In and Around the Peninsula

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]) cember 10th, 1987. THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA

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Province Zionist Propaganda and Organisation Council.

1 he Fourth Amrnul Couferenee of Zionist HocietieR of the \\T eHtern Provi11 ·e, \Yhid1 i~ beino open c1 by Rnhbi fan1el .\hrnham at 01 Zionist Hnl1 on Runda.r, 12th inst., nl 10.15 a.m., lrn. ronH c1 great intere:-,L among all <'Onstitne11t bo<lies who are nnxious to nse thi. 0t·<'asio11 to c1isc·ns:-; t 1w 'ital problem. Uwt fac-e Zi011i:-;ts ni i he pn·-

·e11t jrn1cim . Iteporls of the ndivitie:-; of se11ior 111e11 's 1111<1 '' nrnen ':-; snciel.ie:-; 1111cl

tht' Youth Orga11iHatio11 \\ill lw give11 alld cli:-;c·u:-;:-;ecl. l)ropagnmL1 ''ill he cle<tlt "·it It b.' l\h. N. J<..nrrle berg.

The aftemoon session will lie <le,·oted tn n clis ·ussion 011 Partition.

Ir. B. L. Hnbik, LL. B., will deli' er a eomprehei1si ve ncldress on " Partition."

])iseussion i~ invited.

A luneliL·on fol' <l •legate.· 1s bei11g an ~tll gecl .

Dorshei Zion Association.

'f'litt l'resicle11t and 'on1111itkr· will give a rec· ptio11 to .:\Ir. a11cl .:\In:;. La'/,al' Baudu ut thP Zionist !lull 011 'riws<ln,,, 11t11 inst, nt H. l."i p.111.

Bnoth Zion Association.

Tht-> 1wxt ltll'eti11g of thl' ::\Iuizc·nh·rh Bn111vh ·will take pl:tt'l' rn1 ~Io11cla), 13111 inst. at the r •t-<iclenl'.e of

:urn.

^L. ^Hntusky

(.Jun.), "Horne," \Ye~tbur) Honcl, .:\luizenberg.

~lr. l\I. Tatns will gi\e an nclche~t-> 011

·' l'hai-.sidisrn. ''

Th la ·t meC'Ling

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for th' y ar of the Cul- t mal Group of the Onn1ens Branch took plaee on Ioncla), at the ref..icl nc _, of l\lrs.

L. Klein, 18, Hiddingh Avenu . Pap rs of inter 't were rend and cliscmved by th"

me111 be rs.

'J1hc winuen:; of tLe comp ti iou orgnni ·eel by l\lr". D. Ulrnrlnff, which ^renli·ed the i-rnm of £115 for the J.K.F., were an- nounced.. They wer ^ti.' follo\\ s : :\Irs..

Hammer, of the G;:i,rden1::>, arn1 l\Ir .. Shor kend, of Sea 1) int.

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A mo t int resting afternoon wu,s pent by th ladies of the Oranj zicht Branch on :'.\Ionda;v aL ::.\lr::;. E. Ro.:-;' hon .. e,

"Ri ,·iera," l3ekedere Avenue, where ti1e monthly mernbei-s m cting was hek1.

l\lrs. D. Zuclrnrman was in the chair.

l\In-;. I. Abraham, read a most instntcti,·e pnper on "Zionism in the Hom . ' :\lrs.

Abrahams ·aid tha the mother wa the first and mo ·t natural teacher, and th<ott it was up to her to use thi · great influence of h rs towards inculcatillg in the young impre. sionahle child Romethiug of the s:piril of Zioni~m. 8be showed how, b~' the obserrnnce of CeremoninJ and l{ituul tlw

t'liilcl's interest C'oulcl l) hi:-;Lorical significance festi\uk

awakened to the of th various Ten was t11e11 .'el'n.'cl, af1 er which :\Irs. 8.

U sunclh "it .'ho\\ Pel a film t nken "it h a Cine 'urnem clrn·i11g 11 r tour of Palesti11 ~.

As t lie· fi hu ,,·ai-; :-;bown, l\lrs. ct i-mnc1hcit L'xplninecl the vnrious scenes.

.\. vot f-' of t lrnuk:-, to thC' l-iPL"akerl-i "u~

proposed Ii.\ ~lri-, . .JI. Kottler, allCl ~Ir~.

%ut-h·rn1n11 t lrnnkN1 the hostess, Mrs. K Ho~ . ., Joi· a \' r.' pleH!-:>unt nfte1·noon.

Mr. N. Englesberg ~.t Maitland.

A i11eeti11g \\us helcl in the Tallllt1d rror11l1 I-foll, 1\Ltitlu11CI, Oll l\Ju11da:. J) cem- lwc Ot h,. 1111cler tl1e <1u1->pil'.eH of tlie torn- bined ~laitltmd Zio11i:-;t orgnlllsntio11s. :\fr.

\ \ ' . ~Cllrl~Ull \\"<li-1 lit th tlJnfr.

°jJr. S. tklial'h showecl n «i11e-tilrn tilk 11

011 il \ isit to P:tlL·st in • t wu ~ L'Hrs <1go.

'llH· ('hnirnw11 thL'll i11trnclrn··d tl1e l-ipt'<tker of tlit-• l'\'l'l1i11g, ~Ir. E11glesbng,

\\ho sp()kv Clll tltL' n¹<'L¹111 \'l'l: t·npid ch•\ elop-

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P:dvs! i lit>. Hl' L'n1 pit ni-.;isl'd t ltt' ]ioin I ( ltn t t l1is cle\'elop111L'td, in \mild illr!,

n11d i11 ngri,·1111 lll'l', lrncl l>l'l'll nc·c·u111plii·d1ed Ii,\ .Ju'f\ s 1101 nc·t·11sto111vcl io :-;uc·l1 l<tltour~

liul trnittl•d t(J it, :111d 1·0111plt-11·cl ll\ l'l•nt

tt¹llll<'il: of }>lll'p08P.

Ile· rdetTt'd to lltl' J[ •ln'l"\\ lT11iv •rsih, it:-; spirit uni :ts well ns its <'tilt ltrnl Y1drn::~.

iL· ec·011ornie svn ic·l¹ to tlte c·o1rntry 11.\

111t·n11s nf effedin· r S-'HJ'C'ii into :1gri ·111·

t lll'l'. lle gnYe u \er.\ Yivid clest-riptio11 of

thu \'illngl's i11 !lie Ernek, n11d "xplniued

ho\\. new settl'1He11ts were buiH up. rrlw

rec·e11t riots, t]10ugh tHURi11cr a slowinu c1ow11 of irnlustr.\- in the towns, had i1ot re- sult-·cl in m1y grent 1mcmp]oyrne11t problem, ns \\·orkern ha cl been n hRorbecl ]).\ the ''illnge" in tlJe Emek.

.:.\fr. EngleRberg then Rpoke hriefl: on the

P~1rtitiou ~l'.l1eme, giYing bol11 points of Yie\\. witl1 great C'lnrity.

Al the tondul'ion of hiH aclclr Rio; seYernl que8ti011:-; were asked and ge11ernl dis ·us- t:iion took plat'e.

.:\Ir. A. Knufrnnn. in Hll npt speel'.h, thankucl the speaker, nncl tbe meeting cloHecl \\ ilh tbe singing of Hatikvnh.

Scopus Club.

.A sc)('ial ew11i11g "·ill be helcl rtt llie Zion ist Hnll 011 Suncln.\, 12th inst., at 8.lf> p.rn.

ior membern n11cl fri ncl~.

Two play:-; \Yill pe .-tHge(l b_\· the Dnl- urnt i(· ~ection. Tl1e fir~t i" "Th Play- goers" b,,· Pin 'ro, procl11c cl b.\ Mi .. · Han- 11ah Oblowitz. rJ'he other pla.', '' l'o:-;tnl Order .. ·· Ii.'- H. rL1ert\\ee, is being proclrn: <1 li:v -;.\lrl4. L. Bunnctn. 'l1here will nlso be nrnsitnl items.

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Social and Personal.

J\lr. Jn. tice l~¹rumkin and l\Irs . . Frumkin ancl l\fr. and l\lr .. L. Brauclo ar arriving t -du. in the Union Limited from Johan- nesbmg.

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Dr. Louis llernnann lelt la. h·iday in th' Arnndel Ca tle on a vibit to Europe.

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:\Lr. ~I. .J. Abel ohn 1 ft lasl Friday rn t hv Dui]io on a visit to Europe.

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l\fr. Harry Getz, pr siden of the South Afriean ni'l'ersit~· H~ irnming }i¹e<lerntion and memb r of the Uarc1inals bai-:.eball t am whieh recently won th ^lrovjncinl Cham- pionship, left in tl1e nuilio last Friday in eharo·e of a party of LTniver:ity student:- ''ho will tou ^1· England, the Continent and J>alestin H, will b away about two

lllOllth:-;.

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rl¹h, e11gage111 •11t is announe ,d of Sadie, elclest dnught 'r of .:\Ir. and 1Irn. l\I. 8tei11, Houghton D1·i,·-', Johannesburg, to Leon, third son of :\Ir. and the late l\Ir. F.

Kirsch of Johanne~drnrg, formed;) oi 'eres, '. ]>.

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.°\lr. H. L. Hehn.ch is sniling to-clay in the J )nm t-gun Castle on a 110liclay visit 1o E11g- ln11d a11d the Uo11ti11 ·11t.

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_\[iss Hni Ii l'olt 'll is retmniug mt J\lon- du~, lath in~d., in 1l1e \\¹arn iek l'at.tlu frn111 London, \\ li!:'re :,.;he hns hcL'tl :-;tucl. ing nt t hl' Hoyal Colleg, of i\1 m,ie.

r 0011t£nued from Second OolumnJ.

Woodstock and Salt River Talmud Torah School.

,\ \ l'l', suc·~L·i-.;~,ful l'\ ening, giH·11 by th(•

pupils, \\'<lS lwlc1 last Hunclny \Vii ·n 1 lw ('lrn11ukali 'onc"rt took plnee nt a !'nei<tl g:d lwring.

Th hn.11 \\ nH fill d to capacity and th

H'l')' ent 'l'laining progrnmwe waH arranged b_v He\. 8. Ku~sel nrnl .J-lr. l\I. Kaplan.

Tb, outstanding items \Vere a IIebn'w Hket ·h entitlccl "Suclah Chanukah" and a .JPwi1:-1h sketvh cntillcc1 the ''Camp Fire,'' both of whieh \Vere ably proclu cl b, Mr.

llinnn l~tein.

J)r. C. Hesn kov udrlr ... ed the gath ring and compared the nece:->Rity of the Talmud ':l1orah with tbat 0£ other in titutions, whil J\lr. M. Aronson spoke on the E>igni:ficance of Chanukah.

The Vioe-Chairman, 1\Ir. H. Politzky, proposed a vote of thanks to those who helped to make the function a su ce. and t be vening tenuinn.t cl with the sinaing of Hatikvah.

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Hebrew Kindergarten Chanukah Celebration.

On 'unday morning a large number of parent and friends collected in the 1inor Zionist Ha11 to watch the Chanukah celebration of the Hebrew Kindergarten.

...\Ir ·. H. Friedland r \Yelcomed all those present and remarked that, while all around u · were the ·igns of ./ma , it was our duty to remind our children that we have our own interesting national festival. She also voiced the regret of the Committee at losing the services of Miss Reading . who had given of her best to Kindergarten for almost six 3 ear·. The good wishes of the Committee went to Miss Reading for happiness and good luck in her married life.

The children then . ang their Chanukab songs in a most delightful manner and .·hawed that they understoocl the meaning of the ligh tecl candles. ·

~Iiss l{eacling and :\Iiss Boroda and their pupils were heartily applauclecl and packets of sw ets \\'ere distributed to all the children present.

Kowno

Hebrew

Friendly Society.

A large number of members and friends oi th above society was present at the Zionist Hall on Wedn sday, 1st December, 1937, to welc;ome H11bbi ancl frs. Israel Abrahams and to c ¹lebrate the festi al of Chunukah. HeY. :'..\l. Cohen, the Pre ident, was in the chair aucl welcomed the guests.

Hev. 8. Micbelsou delivered a very lengthy und eloquent address on Clmnukah which wa8 0£ great int rest. Cantor L. Gold- wn 'ber then lighted the ¹1.rnnukah candles in a most impressive mnnner and also ren- clerecl ·eyernl ,Je\\>ish songs which were greatly appreciated by all those pr sent.

Hul>Li Abrnlrn.ms cl 'liv red an interest- i11g urlclre,'::; ancl str '8 eel th importance ancl siguifieuuce of ,hanulrnh. He appealed io m •rnbcrs to de\otc as much time to .Jewish eultmt' us possible and shov i.ru · fri 'ttch'11ip to one another.

.Jlr . .M. Ipp briefly explained the work ancl obj ·ct or Lhe above society and ex- pressed the nppreciation of the society of the pre~.enc · of Rubbi Abrahams. 1\Ir. I.

.Fiue ancl .Jfr. L. Kantor, both past presi- denL' of the society, moved a hearty vote of thanks to Habbi and Mrs. Abrahams, and to Rev. l\lichelson, Cantor Goldwasser and tile other artists who took part in the evening.

Refrebhmen ts were served till a late hour and the evening concluded with the singing 0£ '' Hatikvah. ''

South Peninsula Zionist Society.

The auuual geDeral meeting was held on Thursday 2nd December, in the Talmud Torah Hall, ?Juizenberg, and the following Execubve and Committee \Yere elected for the corning year: :\Ir. R. .J:I. Rifkin, Chair- man; Mr. J. Tucker, Vice- hairman; Adv.

Bum tt, Treasurer; Mr. I. Satusky, Sec- retary. Committee: Mr. Davidowitz, l\Ir.

W. 8atusky, :Jir. N. Emdin, fr. L.

RiJ:kin, l\Ir. B. :Fine, Ir. S. Apter, Mr.

Wolfsohn, and Rev. Frank.

Union of Jewish Women.

The next me ting will take place at the Zionist Hall on Tuesday, December 14th, at 3 p.rn.

fr. Dav.id Gamble \\rill sp ak on "The Cont mporary ovel."

Ca-pe Hebrew Helping Hand Association.

The Trea urer acknowledges the receipt of £50, being a beque t from the estate of the late :\fr. Nathan Monison.

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Muizenberg-Kalk Bay Hebrew School (Talmud Torah).

A Rpecial bnnukah and J . ^..L .F. celebration was held in the Talmud ':L1orah Ball, Muizenberg, on , unclay, 5th inst.

After a short programme of Hebre'r s ngs und recitations by the ubiklren, fr.

A. 1\1. Abrahams aclche s d the audienee on the work of the .J. .F. In Lhe course of his remarks he outlined the origin uncl growth of the fund nncl gave a brief sketch of its activities.

The nuclieDce joined the chairman, Mr.

M. Shngam, in carrying ^n, hearty vote of thanks to the speaker.

Chanukah Concert at Claremont.

A Chanukab Concert was held in the Tal- mud Torah Hall, Grove Avenue, Clare- mont, on Sunday. Mr. H. Beck, Chairman of the Claremont Hebrew Congregation, presided.

The hanukah candle8 were lit by Gerald Abramowitz and the children of the Tal- mud Torah sang ":Hoaz Tzur," accompanied by Fanny Abrahamson.

'rhe pupils th n gave a varied selection oi recitations, dialogue.' in Hebr w and songs.

Rabbi A. H. Abraham8on gave au elo- quen address, strel:> ing th ignificance of the Chanukah celebrations.

Dr. C. Re nekov acldres eel th gath ring 'n the subject of Hebr w Education and appealed to the parents to ._ ncl their children to the Talmud Torah.

l\fo~. _Fr edman, hairlady of th, Ladies' 8oci y, di;:;tributecl the wiz ^'8 assist jd h. ^r

frs. Gorfinkel.

After the t ·a int rval \da Abrahamson gave a dance which wns much appr cint tl.

"rl1 ¹hainn:m t11 n called upon .i\lr. Gor- fink 1 to prnpo.· ^rt heiu·ty vote of thanks to both sp akers, the artistes, the fJ'almud 'I1orah 'ommittee, and all those who a ·F.ist ,d in making the con ' rt a. success.

The coneert t rminatecl with the singing of th Hatikval1.

Parow Hebrew School.

The Parow Communal Hall was fil1ed to capacity on Suncla;v night on the occa~ion

oi the Cbanulrnh Concer of the Pa.row Hebrew School, organised by the teacher Rabbi B. LipshiLz.

The proc edings opened with a talk on he history of lwnukuh in Hebrew, by one of the pupils, and then followed a Chanukah play in one act by the pupil · this was written b, Rabbi Lipshitz for thi occa. ion.

After the fir ·t part of the programme an in piring acldre&s wa, delivered by Dr. Hur- witz, who appealed to the parents to take a keener interest in the Jewi h education oi their children. He al ·o congratulated the teachers ancl the pupils.

The , econd half of the programme con- si tecl oi songs, recitations and a sk tcb.

.Jlr. N. Berold, the Chairman of the on- gregation, prnposecl a vot of thanks to r.

Hurwitz, anrl to the teacher.', who rnacle the £unction ·uch an out tanding success.

Mr. H. Dait~h also . poke.

A most enjoyable e'Tening closed with the singing of Hatikvah.

December 10th, 1937.

Stellenbosch Women's Zionist Group.

1r. N. Enalesberg addressed a well- attended meeting at the Talmud Torah Hall, Stellenbo, ch, on December 2nd. He

'\Va accompanied by M:r. Charloff, of Cape Town, who fir t a<ldres eel tbe meeting in Yiddish.

:\Ir. Engle, berg gave an interesting ac- count of developments and events in Pales- tine and touched on the Partition issue.

'everal que. tions were asked and re- ceived answers by 1\lr. Englesberg.

Mrs. S. Tollman presided and a vot¹e of thanks to the ~ peaker' was proposed by :'..\Ii. s P. farcus.

Charity

Concert for

Polish Children.

A very tine procrnurnne 'vill be presented at the 'harity C011cert next i:)unday, 12th iusi.., in the ZioniRt Hnll, in aid of Polish el1il dr n.

Mr. ,Jueob ·w,1i:.,;1itz, the well-knowu actor, supported by members of the Cape Town Drnmatie Circle, 1vill appear in n number of item:.

Oneg

Shabbat at Wynberg.

At tL last Oneg t-5lwbhat of the season held on Suturch1y, 4th inst., ReY. Oh. Gor- don d liver c1 nn arldre:s on Cbanukah.

After Zernirot, 1 'cl by \mtor Golub, 1.he

£unct1on close l.

The next 011eg Shabbat will he held after the summer holiday .

Annual Picnic at Paarl.

The Annual Picnic nrrmwecl by the .Paarl Junior Zioni8t Hociely, will tuk . place at l\Iuraih' 1'¹aru1, t\irnonclium, on Thur ·day, lGt h in. t. (J ingaun's Duy). A <lune will be lHdcl in the vening at the Pnnrl rrulmucl Tornh llnll. ^}1'0l'further ^inl'ormu1ion apply to illiss F. Oross, Box :27, Paarl.

CONSECRATION.

BEROLD.-The consecration of the tomb- stone in e\ er-loving memory of Barney Isaac Berold will tak place on Sunday, D cember 12th, at l 1 a.m., at Woltemade (Gate 8).

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend.

BARMITZV AH.

FINE.-Mishel, elder son of Mr. and Mrs.

Israel Fine, "Bongola," Axminster Road, Muizenberg, will read a portion of the Law at the Muizenberg Synagogue on Saturday, 11th December. "At Home," Sunday afternoon. No cards.

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