November 19th, 1H37.
THE
S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA
The Cape Jewish Ministers' Assooiation.
A recep ion in honour of Rabbi Ii·m1 1
J. br~llwms, 11. . , wa' held i11 the lcl Synagogue, U-nrden .. ·, on Sunday, the lHl1
OYemb r, 1037.
A fairly lal'g gathering of mini lt:rs at- tended. Rt1bbi Mirvi:h presided and cor- dially welc.:omecl Habbi Abraham.' jn the nu111 of the Association, und stre~ cl the nee.: ~dty of upporting the As. ociatiou. 111 proposing the h alth of the guest, Habbi .Mir vi. h referred to tbe outstanding per· i:;onulity of their guei:;t, who"e infiuenee \\as ulrencly making it, elf felt in th community and wished him nll sue<.: s i11 his under- takings.
This wu::; "upported by the Rnbbis l\lor- ge1 st rn, Kramer and (lravitky.
'J'h 'l' after Rabpi .Abral111rns re:::pon<.1ed lo,1 nentl.v, exhorting the ·~o ·ii1t io11 to fost ·r th, friendly 1elntions nmo11gst its members, and to enlrnne th pre l ig 1111d
rep11tt1t ion of t hL1 eommunit. •.
'I1h • 'I ilinnnn then L'. presst·cl his tl1:111ks to th Ol"'nni 'er, of thi. function, nauwl~,
th~ 1' • ·1etmy, H.abbi A. H. Abrnliam. 011 of
Clar mont, nnd the Tr 'n 'Urer, Hnuhi I.
I. nnc ·on of ... Iowbrny.
rrh plea8t\11t funetion f'Ollclndec1 \\"ltJi the uft •moon sen·ice.
Bnoth Zion Association.
The monthly meeting will tak place a the Zionist Hall 011 Thur ·day, 25th TOY m- ber, at 3 p.m.
~Ir. N. Englesb ra will speak on "Par- t.ii.ion Probl ms."
Cape Jewish Orphanage.
Subscribers and donors are cordially in- Yitecl k nttend the following Orphanage ceremonies on Sunday next, the 21st inst:
A 3.30 p.rn. Rabbi Israel Abrahams will c ti..ecrat the .Memorial. and Bed Endow- ments of the pa ·t year. The . ervice will be h kl in the Orphanage Shul. Mincha·
\vill be rend b Cuntor Katzin assi:ted by his choir.
At 4.30 p.m. a Barmitzvuh party will be held in the dining hnll for five of the Or- phanage lad
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Th1:1 Hon. Trea~urer
or
the Cape Jewish Orphanage gratefully acknowledges the re- ceipt per 1Irs. Hirschsohn of two bequest left to the institution by her lute hu band, Phillip Hir chsohn: £25 to he Orphanag R "qtte t and 1\.1 morial Trust Fund, and£.)0 to be expended in hanukah gifts for thl• chik1n'n at the rate of £10 for 5 years.
Oi'phanage Outing at Muizenberg.
On t)u11c1uy, llrn 14th irn:it., l\Ir. and Mr '. Phillips, the proprietol'S of the Balmoral
·Hotel, ::\Iuizenberg, garn their annual treat to the children of th Orphanage.
'rhe children and staff were trnn ·ported
by a.flee~ o~_l?_rr:5!~~r_c~:~.l~n~ and dr~~en.
b.v kind Orpbanag Committee teucler
lll lltR.
fri nds to whom the grateful aclmow1ec1g-
Crid: t ancl other
sr
orts occupied ti1c morning, nncl <tt midday sundwiehe:, fruit, :weds uncl minerals were enrrie<l clmvn to them 011 th' bcaeh by the Wttiter·· and fmnil>r of the hotel. .At fom o'elo ·k all the ehilclr 'll were ::,ented in the new hotel din- ing hitll wlrnre tables were literally ludeu with all t lie good tlting. d 'Hl' to the henrt.'or
c1tilc1re11.Yarious n1ti..·icnl it ms were rendered bv Rorne of the Orpbanao·e d1ilclren a11cl seYen~l C'hildr n of the l\Iuizenberg community.
Bornbny 1lwrlie, the ,,. 11-lmmvn Inclit;n jHggl •r, who had been peeiully e11gnget1 by l\:fr. H1 tl l\frs. rhil1ip ·, <tlso nterfained the cbil<lren.
l\lr. J. M. YeimPieh, h'e:ide11t of tltL'
Oqil1annge, \oiced th' ·l1ildrr..!11's and ('Oln-
111ilt ·, '.· grntitu<l• io Mr. nnd Mr·. Phil- lips <llld family.
~fr. 11ltillipb h1i,t1. l'L' ponchd, n ::,llli11g tltt• Cmnrnitte, a1Hl <'hilc1rj11 tlint he a!ld ,\Tr·. Phillips and lli ·ir fmnil~' loot. •d upoll
!hi: n111nittl ,j ·it a 011' f their own h·qipy da> H :u1<.l that th ·y 1to1 .>c1 to eonlinue this purL,\· for th' Orplirinao' ·l1ih1 · 'n for nwn\·
y m~ 1o ·ome.
Ice-<'reams aucl sweets \~,;ere then cfo;lri- butt-tl to each child an l nfter the Ho.tikvah hnd b0e11 sm1g ihree h •arly ch er. w >1·e gi,· ·n hy th' children as ih ~ l hn of i:h 'ir thcnilu.; t.o their kind host·.
Oneg Shabbat at Wynberg.
An 011eg 8habbnl \Vas h lcl last week in th1.J new 1ommunal Hall, \Yynberg. ~\fter
the °1Iinclrn Ren·i ·e concluctecl :;o] >ly by the bigger boy.~ of the Heprew 'c:hool the gathering acljoumcd to the hnll, where Dr.
I. I. Hurwitz deliYer t1 an udclres~ on
" The Jews in Aby..:sinin." The 1 ctnre wnc;;
very inte1esting and instructiYP nnd Ji ·tened to with great uLtcntion. The gathering then i1 clulgecl in beautiful 1-:leln·e\v songs led by :\fr·. I aplun and Cautor (folub.
~Ir. Rhifrin thanked Dr. Hurwitz for hi.
ndclress, also all participants. The next Oneg Shabbat will be held on lhe 20th inst.
Dr. C. Kaufman will cleJiyer nn address.
All are \\·elcome.
Mr. N: Englesbel'g to address Mass Meeting. at Woodstock. · :\Ir. ~ -. E nglcs h 'rg ':Vill :.tdclre: a :\fasl:i ::\[eetin<r at the Talmud 1'orah Hall, \YooLl- stock on Tuesclny, 2Hrcl .-ov mb r
at
8.15p.m., unc1 "l' the combined auspices of tbe
\Yoou"tock and Sult 1liver Je\Yi 'h Cultur~l Cfrele, Lnrli s' S ciety and Bnoth Zion
~\. socintion nrn1 .Tuni.or Zionist Society.
South Peninsula Guild.
-A Broaden t evening will be held · on Thursday, 2.m1 in t., at 8 p.ro., at the Tal- mncl Torah Hnll, \Yherry Road, :\fnir,en- berr·. A 11 welcom .
(Oonhtuud in TMrd Column;.
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Social and
Mr. nncl l\Irs. Loui Gracln r left during the week-end for J ohaune ·burg. From there ::.\Ir. Gradner "ill go to Bloemfontein,
\\" b re he wi11 attend a Unit cl Party Con- f r 'nee as a r pr sentative of the Garde.nti branch. He \Vill aft r'\ ards attend the conference oi the executive of the Cape h·oyinc :JluniL·ipal Council at Port Eliza- ueth. ::.\fr. aucl ~Ir.. raclner will return to Cape Town about the middle of Decem- ber.
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'Che engagement i announced of
Jo~ephine (Jrn-iie), only daughter of ... Ir.
and :.\lrs. I. royiowski, of Bea Point, to
·,tshu, l:!euoncl :son of .r-irrn. B. 8agorsky, of Ornnjczicht.
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':\hs. H. Daitseh is retuming to-morrow in the "J uilio" fron1 a. visit to Europe,
\merien, nnd Pal stine .
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Tl1 · inmTing to k place nt Port E1iza- b th on Tuesday, Novembe-:.· 9, of Ruth, dirn"htL r of :i\Ir. anc1 ... \fr'. Hurn itz, of Port Elizab ,th, t llarry (Bol>) Le\ is,
:011 <Jf .i.\T rs. L. Outmau, of :21, Hull H.otH1, 8 •n Point.
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Mr. L . . \. < l. . ,.. •u11w11t1, 8ecretary t lH' 'ape 'l'cl\\ 11 Il •br ·w '011°rcgnt ion and
\Ir~ ... • ·m1rn1111, havu l ft un < fo\\· w ,ck's ltolidtt in tl1 ' eouutry.
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.i.\Ji::;:-; <.I 'l'tl'\1(1 • (1Hher, aln10l1Cl' nt t.he
i..'nrner. I Ho ·pitnl lias l'L'lllrnetl from ·1
\'isii to .Jolrnnnesburg.
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*Dr. all(l l\lrs. L. l31umb •ra are being con- urntulal 't1 on 1Jhe birth of a claught. r.
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~fr. anrl :\Irs. l\I. Natas of l\.luiz nberg, are being eongrn1 ulated on the birth of a 1laugltf ·r.
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0Yer i-;ixly people were pre ·ent at au
"At llome" giY n by r. and Mrs. H.
M,v rn qf l\Inlm sbury, 011 'unclay even- ing, 14th in:-;L, to celebrate Lhe fir. t birtli- cln,\ of their inJ'ani son Br an David.
The function \\·as helrl
in
aid of the J.1T.F. and the sum of £6 was raised.* *
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:\Ir. and l\frs. S. Sher (nee Craine Kl ~n)
of Oranjezicht, are being congratulated nn the lJil'lh of a tbughter.
(Conllnttcd from Second Column).
Obse1'1latory and Mowbray Hebrew Congregation.
t the nnnu·1l general meeting held on Hm1clay la~ t the following offi. er were
,le ·t cl for the ensuing year:-
Committee: L. \\'aynik, President; B.
Clrnpman, Yic.:e-president; J. Zabow, , n., 'rreusurer; H. hnttenstein, Hon·. Secre- tar: ; Committee, Messr '. S. Shasko1skv, H.. Ep::>lein, J. Znbow, Jnr., L. Lincow,
A.
Todrnr, :\I. Savitz, J. Danilewitz, A. Flux.
Ladies' Committee: :Jiesdumes \Vaynik, To('km\ Rhatlenstein, Zabm.v, Snr.
Cape Jewish Aged Home.
ReY. and :Mrs. I. H. LeYine of Sea Point
\"isited the Horne on \\' ednesdny morning nncl were rec ivecl by the Clwimrn11, 1\fr. L.
l~inn, and i:nember:s of the Committee.
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After the visitors had been shown round the Home and chatted to a number of the old people, tea was served.
The Chairman thanked Rev. and Mrs.
Levine for visiting the Home and expressed the hope that they would continue to keep in touch with the Home in future.
Mrs. E. Lewis, the Chairlady, associated herself \Vith remarks made by the Chair- man and briefly explained all that was be- ing clone for the old people.
Bev. Levine in thanking the Committee for the welcome given to Mrs. Levine and him ·elf, said that they were both very much impres ed with all they had seen.
The Committee were to be congratulated on the noble work they were doing. The Home was certainly worthy of the whole- hearted support of the whole community.
Both he and fl1rs. Levine would be only too happy to give whatever support in their pow<."r in the interest of the Home.
Paarl Jewish Ladies' Benevolent Society.
The Paarl J wish Ladi s' Benevolent Society has collected a sum 0£ £70 for the Polish Child Relief Fund, which amount is being forwarded by the S.A. Jewish Board of Deputies imm cliately to headquarters.
The ladi s responsible for the collection of this very lwudsorne donation are: Mrs. J.
Bloom ·rnd Mrs. J. IGitzn r, £40 10s. ; 1frs. H. abie, £14; J\Irs. S. Back, £() 10s. ; and the balance of the effort by other mern ber of th Soci ty. ''
Successful Card Party in Aid of J .N .F.
A very ucc , s.ful card party in aid of the J.N.F. was given by ]\fr·. M. Green- stein at h r re idenc "Orangea," Buxton Av nue, on Sunday night. 'l'he sum of
£22 \\as reali · cl
Hebrew Teachers' Vacation Course.
rrhe Board oI ,Jewi h Ecln ·ntion in con- j tm ·tion with th II br w rr •nchers' sso- ciation are again organising lhis yeur n,
ya cat ion com.· for tea ·hers. These cournes have s rved th purpose 0£ bringing teachers from
an
over the 'nion into con- tad with one another to discuss the prob- lems nff cting J wish education.fodel 1 'sons will be given in the morn- ings and le 'tur s in the ev nings.
The ·ucc H of these courses has been so ctppnren t that lhe Board of Education has
·decided to hold th m as an annual event.
Teach r an l othe1s who are interested shoul<l watch the pres for further details.
Heb1•ew Symposium at Woodstock.
An interesting funetion in the form of a Hebrew 8ymposium took place on Tuesday eveniurr, 9th inst. at the residence of Mr.
ancl Mr . B. Bloch, orgcmi ·eel by the
\Yoo l to~k cmd Salt Hiwr Cultural Circ1e and the Bnoth Zion Associn tion.
There was an excellent attendance, and Mr. A . .J. Basker, who presided, \Velcomed the audience and visitors.
The speaker· r ad in turn ·timulating and enlightening papers on the volution of Hebre\v education throughout the t1cres : -
Mrs. B. Ben-Arie very ably traced the development of the early Bible teachings of Abraham to the Brophet Ezekee1.
The Ghetto period wn vividly portrayed by Mrs. S. Sloman, who n1so reacl an ex- tract of heeler impr sions from th bio- graphy of Schmarya Levin.
THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
Mrs. H. Lieberman's paper on Hebrew education in the Diaspora reached its climax, covering an intervening period of vu. t interest through the channels of i·e- ligiou and Hebrew schools.
Dr. B. Rabinowitz spoke on Education in Palestine, and stres ed the point that children should be encouraged to love and not fear their lesson .
Hev. S. Kasse1's humorous reading was enjoyed by all.
During the interval refreshments were
~ necl
by
the hostess, aft r which a presen- tation of certificates for trees was made by Mrs. B. Block to Mr. an<l Mrs. A. Joffe, on the occasion of their marriage.A vote of thanks to the speakers and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. B. Bloch, was proposed by Mrs. Z. Galleon.
The ·inging of Hatikvah concluded a plea. antly instructive and succes ful even- ing.
Wynberg Hebrew Congregation.
The 33rd annual general m eting took place on Sunday, Hth November, 1937.
The outgoing President, Mr .• T. :B'reacl- man outlined the activitie of the year, thanking his ommittee and members .!'or the support they had given him.
After the minutes of the last annunl aen ral meeting -vvere read nncl confirmed the Balance heet wa di cussed and carried.
Elections then took place with the fol- lmving resultl:): :\Ir. . M. Kaplan, Pre i- clent; fr. Anzislrn, hairman; ]\fr. J.
Fre dman, Trea urer. ommittee. M ssri;.
A. Bloch, P. Anzisk<, L. Chait, A. Katz, L. l\1ichalow. ky, I. Salkow, elibo" itz
t nd 8. Levy. J\fei:.sr . I. Shock, A. l' L fotz, V. Hifkin r mnin trustees for the follo\\ing,,,ar. Hon. Auditors: fcsf.lrs. II.
Dubow aml L. L 1y. fr. ,J. Potuslmik, s l"t ary.
Zionist SocfaUst Party.
Ir ... Encrlesberg will address members and friends at the Zioni 't 1Ia11 on l\fonclay evening, 22nd in t. at .15 p.m., on "Tlte ro1e of the Ristaclruth in the Yishub."
Bellville, Pa1•ow and Durbanville Women's Zionist Society.
1\Ir. N. Engles berg will address a meeJ,_
ing on Thursday, 25th inst. at 8.15 p.111.
in the Parow Communal Hall.
Wynberg and Claremont Zionist Association.
Mr. N. Engle berg, the newly appointe<l propagandist of the S.A. Zionist Federa- tion addressed a largely attended meeting at the Communal Hall, Wynberg on Tues- day evening.
:\Ir. ~'. Galloon pre icled and in intro- ducing and welcorn.ing Mr. Englesberg ·x- pressed the hope that Zionist aetivitie::;
throughout the country would greatly in- crea. e as result of Mr. Englesberg's pre- sence.
Mr. V. Resnekov who accompanied Mr.
Engles berg addressed the Junior ZionisL · present on b half of t.he Youth Central K ecutive. He appealed for greater in- terest and closer activities in the Youth Movement and hoped for a response that will ·trengihen the hands 0£ the Central Committee.
M1·. Englesberg traced the beginning of the Yishub and praised the self-sacrifbe
November 19th) 1937.
and devotion -0£ the early Halutzim. He graphicall T illu trated the developments which he Ye taken place in recent years, and thouaht that the Yishub has a very sound econornic foundation, us 25 per cent.
of th t tul J e\Yish population are occupied in agricultural activities.
Touching on the political aspects oi Er tz I rnel, Mr. Engle berg thought that the coming sear would be a mo t difficult important an·d decisive year, as the ques- tion of Partition will have to be decided
one
""°Y
or another. He appea1ed to bishearers to tucly and ponder over the ques- tion, so that when tile time will ari e to voice our final decision, we should know firmly -vvhere we are.
Many que tions were put to :rvir. Engles- berg at the conclusion 0£ his address to which Le replied.
A most interesting and instructive even- ing concluded with a ote 0£ thanks to the speakers by J\Ir. II. Dubow.
CAPE JEWISH ORPHANAGE.
Orphanage Subscribers and Donors are cordially invited to attend the Home on Sunday afternoon next,
the 21st inst., for:-
1. Consecration of Memorials and and Endowments. Service by Rabbi Israel Abrahams and Ivlincha Service by Cantor Katzin
and his Choir at 3.30 p.m.
2. The Barmitzvah Party for five Orphanage lads
at4.30 p.m.
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