THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA
. Secretaries of Societies at·e kindl~· asked to .·end in reports of functions the same week as they o<·cu1·. Late reports will not be inserted in future.-Editor.
Bnoth Zion Association "At Home."
A well-attended meeling of the Bnoth Zion A ociation v. as held in the Zionist Hall la t Tu ~day afternoon.
Adv. M. Oblov. itz pre ided and introduced the lecturer. Rabbi I. vl. Gervis, who chos(' a his subject '·Achad Ha'am-Zioni t and Philosopher." This addressed proved most interesting and informative.
In his introduction Rabbi Genis said to-day more than ever Zioni m should he tudi d and di cussed not only as an ansv.er to . Hitlerism but as an answer to all problems that he~et Je\\ ry throughout the v. orld.
The thorough understanding of Achad Ha' am', philoscph) of Zioni m propounded mor than four decades ago i able to gi' e this answer to Lhe complexities of Jewish life to-day.
The memory of Asher Gim•berg has been perpetuated by the pseudonym with which he signed his articles and as Achad Ha'am, meaning "one of the people.. this great Zionist and philo~opher '·ill e'er he re- m mhered.
H Sa\ that the Je\H• of Rut'sia, fo his tune. ho\\ ed do\rn by per1::.•eculion accepted th ir condition as the d cree of fate and did nothing to impr<>\e their l:;lalus. He, toµ;ether "ith Pin:-ker aud a :-mall hand of people, the Bne ~loslw, enclem oured w in- ('Ulcale a spirit of re-.Lle"..;11ess in Lheir p op le and dis--ati-..faction \\ Lih th<' intol<'l'- al 11 -.tall• of affair.,, Tl1t l'l'aliscd dial th<'
<rnake11i11g < f Liu· 11ati1111al prid i11 llie .le"
of Ru~ ... ia "otdd he ll'<'OtH'ilul w tlw iµtH miniou-. trl'alm nl meted out io Lhem.
Ac had I la 'am \\as di. "alisfied "ith ihe t)JH' of ChaluLzirn \\ho \\!'re ~win r to Pales- tine. becaus they \\Ct(' forced i< leme iJwir
\ illage and heeau~e they "ere not imbued
\\ iLh th inner urge that sl10uld ha e dri' en them to hrme liard.,hips for the purpo~e of building up Erctz 1-.uwl as a national hrine for all Jewry .. . On contt>mplating ihc· men- tality of hi peoplt in Rusfia and the t) pe, he !:"aw at th Wailing Wall in Palestine he
"'as cominced that before Erelz Israel could be rebuilt. tl e people would have to he rebuilt and their national ego which had been obliterated restored to them. He awrred that the memor) of the past and the outlook for the future were neces!:.ary for the awakening of this na6onal ego.
Thu to him J udai m had two functions, hi Lorical and national. He saw no divid- ing line bet\\<een Jewish nationali m and religi n and maintained that "more than the J ewi~h people have observed the ab- halh ha the Sabbath kept them .. ,
To Achad Ha'am the people in the Galuth w re as important a, tho 'e in Palestine, and he looked forn ard to the day \\hen Pales-
tine \\ ith a Jewish majority "ould he a cultural centre from which rav "ould emanate that would enlighten Jew~ i:hrough- out the world. But to him it was, all im- portant that there ~hould be a mutual con- tribution between Je\vs in the Galuth and Jew in Eretz I rael.
During the course of the aflernr•on two interesting extraet were read by Mrs. R.
Friedlander from "The Ploughman .. , A Yote of thanks to the lecturer ''as pas Pd hy Mrs. I. \f. Hurwitz.
Cape T'own Herzlia.
On Sunday, 11th in L., a wry interesting lecture was deli, cred to the above ociety in the Old Synagogue by Dr. I. M. Hurwitz on the subject "The 1\Iotives Underlying the Balfour Declaration.·· Dr. Hurwitz dealt chiefly \\ilh the Gentiles' point of 'iew, quoting passages frcm contemporary news- paperSi to empha-.i~e his l:;tatement . During the evening a paper on "The Life of Lord Balfour" was read by Mis' F. Jaffe.
The ne:x.t meeting ~f the Societ\ \\ill bP a
Chanukah evening to b held . n Sunday 2nd December, at the Old S\nagoaue
Ga~:
dens. · c '
Vacation Courses for Hebrew Teachers.
The Board of Hebrew Education, in co·
operation with th<' Hrhrfw TeachPrs' Associa- tion, i · arranging a 'acaLion cours for teachers comrneneing on January 6th for one ·week. Details \\ill he announced later.
Forthcoming JPizo Conjerenre.
'I ht> election of <lclegales lo th forth- coming izo Conf •rcrH'< Lo be lwld in Pal tin \\ill take plt1<'<' al a full nH l'ling of th· Worn ·n· Council to b • h ·Id in Johanneshmg 011 Lh 2GLh insl. ocicties an· ask d to submit thPi r nominalion'-' imm ·dialel •.
Inmates of Cap'' }''tvish Aged Home Entertained.
I 11 l elebraLion of Lh ' marriage of their daughter ecila lo .\Ir. Fritz Raphaely, Ir.
and Mrs. Woolf Harri~ on 1 uesdav 13th in t. gave a ::-pccial luncheon al the In -titu- Lion to the inmates of the Cape Jewish Aged Home.
Mr. H. Ro en propo d the loasls of the
~ oung couple and also expressed the thank of the Inmates to \tlr. and Mrs. Harris for their thoughtfulness in prm iding an e cel- lenl repast.
Mr. W. Harri in his reply paid hand- bome tribute to the great service rendered lo the Home by Mr. Rosen, the Pre ident.
Ylr. Pinn, the Trea urer, and to Mr . M.
Ro en and Mr . E. Lewis, Chairladv and
\ice-Chairlady. respectively. . Mr. L. Raphaely expressed hi O\\n and his v.ife's great pleasure at being able to be present, and \1r. Fritz Raphaely also
~poke.
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Hithtculrut lvrit (Hebrew Circle).
A "'·er~ intere ting meeting took place at
~he Z1omst Hall on Sunday evening, 11th rn~l., when 'arious aspects of "Biinan Haaretz" were di cussed. Mr. M. Ben Arie spoke on "Eretz I rael and Her eirrh.
hours,., Mr. M. alas on "'Eretz Israel at:nd Labour," Mr. Z. Avin on "Eretz Israel and Education,'' and \Irs.
J.
\fiha. han 011·'Eretz Israel and Wnmen .. ,
Jewish National Fund.
1:1e Card Party in aid of the Je,vish
\at1onal Fund arranged by the Garden"·
Or~nj~zicht Branch of the Bnoth Zion A _ rncial.1011 \\<ill lake place at the Citv
\1ans10ns Hotel, Hope Street, on Tu sda~·
afternoon, 27th inst., at 2.30 p.m. ·
Zionist Socialist Party.
On Sunday, 18th insl., the third annual general meeting wa held at the Party Club.
After the Chairman's repoi·t the . , l::i· .r 1nancia • 1 and .Literature Department's report were·
ubm1tted and unanimously adopted.
new committee "\\<as elected consistina of the fo~lowing:
z.
A,in (Chairman).G.
Telem ( V1ce-Chainnan J' vI. Melamed (Hon.
Secrel~ry)' G. La<len (Hon. Treasurer).
Comm1Lt~e member : :Iisse. D. Radow kv.
R. Readmg, B. Strul and Mes•srs. S. Bloch B. P'adowich, H. Paxter and Z. Kagan. ' At .the fir·t meeting of the newly-elected ('Ornnuttee on Tue;;day nio-ht a . • • • , b < p an o I f J uture acllv1t1es was v.-orked out.
The first internal function will take the form of an ,, Al Home." to he held on Saturdav night the 24th in t.. at the Parlv Club; . ~ revie1~ of the pre ent po ition o.f the Z10mst oc1ali~t Movement a well as Lhe proposed activitie of the Part} for the near future \\ill be given.
All members anrl sympatliisPr~ are cordi- ally invited.
R1101h Zion A."isociation (Woodstock- Salt Rivt>r Rrnnch).
\ ~O<'ial ('\('llill0 \\llS
of Ir. and Ir". \. L.
on 'f hur..;dav. HLh i11 ... L.
in Lhc chair.
ht>ld at llH• rPsid1•1H'<' I• u 1111a11. \ 'oodsto ·k.
\lrs. S. lark ·a
~Jj., ... , rt \(.111 CeldPren gmc a •q·a1Jhic d sni1>-
t= f J> I · c-
1 on < a c trne and ~pok · specially ahout
the "ork of the \X'izo, Hadassah and· alhan
~Lrau enle .
Vlis IL Purnjtzsky gmc her impres~ions of the Wailing Wall.
A \Ole of thanks 1\as proposed hv 1\1rs.
L. Katz, and seconded hy Mr~. S. ·Marks.
\\ho al o thanhd the hostes. for her kind hospitality.
Bnoth Zion Association (Maitland Branch).
A social evening \\a · held at the re.sideuce of Mrs. S. Sieff. Main Road, Maitland, lasl Mcnday evening. There was. an excellent attendance. Advocate H. M. Bloch in an eloquent addresf stre sed th importance of maintaining the Jewish tradition in the home and thus trengthening the link be- tween Jewish ~enerations and saferruardina the individualit~ of our race. c
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Mrs. S. Gesunrtheit represented the Cap<:>
Town Executive.
A vote of thank wa moYed fo the speaker by Mrs. M. Kramer.
~43, Loop Street
( Corn•• L..OOP 8TR•RT8 DORP A)
C a.pE TOWN.
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Bnoth Zion Association (Green and Sea Point Branch).
An "At Home .. ''ill be held at the rr~i- 0.ence of 1rs. Wi e, "M ·oora,'' Kloof Road.
Sea Point, on Tue~day, 27th inst.. at 3.15 p.m. 1rs. Jacobson, of Johanne~hurg. ''ill address the ~athcring.
Rondebosch-Clare mont-W yn be1·g Branch.
The monthly meeting ,..,ill take place al the Royal HoteL Wynherg, < n .Monday, 26th inst.. at 8.J S p.m.
Councillor A. Z. Bt>nnan "ill speak 011
··Common Mis<'onrt>pti0ns in ]f'wi"h His- tory."
Cape Maccabee o,.ganisation.
The annual Maccabee Camp '"ill be held a \1uizenberg from 21th to 26th December.
All those desiring to paricipate arf' a. keel to, rommunieate "ith the Secretar), P.O.
Bo>. 3057 not latrr than the 15th Drcf'rnher.
Wynberg Hehrew Congregation.
The annual general meeting of the \Vyn- berg Hebrew Congregation took place al the Synagogue Hall on Sunday, l lth inst., and was \\ell attrncled.
1r. P . .Maisel, \\ho wa~ in tlw <'hair. gave a detailed nwie\\ of his c·ommitlce':-- acti\ i- tic~ durino the ) car a11cl reft>rred lo Lill' rnriou~ campaign < rgani~c·d in \V 111.Ng on h half ol' mt'r~ea ... and local i11-.tit11tio11".
Th budrrel 0f the Congregation amounted,
b .
acrcrding to the balance sheet to appro l·
mately £] . .SOO "a~ not afTected jn the lea~!
in spite 'ff the man~ call~. The comrnitle<' propose huilding a Communal Hall for which purpose £1.000 ha~ already }wen contributed hv th<' members.
The- Chair~ian e. ·pre"sed hi" ·ympathy
\dth the relati,1e of th<' members \\ho died durino- the vear and "elcomed Mr. A. 1.
b '
l\Iatz, the Hon. Tremurer, ,.,ho returned recently from an C')..tf'n<;ive lour in Europe and Palestine.
The rep Tl and halance ~heel \\Pre then 1111animou5lY adoptPd.
The elc>~tion tlH'"l look place and lhc following gentlemen \\f'rf' elected as offic<'- hearers frr the ensuinp: y<'ar: Mr. S. Vl.
Kaplan. Presidt>nt: Mr. A. Anziska, Gahai for life; Mr. J. Freedman, Hon Treasurer.
Committee: P. Anziska, A. Bloch. L. Chait, fr. Gallm m, A. Katz, P. Mai"el. A. M. Matz,
\1. Mend('lsohn, \. Rifkin. S. Wolman.
\fossrs. I. Schock and L. 1Vlichaf'lo'Asky were appointed as auditors and :\fr. A. \1. 1\Tatz as trustee in place of the late Mr. M. Zinman.
The same evening the Talmud Torah general meeting also took place. The Chair- man, Mr. S. Galloon, was highly c''/mpli- mented on his strenuous work for thP im- prov ment of the local Ta 1mud Torah Schoo1.
He waE1 unanimously re-elected fer anciher year and in thanking the members and subscribers Mr. Galloon pointed out that although much had been already achieved in the field of Jewish education, still more could be achieved if parents would only realise the enorm m:1 importance of ~yste
matic Hebrew teaching which is thP ajm of the S.A. Jewish Board of Education.
The same committef' \\ere re-elected and the following three gentlemen were co-optt:>d:
M. Goldsmith. M. Gulden and A. Shifrin.
Hebrew Kindergartens.
The children of the combined Hehre"
Kindergartens will give a Chanuka concert on Sunday. 9th December, at 1030 a.m.
All welcome.
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V nite<l Hebrew Schools.
The annual p:en ral meeting '\ill he held on Sunday, 2nd Df'cf'mher. 19:31, at 10 a.m.
~harp.
Hebrew Teachers' Association.
A. me ting of the Hebrew teachers l.ook place on Sunday. ] 8th inst., in the Talmud Torah Hall.
The main object of the gathering- wa::,, the re\ ision of the syllabus.
The Chairman. \Ir. BerezinsJ...y, stre sed the importance of having one syllahus intro- dncf'd in our Hehrev. School .
The S'\-llabus "as then discussed bv a large m;mber 0f teacher and thorouf!hly rf'\ ised.
At the end the Chairman welcomed the pri\ate teachers \\<ho were to become mt>m- her of the Association and expr sed the
"i~h to . Pe ~hortly a strong and active hody of teacher· formed in the Cape.
All thf' prh•ate teachC'rs who hav not yel joined the ::."-ociation are kindly asked lo communicate with the Secretary, 2, Flower Street, Cape Town.
The Muizenberg Jeu1ish Ladies' Sl'rvi11g Circle.
To conclude tlte ~C'"-"'ion of the ahcwe
~oC'iet · for 1931 and to ma1k thp .ending of a parer.I of <'hildren·s garments to tlw Child'~ \VpJfare Crntre in Tt•l-Avi\\ Pales- ti111, a ~IH'<t!-i ful ll'a '"1. gi\(11 hy tlw lion.
.'cnetary, l\lri. H. Segall. on TuPc day, th<' 20th inst. al th<' residence of :Mr . D.
Sham<'. ( Chai1 lady). The Society hope to rl'!-·lmw "ork a~ain a ftcr the ~urnmcr sca~on.
Social ancl Personal.
\Irs. Yctka LeYy-.'tein left f1 r Durhan hy train on Tuesda).
\Ir.
J.
Stoller, Prr:-idenl of the kimlwrley*
Zi1nisl Sa·ipl\, has arrived in Cape T
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11on a !-hort holida) \ if'it and is sta~ inµ, al the Balmoral Hotel, Muiz<->nher!!.
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Tlw marriage of l\ellie. daughter of \Ir.
rnd \Ir:--.
J.
L. Zadik of Tamboers1 Kloof.Cap<' To" n. and haac, son < f Mrs. and tlw late ~Ir. Lf'mku", d Harrismith, look pla('"
qui< Lly al the (;ard<'ns S)nagoguc nn Thur~
da), l Sth in"t.
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~Jr . Sarah L. Cohen, of "Davaar," Hof Street, Cape To">n, thanks all friends for their kindnc>ss anrl sympathy during her illness. She is leaving next '"eek for Ilenoni, TransYaal, where she will spend some time '' ith her parents recuperatin12;
and hids all friends good-bye.
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*The Dorc::hei Zion Af·Sociation are hold- ing a Grand Chanuka Concert on Sunday, 2nd December, at 8.J 5 p.m. Cantor Kon-
\\i<::. er and the newly-formed Cape Town
Choir "Hazomir" will participate. A \ery en j oyab]e e\ ening is assured.
Zionist
" THE ETERNITY OF THE
JEWISH NATION.
\ir.
J. S. J udelo" itz, of Johannrsburg,\\a the speaker at the fortnighlly Conver-
"-azionr held at the Ziom-.t Hall last Tuesday night. The suhj<'cl v.as "The Eternity of the>
Je"
ish l\ation," and the lecturer dealt '"ith thi in a \ery interesting manner;aJtho.ugh the rnhjecl \\as a serious one the lecturer' "itty and humorous remarks- oflen of an ironical nature-lent a lirrhter tone to \\hat he had Lo say.
.Mr. Judelo\\ itz ~aid that the reason for th ·'Eternity of the Je">ish '\ation" was a iiddle to the \\hole world. The solution
\Hls, according lo the lecturer, that '"e "ere alwa 'S in the pcsilion of .fighters-.fi0hting kc<'µs people <.make and ali' e. The real name of the Je" is brad, "he wh~ ftrove with God."
In our whole lii~lory, said the lecturer, there was no ho(Jk lo encompass the Je\\i::;h fight. Flavius \1 as Lhe gr<'atesl in this re:-> peel, hut hi~ ··
J
e" ish ars '' \\a \\ ritten in a f orcign langua0e and in a fflreiu11 c·ountry. Ci aC'l:t., I he µ,n·atcst historian, did not k1;cn, or und<'r:stand the Jt'\\ s, for he had tW\f'I' li,<•d \\lier1• f<'\\~ fought and 11ffc1cd. Our 111i"'fort111w \\as that '' •!-'ludic<l .]C'wish literatun· hut did not know k\\S as tl1ey are.
There' \\ere two rC'asom for the immor- tality of the .Te\\ ish peopl<'. said the lecturer:
the longing for Eretz Israel and the attrac- tion tcrnards th Diaspora. A 1woplP was created hv ilf' enC'mies-Pharaoh \ms the fir!"l one Lo give us the name c1f a pC'ople, not separate tribe"', and that was '"hen the whole nation \\as in f' ile.
On their own :"oil the people did 11ol heed the words of the proplwts and therp was a fip:ht not only lwLM'en l\\ti parties hut two idC'ns- Slate and God. All hi~tory was a HHTession of risr and fall hut \\hat may :-ecm a fall to <'thers often "'eems a ri e to thos<' li\ing in that period. There wa a will to live in the Jewish people, and that was why we coul<l follm., the funerals of our enemies.
A disrnssion followrd in '"hich Dr. I. M.
Hurwitz, Mr. A. Le,in and Mr. B. Mirvish pnrlicipaled. Th~ lecturer rC'plied.
\!Iiss R. Kantor rC'ndered a pianoforte solo and Mr. HNison (ace~ mpanied bv
""\f iss Kantor) song~ \\hi ch w<>re \cry much enjoyed.
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