christian Churches, hut in i::ub Lance it must be met by our own faith as well. Just because in the Ghetto the Jewish religion was co-extensive with the whole group-life, it has been more damaged than others by the sudden seculari- sation of that group-life. Even in our own rnmmuniLy, there is a refusal to face the fact that the Jewish faith has not siuccess- full y survived the transplantation to the new environment. The shool-attendance of our younger people on High Festivals is at most a conce~sion Lo group-unity and at least a vestigial survival as vital as the v rmiform appendix in the human body.
The present revival of solidarity is1 on the fashionable basis of a secular nationalism, and even Hebrew is becoming used again aSt a national tongue and not a religious medium.
Our religion may yet play a great part in the nalional rejuvenation-it will not be preserved by a mere blindness to its pre·
sent decline.
M.S.C.
"MODERN KNOWLEDGE AND OLD BELIEFS" by Vivian Philips. Watts· &
Co., London.
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Omission.
The Treasurer of the Jewish ationaJ Fund regrets the omission in the lists pub- lished of the September Box Clearance of the name of Mrs. Sidney Goodman, Victoria Road, Sea Point, from whose box MesdameS>
J. Heneck and I. M. Hurwitz cleared
£1 6s. 3d.
We regret that the name of Adv. J.
Herbstein was omitted from the list of names of the Committee of Children's l'rnmi- gration to Palestine in last week's issue.
