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THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA
Zionist Conversazione.
rrhe next fortnightly Convers zione will take place at the 'iJionist Hall on Tuesday;
16th inst., at 8.15 p.m. Dr. A. Syngalowskl will lecture on the subject: "In Spiritual and Political Confusion." All welcome.
Bnoth Zion Association.
The next meeting under the auspices of the Central Committee will take the form of a morning tea on Thursday, 18th inst., at 10.30 a.m., at the Zionist Hall. l\Ir. M.
Natas will speak on "\Yit and Humour in J ewi~h Literature." All welcome.
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1'he Annual General Meeting of the Claremont-Rondebo ch Branch ·will take place at the Talmud Torah Hall, Grove Avenue, Claremont, on f unday, 14th :March, at 8.15 p.m.
Dr. I. :M. Hurwitz will deliver an address.
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There was a fairly good attendance of members at the Annual General Meeting of the Woodstock and Salt Hiver Branch, held in the rralmud Torah Hall on Thursday evening, the 4th March. Mrs. B. Bloch was in the chair.
After welcoming the visitoTS: Mrs.
ov ovic, Mrs. L. Segal, Mr·. H. Glaser, Mrs. C. :Maisel, and Mrs. P. Clouts, an entertaining mu.·ical programme ensued, in whieh Ow followiiw ud i:·d.' took part:- Mildred Bloch, l\fos lJ. Myer'.
fa't
r ]~p 'tei11 and lr. lfahinowitz, accompanied b Miss Rabinowitz.'l'he hairlady r0ad her Pr sidential Report, giving a compl t resume of the Association's activitie' during the past year.
'l'h Financial Report was then read by the Treasurer and confirmed.
Mrs. Mov ovic remark d it was not habitual for her to congratulate any Com- mitt e on their work, but n thi occa ion the individual excellence of each item on the Heport showed a very fine year of activity. She al o remarked on the satis- factory manner in which this Branch kepi in constant touch with the Cenhal Com- mittee and urged members to continue doing so.
Refreshments were served during thr interval, after which the election took p1aee with the following results :-Chairlady, Mrs. B. Bloch; Joint Vice-Chairladies, ~frs.
C. Resnekov and Mrs. Z. Ga11oon : Joint Hon. Secretaries, l\1is Bloom Lazarow and Mrs. Basker; Treasurer, Mrs. M:. N. Marks;
Committee: Mrs. Koredez, Mm. I. l\ford11- chowitz, Mrs. E. Kalmonowitz, l\Irs. R Batz, Mrs. S. Marks, Mr . II. Furman, l\frft Davidowitz, Mrs. L. Katz· co-opted: ~Ies
dame Traub, l\.funitz, Rliason and ~I0yero
witz. Mr._,. Bloch thanked ihosc }Hes nt and said that she would continue to do her duty to the Society.
Mrs. Movsovic then gave fl most inter0-.:t- ing address, depicting 1 lw necessity of couragr and constancy of eYeTy indiYid ual a, part of the vast organisntion of Zionism with its headquarters in Palrslinr. f hr
also stressed the importance and significance of the Shekel.
Mrs. S. Marks proposed a vote of thanks to Mrs. l\fovsovic, visitorn and artists.
The singing of "Hatikvah" terminated the meeting.
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The Annual General Meeting of the Oranjezicht Branch 1vas held at the home of Mrs. E. Sterner, Cornwallis House, on Thursday afternoon, March 4th, 1937.
The Chairlady, Mrs. M. ] ig, welcomed Mrs. Movsoyic, Chairlady of the Bnoth Zion Association, Branch representatives and members-the latter rather fewer in number than is usual at these meetings.
Mrs. Fig gaye a resume of the year's activities, which included 'l'he Mayfair, Keren Hayesod, J.N.F. and Box Clearances, and gave the principal figures in connection with these fund , which were very atis- factory.
1'he Chairlady thanked the outgoing Committee for their willing co-operation in the work, and the election then took place, resulting as follows :- Mrs. D. Zuckerman ( Ohairlady), Mrs. B. Jacobson and Mrs. H.
Harris (Yice-Chairladies), Mrs. H. Berelo- witz (Bon. Treasurer) and Committee: Me - dames l\L Berelowitz, .T. Klein, M. Fig, H.
Rieck, S. Averbuch, Greenstein, Klugman, Gla~er, Ge~undheit, Mandelbrote.
After the tea interval Miss M. Oblowitz gave a most int resting and compreh nsive
Hllf\'P}' of Zionism, d aling with th1 que:-1tion in ii: widef<t. m~p cis, and stressed the im- porhwcc> of v ry .J 1w n nd J ewe, fulfilling thrir obligationH in the 1 ork of the up- building of Eretz Israel, and thu' pr serving th ir self-1wprct as a nation, with a ountry of its own.
l\Irs. II. Gla~et' proposed a very hearty vote of thank:-; to the sp<'aker, and pointed out that many could) with benefit, emulate Miss Ohlowitz\; example of identifying her- self with every phase of Zionist activity.
The hairlady then thanked the hostess for her kind hospitality.
Ort-Oze Campaign.
Dr. A. 8yngalowl"ki addressed a well- attended meeting at Pa row on \Y ednesday, 3rd inst. He spoke on the position of Jews in Europe and the work of the Ort-Oze.
Mr. B. L. Rubik, who accompanied Dr.
8yngalmrski, ahio appealed for support for the Campaign.
l\Ir. l\1. Daitsh was in the chair.
There wa~ a _good response and a canva-.:s of Bellville, Goodwood, Parow and Durban-
\'ille was undertaken.
l\Ir. Sacks (Belh·ill ) proposed a vote of thanks to the speaker and Mr. Borok
( D mbamille) seconded.
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On 1-iunday Dr. Syngalow~ki, accom- panied by Mr. E. B0rezowski, visited Worcester. They werr rnet at the Com- mercial Hotel by l\Ir. .T. .T. Wille A reception took place in the afternoon at the rrsideuce of )fr. L. Hakinofsky, where Dr.
~~·ng:almr. ki met the leading members of the community.
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:\larch 1:2tli, 1931.
Social and Personal.
The engagement is tumounced o.f l\liriarn, daughter of .:.\Ir. nnd :.\Irs. :.\I. 8herman of 8tellenbosc:h, to .:.\faurice (.:.\Jorrie), son of :\Ir. und :.\In;, 8. Lazarow of 8alt Hi\'el'.
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~Irs. :\fax Cohen is leaving to-day in the
\Vinchester Cnstle on a visit to England.
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Mr. nncl :\Irs. Leon Burman are being congratulated on the birth of a son.
DWORSKY- RABINOWITZ.
The marriage of Gertie, daughter of Mr.
and l\Irs. Solomon Rabinowitz, of N amaqua- land, to Mr. Dworsky, of Tel Aviv, took place at the Gardens Synagogue on Sunday, February 28th.
Rev. A. P. Bender, assisted by Rev.
F.i.rschner, officiated. The ReTVice was fully choral and Mr. Boris Rome rendered a solo.
The unterfuhrer~ were Mr. and Mrs.
Rabinowitz and ~fr. and Mrs. Cohen.
l\fr. A. Cohen 1va the bestman and the pole-holders were Me srs. D. Barenblatt, B.
Rabinowitz, D. Borok, and l\L Cohen.
The l\lisE"-es 1'. Barenblatt, G. Borok, F.
Cohen and I. Rabinowitz were the brides·
maids.
A reception was held after the ceremony at the Zioni t Hall. A large number of guests were present, including many from up-country.
Mr. Barenblatt pTOposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom, to which the latter suitably responded.
Rev. M. J. ohen proposed the toast of the parents and unterfuhrern. Mr. Habino·
witz suitably responded.
Dr. I. :M. Hurwitz proposed the toast of Eretz Israel and announced that :Mr.
Habinowitz ha(l <lceicl d to inscribe the iuinie'
of the bride and bridegroom in th, Goldrn Book. He dwelt on l\lr. Habinowitz's in·
terest in Zionism and on Mr. Dworsky's connection with Eretz Israel. He al~o
referred to the high esteem in which the Rabinowitz family were held in N amaqua·
land.
Dr. W. P. 'teenkamp, M.P., replied and gave very interesting impressions of hi recent visit to Eretz Israel. He paid a tribute to l\fr. and l\frs. Rabinowitz and announced that Mr. Rabinowitz was donating
£10 to the Springbok Hospital.
Hev. Frank also spoke and rendered
~veral songs.
.Mr. Jowell, President of the N amaqua·
land Hebrew Congregation conveyed greeting' on behalf of the Congregation.
l\Ir. and Mrs. Dworsky are leaving shortly for Palestine, where they will take up per·
manent re idence.
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A meeting wa held in the evening at the Zionist Hall. Mr. I. J. Sennett was in the chair. Dr. Syngalowski spoke on "Our Economic and Political Self-defence," and waR enthusiastically received.
A local Ort-Oze Committee was formed as follows: ~Ir. L. Sakinofsky (Chairman), l\Iessrs. I. J. ennett, J. Rabinowitz, J. J.
\Yilk, I. Shirken, P. Sacks, R. Sakino£sky, and l\Ie:-<damrs
A:
H. Bloch and L. Volks.rrhrre WUR an excellent response to the appeal.
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~Ir. H. Hadley ]0ft yesterday to tour the Prorince on behalf of the Ort-Oze.
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\farch 12th. 10Wi.
IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA.
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Cape Town Jewish Girls' Association.
A repre~C'ntatiY rn1mb<'r o.f youn°· women attended the annual meeting on l\Ionday
\ening, th in~t.
The ~ 'ecr tan, :Jfo:::-. ~I. olwn, read the Report for the. pa~t year .. Thi· em~~d~ed
ultural, . ocial and charitable a ·tiv1ties.
\fter the Trea. ur r, :Jli..;s ~ '. Ed tine, had ad the Balance f 'he ·t, the Pr sidcnt, ... Ir'.
lf. \Y im id., rn addre:-::iino- the gather-
" thanked the honorary inst ructret:: e. , the
;· ... es IL Oblowitz and· :JI. Fin , for thsir rnlua hle enic f'.. and the la die· and n lemen who have le tur d to the member;-:;
\ariou ~ubjects of both inter . t and
]uf'. rl'hc ~P ak r .further app aled to the
mber:-< to uphold t lw watchword: tolcr- e, und~l'.'ta11dillg aud ~yrnpathy, the only ipnwnt with which oldad<'. which they
y encounter during tlwir future lives can 'met: i:o mak th A:~oC'iat ion a :trong , and to look upon it n · a haven for good ow::-hip and fre clom of thought, wher all i. h crirli' can meet with one id al and rpo ... r. in lif,; io . trengt hen the link with ir p<1oplP; to go out into the world with itlc outlook and dt>ep nrnlPr·tnrnli1w of
1r frllow-mPn whatev<'I' crrP<l or colour
\ may bc>.
Th eiPet ion for
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ht e11:-.ui1w )'l'lll' rt> ·ultr.cl follo\\ · :- PrP i<h lif , ~I 1· • ,J. I. \\ •in- h urnl Mi-- \.. IInrwitz; \~i<'P-J>n•·i<lr•li,.i\l. olwn n 11<1
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LPw i ,. II on.lilt I', Ii:' Ho· 1111111 • lion. ~·c·rPtnrit•
I>. lj'riPdgood a 11d l . ( ohcn ; 1om- . ~I i:-;:-;p · ~I. Ho· •11, ,J. 1harna · ·, 8.
tine, .F. ~olornon, N. Ba::-kl'r, B. l\Iatrcn, Kaf:w11 and Borok.
oodstock-Salt River Jewish Cultural Circle.
The monthly 111<.'Ptiug took plac • on ntlav last at ih n•sidcnc<' of Ir. and . \.. Traub, Wood~tock. rl'here wa a attendance of members and fri nd '. RY. , '. Ka ~el ,,. lcomcd all pr s ut to fir. t me ting of tli> l'casou, and also . A . .J. Ba. ker, the 1hairman. of the le, who had b ~n away on a 'hort holi-
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Mr. Ba~ker, taking the chair, introduced
lecturer of th vcning, the Rev. I. J.
edman, late of Durban.
ReY. Friedman, . peakin<T on J wi~h in ~outh Africa and the difficulties in 'ch the JewE< found thc1Ke1Ye in the rly part of thi century, .. aid that the had ontributed much
to
the uplmild-rr of this country, but in . pite of this y arc now treated badly by certain ections the connnunii.y. He appealed to the der members of the communii.y to bring their children in a better J wi h atmo. - ere and
to
giYe th m a good Hebr w 1cation.HeY. Friedman al~o entertain cl the audi- with hi· many humorou re itation · d imper..;onation., which wer much ap-
<:iatPci by all pref'ent. Other:-; "·ho took
:-t in the programme were: :Jii~s F. Iforroff ano) and :Jir. K. Rabinowitz (Rong~).
A otc of thank to the le turer wa' pro- rd by HrY. ~. Ke. Rel.
Kovnow Hebrew Friendly Society.
\ lar<rf' numl)('r of mernher' and their nd · attc>ndC'd the annual Purim ev ning
·h wa:- hrld in the Zioni..;t Hall on
1 day. 1
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THB S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
ORT-OZE
901 Geneva House
CAMPAIGN FOR JEWISH LABOUR AND HEALTH
... \.PPEAT_J TO rrI E .TE"\VD-;II
\VOnrnj_
rro th .T ewi~h women of ap 'Town come.
from across th seas th cry of hundred, of thou:::and" of suiferinO' J ewi h chilclr 11.
Airle:::-. and breadlcs', the~ unfortunat~
impoycrished beings knocl- pi ti fully at the door.' of OHT-OZE J1ditution in all coun- tri' · of J ewi h di~ire s. \Yhy? Recau'" in the technical . chool and the training farm of the OHT, poor Jc\d h boys and girl fmcl a way to productiYc hone,'t work, while OZB
care~ with loye and devotion for th ph}. ical well-hein<T of the younger o·eneration.
In hundreds of hospital and . anatoriums the . ick arc cur cl ancl th weak are trr.ngthcned, ,,·hilc in Poland alone in 92 citie" mor than 32,000 J •wi h children ar' fed daily.
April is ihe iinw, wh n OZE begin to ink i<'n~ of i hou--aml of Poli::,h, Lithuanian.
Lah·ian, Houmanian and German deli ·ate .J <'Wi. h childrrn io it· holiclay ainps for ilur \\'PL•k . But, what about i: he tt111' of i:hou.nlH1' of ,Jpwi ... h childr<'n who langui ·h ihro11gho11i the year in c·Pllar , and clrP, Ill in Ya i n of t 111 h 1 i o th ru w ck · in ,1
umnwr colon· of OZL( l n un of a liUJ light an<l air nrn1 \\ho! 0111t
in Ynin, IH1<•,111.1 th1• linn11<·ial n•.'0111·cp OZb ar<' ho1H•h•...:sly ina<lt>quat' to cope with th eolo:::..;a] dmiaml rnn<l upon ig oro-a11i«ai ions. , 'orrnwf11lly i hP c ·uffcri110' .T •wi. h child rpn turn
to
you, .Jewish women of ape Town, and appeal for your ·ympath~·and a . .::istancc, :o that the nion of ,J ewi ·h Worn n may provid<' a liHl light and air for an add ii ional
:mo
of the..., wrct hed young peopl .Support the ampaio-11 of ih' Tnion of .Jpwish Women!
European Delegate: Dr. . f 'yngn lo\\ ~ki,
Yice-Presidcnt of the "~ orld OH'l1- ZE.
~Irs. L. IL Lewi~. Chairlady Tnion of .T wi h Women.
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H alf'o remarked on the ~up rior ·tan- dard of H brew education in the ape a compared with that in the Transvaal, and this he . aid wa due
to
th untirincr e:ITort' of th<> 1c1pc .J ewi h Board of Education and the teachers.:Jlr. A. Levin wa. in the chair and ~Ir.
~I. \Volozinsky cxpre. sed a vote of thank' to Habbi Hirsch.
Dr. Hahinowitz , poke of the unity among't the Hebrew teach r and the harmony be- tween the Hebrew teach r and the Board of Education, and , aid that i.hc e were the chief factor~ in the remarkable progre::- rnade in Hebrew duration in ape Town.
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also poinied out that thi' wa. the only place in 'outh Africa where uch an As ·o- ciation a that of the Hebr w i.each r<"·xi:-;tPd. H then dwelt upon the dutie of the Hebrew teachers and th local condition.~
and suggc~icd way· and mean· of imbuing ihe ·hild with pride and loYe of hi::; race and religion. In conclu. ion he . aid that the teachers mu
-t
comince the par ni:-< that ih' only wayto
make progress in IIebr w educa- tion wa.~to
teach through the Jfrhrew medium.(i111tin11ed u•t P·l!Jf' 'Jfl:J.)
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Th PrP~id<'nt. Hev. ::\L Coh n who pr -
~ided, \rekorn<'d i h' gu •t;b; and ini roduc<'d HeY. I. FriP<lman, of Durhau, who cl liv red an int<'rc>:--ting addr<>~s 011 tlw Fc'tival of Pmi111, '' hieh wn:; followC'd h; an adclr<' s hv He\. f • Mi ·hel. on, who . pok on i.hc l;i:torv of t lw .J c•wi:--h pcopl .
~Ir.' L. Kantor propo~ed the toast of the . otirt v, and after refr<'~hnwni: were rvcu }Ir.
ci.
Ladrn amu:-;ccl tlw audi!'ll('C with humorous ~k£.tdws, and a i'Ollg hy nfr. J.Lip chitz "a giently enjoy l hy th , ud.i- cnc . Afi 'r a humorous . pC'ech hy ~Ir . .J.
:Jfnrgoli...:, the l'\'enincr ·lo. ed with th mging of "Haiihah:''
Green & Sea Point Hebrew
Congregation.
rum annual general meeting took pla e on ~ fonday PYPning. :i\1 r. I. .Mnucrhcrcr •r wa · in the chair, and in moving the adoption of the I~cport and Balance' f 'hect, rc.fcrr U.
to th progrc '::; mad by the onoTe(Yation durincr the year, a' cvid nc d by the increa e in member. hip. Uc app aled for a hett r and more regular attenclnnce at th , 'abhath f'n·ier. and
to
th ladi s to bring their c.:hildrcnto
the On g ~ 'habbo:-,i .function, which L k placr immC'diat ly following theenic · on f abhath mornin<t.
.. Ir. l\Iau rherger aid the congr gation wa ·fortunate in havi11cr accpiircd the s •rvic<>s of H1 '. I. JI. JJ \ inr., a mini. tPr; h had alt· ( d r 'howcd all a ppr ·iation of the nc <l of tlu l'om1m111il) i11 1·n10n and otlwr din•t•lioll.
Th I3ala11 c f hect antl Financial ~ tut - mcnt di. •lo .... ecl a rood po~ition althut11rh ihc bond on the lrnildino i: ..,till con 'id rabl '.
Mr. A. :'.\I. ,Jackson ,''cornlcd the adoption of th Hr.port and Balance ~ 'licet, whi 'h was carric<l unanimou ly.
rrhe followincr 1ornmiit c \\'U,_ lcct d :-
~fo...:::-:rs. l {. ro11so11, ,J. Braudc, .J. Ginncs, II. 1• Yo . .-ick, I. h PrarC't', ~I. Hobin on_, L. f 'egal, ... '. Witi nh rg.
Dr. Kramer propo'cd a \'Ol of'. thank to :Jir. ~ach, who i. at pr<'scnt ov l'.~ea~,
for hi , r1 Yic a · Pr sicl nt.
Shekel Collection .
Tho.- district, that wcr not ·anva~. ed on , unda~'· 1th inst., will he attended to on f 'unday. 14th, and f ollowin<T week.
Histadruth Ivrit.
"'lhe D Yelopm nt of Hi~torical .Tuda- i1'm )) will b ihe ...:ubjed of a 1 ·ture io he deliwrcd hY .Mr. A. Katz on f 'undav, 1-!th in~t.. at S.30 p.nl., at the Zionit::t. Hall.
l\Iembcr and friends arc kindly imited to att nd.
Hebrew Teachers' Association.
Two g ncral meeting: took place during the wPek, one on f 'unday, the 7th, and the other on rruet::day, the 9th of ~larch. ..\t the fir:--t rnePting ·Habbi Hirsch, of Pretoria, spoke, and ai the , econd Dr. HahinO\dtz.
Hahbi IIirt::ch spokC' on thr importance of takin<T Hebrew for J. . and l\Iatric., and gave a thorough analy~is of the yllahus.
H said the fact i hat the pupil ould i.ake IIchrcw a· a "uhje t in chool encouraged him io b intere;-;t<'d in Hebrew while in the Talmud Torah. A liwlv cli 'Cn: ion follo\\·ed whC'n the syllnhu ... \\'H · ~ritici~ecl YCTV much.
Hahhi Jiir:ch, in replyi11µ:. :-:aid 'that he partly agreed \rith ilw t.:rii ici~m aml would :--el' that ihr. ~yllnlrn~ :hould he irnproYed a ... far a, po:-<:--ihl .
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