In and around the Peninsula

8ep(eml er 13d1, 1940.

THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

687

Social & Personal.

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'rhe enaag m nt is announc d of [anu 1, young ~st son of ir. and l\frs. Nathan Bloch, of Orunjezicht, Cape Town, nnd Hose CeleRt , younge ·t dauo-hter

or

^Mr.

ind .:\Ir .. _\brabnrn .i\Ieltz r, of Houghton, Johannesburg.

PEI 111 ISUtf

Bnoth Zion Association.

Dr. ~Iicltaf·l 'l'muh acldl'e~·n.;ecl a meeting of \Omen at the Zionist Hnll h\. t l\fondn,\

afternoon on · 'Ameriu.t an cl Palestine ...

~Jr ·. L. t:iegal pr sided and welcomed the l ctmer. l\Irs. :\i. F.psLein rend certain re- portH of the 'iv01k of the Board of Deputiei.:;

ill1tl the W.1.Z.O. ~Irs. C'. ~'chapiro an-

nomu.:ecl the ^~inn r n[ the

,r.

-.F. "r1lod;:

<~ompl'tition."

J >r. l\I.. 'l'l'nub Hl1<1l,Yserl the motives for t-migrc1tion and point d out. thnt becnu of tl1P 11lrnormi1lity of th-' .Jewish people, Jew-

i h ]ii. tory consdecl of irnm1grntion . Poli-

t it:nl e«n110111i(' and i:lOC'i<tl eaus::; wer• re- . po11:-.iblP tor th fHC'L that .J ^P\\'s in numbers were , t nil tirnes t:ompelled to s •ek new lio111l'.'. Ile rn·r•:-;ented figm >, to • ]1ow t hrlt

iwt Wl' 11 18 l and I 011 and ~11rnin aftel' tlw

( ht•nt ·war, .h•\\ ish li

rl'

(•011:-;i:-.tecl mninl .. in

H iei cljn.'lnwnt to ^11t\\' wmlcl.. 'l1h · ^.JP\\:-;

wlio sdtlt•d in the l·.s. \. vmi<·hPcl tin•

Pc·onomi1· lif"' of !Int t·nuntr> h.\' npt>ning 11ew inclust ries nrnl Pnlnrging the export trnclP.

II v.·nys, ho\\C\U', ]>cl to 1)nl stin. Tn uoillo lo Er t z Israel the .J •wish p ople

WPre norrn<dising their !"O ·in! . tru ·Lure. A h nHh.v ngl'i ·uHnrnl da s wns growing up nncl ,Jews \\ere to be found in ull 'ivnllrn of life. Tl1e fiOO,OCJO .J ws in Palestine formecl

11 normal people njo>·ing n henlthy c.:ono- mic life.

An interesting disc1i.~sion en:uerl nncl Dr.

'Traub ans\\ eretl a number of questions.

Mr. . H. .i\Ion:.ovi(' t.hnnkecl Dr. Trnub

,~ rY wnrm lv not only for his intere ting nclclre. s hm. for his ~·ork with the Bnoth Zion Assoc·iation cluri11g hi. . tay in rapt' '11own.

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A c.:ornbinecl meetino· of the Gardens.

Tamboers Kloof <Hll1 Oranj zicht Branches took place at the home of 1rs. G. ew- stead, of the Onrcl ii.., for the Committe .s to m et uncl cli. eus. with Dr. 11ichael Traub matter. of 7,ionist inter -st. There was a oood ullenCTtl1WP and Dr. Traub d - livuec1 ^{e1 "} r,v int ere, ting tnlk, i1fter whicl1 cli8 ussion took plaee. ~lrR. Blumberg, Chairlady, T:.unl10 rn Kloof Branch, took the chair, and l\lrs. h. Cohen, Hon. Pre- sident of the Garden. Branch, proposed a vote of thnn k to th ~ peaker anc1 hostess.

1IrK. I.,. 8eaal, Chairlad!· of the Bnoth Zi011, n(·c·ornpanit·d Dr. 'rrnul>.

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A rnu1 aft rnoon held bv the Gardens Branch took plae at tb mi1;or Zionist Hall in nid of ,J. .F. £22 was raisec1.

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A C'Urd afternoon in nicl of the .J.N.F.

organised b} Mrs. R. Carter and Mrs.

Laden took place at the l1ome of Mrs.

Carter, Hiahhrncli:; J;3stnte, on 26th A ngust.

£8 wn. reafo;ed.

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'The hrnt rn mbers' niee ing of the 1\1uize11- berg Brnneh of the Bnoth Zion held nt the Rio nr.rnde Hotel took the UllURllal

form of a sorial, and was nn out. tanning success.

:\Ir . Mac.:banik, who presided, \velcomed the guests of the afternoon, m mbers of th C nhal Exec·utiv u11d nlso repre. ntc1- ti' es of oth(:1' organi1:HttionK pres nt.

An excellent mu. ical programme was provided con. iRting of songs b~ Lilli Kra11se; itemti by the following trio-Mrs.

Bertha Tuch (Yiolini. t), frs. Mt bel Lev r (pi<rno). l\lrs. Polly Em din ( '<· llo) ; and Yiolin Rolos b~ i lr .. Rerthu Tuch.

During tea memberK were afford cl an opportunit,\· of meeting tht• nH.·rnl>ei.· of th (' 'ntral Ex cu ti\' .

l\Irs. I. AbrnhumH, }] on. Life Yi re-pr - s"l<·nt, imcl llrs. L .Segal, Pre.ic.lent of the B111)tli Zion, spok" nnd t->lress"c1 the im- portmil'e to members ]H'l'L·ent of the urgent ne •d f01 <"ill'l') ing on with • rittionnl Fund

"m k and "'i11.1) ~e\\'ing hroups, in ucldition to wml· for th • war effort.

11': . .i\lnl'linnik tlin11kt·d tlw arti.'t.· for t la·it e~-l'Pll ·nt singing an cl pla>ing. ulso .i\lrs. Sncks for lier ki11cl hospitalit.v', ancl all pres ni for tl1eir :dtell(l:tnee.

Union of Jewish Women.

Tlwr wns a fair atte11danC' at the 111011thly meeting of th l nion in the Zionist

Hrill on Tu sda.\, LOth inst.

Mrs. L. Blol'h, of PnrO\v, gave n brief resnrne of b \\·ork bein0 aC'('OD1pfo;}1ec1 b,\

lhe Durbm1ville, B llvill and I)nrow J w-

i~h Ladies' Roei

t>-·

rl'hii:-. Rociety is active-

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participating in wnr worl ns well aR

Zioni~t work and the ladies nre to be con- gratulated on the mo. t ~nntif~·ing reRulh: of tl1 ir yarions ffort .

l\lrs. Ltrnbre.\, Chairlad,Y of the local hran('h of the Child Welfn.re A. oeiation, brietl>· ennrnernted th Yariou: nrntitutions which, under the aegis of th Child \Yelfare Association, are doing fruly noble work in

(Continued on Ne;rt Page).

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'i1he marriage took place in New York on Bun clay, 8th in Rt., of Rita, y unge1·

<lnught r of l\Ir. and the late l\Irs. ier, Ch tern ld Road, Oranjezicht, to Arthm Kurtz, of New York.

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The engagernent i~ announced of Sylvia I o alin, <laughtel' of l\lr. and 1' Irs. I. •.

Ow ianick, of Kl rk dorp, Transvaal, and :\Iorri. Louis, son of Mr. and l\Ir . A. Kauf- rnnn, of foitland.

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}fr. ~ 'amn, Gen ral Seer tary of the H.A. tl ewi h Board of Deputi '8, who has been on u visit to Cupe ~rown, left on Wed- ne.-clny niuht ⁰¹¹ his return to Johannesburg.

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l\Ir. and l\Irs. Louis Perlman (nee L .ir1

'hiut), uf itzicht, WelJington, are b ing eo11g1·atulated rn1 the hirt}1 of n 01\.

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l\Ir l~Hne Frank lw.· be n re- lected as :\Li~ or of \'an H.lt:' nsdorp :for th fifth year.

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BickurCholim- Dorshei Zion Minyan.

SERVICES

will be h Id in the

ZIONIST HALL. CAPE TOWN.

during the forthcoming High Festivals.

Seats may be booked daily at the Zionist Office, 8 5, Plein Street, Cape Town.

Phone 2-7830.

Free Seats will be reserved for men in uniform.

THE CAPE BOARD OF JEWISH EDUCATION.

has much pleasure in announcing to the public that from the beginning of the School Year 1941. a

Hostel for Jewish Boys and Girls

attending local schools will be opened under its supervision.

Boys will be accepted from the ages 7-13. and girls from the age of 7 upwards.

The Hostel is situated in V redehoek Avenue, and is near the principal boys' and girls' schools, the Talmud Torah and the Synagogues; it will provide a home with a refined Jewish atmosphere, for those children from up-country

who obtain their education in Cape Town.

Prospectus and full details from :

THE SECRETARY,

P.O. Box 2578 CAPE TOWN.

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IN AND AROUND . THE PENINSULA

(Oo11tinued from Prei;ious Page).

Lhe uplifting <llHl l'.are of tho. e unfortunate d1ilclren who through ncl verse C'ircumstances are deprived of a 8quare dea 1. To fit them

to

ti1ke their proper places as citizen. of this country is the aim of everv C'bild Wel- fare Association, u societ) whi.ch know no

cla or creed. ·

l\Jri-;. MirYi8h onC"e more appenled to mempers to Rll]iport the llnion's \Var Emergency .Expense. Fund, which is urgently in need of money to finance its numerous wnr activities. Durng the pa t fe\v weeks the rnion ran a Yerv surces. fol l~mergency Cnnte n for Soldiers in the Zionist Hall. 'I'i1iK ^cunteen will be run in fnlnre whenever large C'Ont ingents of troops are in town.

After tea Mr.

n.

Saron gave a mosL thought-pro\'Oking 1 cture-" A Chall n~e to S.A. Jewry." Women if th demnnc1 equal rights with men mu._ l be willing to accept egun] responsibilih. As women haYe more opporhmity nnd lei ure to in- flueu ·e the life o-f u '.ommunity it should be the duty of ev r5¹ woman to aim at an exi8tence which i . .fu1ly Jewish, i.e., an active life fitting the inllividuni for rom- plete citize11. hqJ. Lo~ .1lLy to .J .wr.v ih well a::; to our country is parctmount, for, th better the .J w the better the citizen. He urged thnt tlie µresent inateriali tic outlook of our race be submerged so as to enable om trul:v J e\vi h iCleals of life to be' revived

011t.:e more. L t us remember to maintain om morale 011 thP home front and k p alive tlrnt \\ hieh "" h:wc> i;;lriYen so Jong to establ isli.

Mrs. L. HL•gnl moved a vote of thank to the • penk r.

Dr. Traub Addresses· Zionist Association of Students and Massadah.

t'. ~1 idiat:•l 'I'ruul> \\'HR l he l1ll('SU of honot)I' ;it a sp 'l'ial 111ePting arrange~ under the a uspic·e.· ni t hl' two u bove :u·;Roriation~

on Strnclny l'\"tting, 8eptemher 8th, nt the Zionist Hall, Cape rro,,n. i\Tr .• \. 0. Wall.

Chairman · of the Zionist A.Rsoriation of Htudent. , \YflR in the hair.

nr.

rrraub cleli\' ·red a powerful and (•loquent rulchesR on ".J"W!:4 l nder Nnzi Hule.: '. He ;.;poke f,rorn per~onnl xp .rienC't:'

:lllll from the C-lost.> awl intinrnle obRenn tious he \'ins ubl to mn.k whilst r siding in 0 rmany both prior lo and during th Nazi regime, and on \iRits rn'ade to neigh- honri11g conntries.

He cl HC'ribe<l luc·icll v the d re to which

<tt>sirnilati011 had take

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n <l hold of the Ger- nwn .Jewish Commun it), nnc1 their re- actiou. -particularlv those of the vouth- to the succ s. ion .o-f anti-J ·wi. h decrees.

Dr. Traub \Vent on to point out that what had huppened in -iermanv was not n phenom non confined to th~t country but wns in fact a tomm ntnrv 0£ tbe

iate

of Jew. in Galut. He dre" · thought-provok- ing ·onclnsion.: on i he con cl net of J wrv in the mid, L o( the terror, point d out. the

fotilit~· of the methoch, of appeasement ncloplt->cl, and also showed tl1e invaluable role that Pal . tin wa. nble to play in Rolv- ing t.he problem of thou and. of Oermnn Jews.

Dr. 'I'rnub's Jectiure was followed with the C'lose

t

intere. t Hnd , .v ral que tion.

THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

wer put by member 0£ the audien ·e. So searching were the. e, in fact, that Dr.

Traub 's reply 1n. led as long us hi originnl ledure, an<l fasC'irn1ted his nudienee witl1 t hf· f'«lme de •p-rnoted lllHlersbuH1ing n11d rnn . .;tc•r.v of the .'ttt)jec·t.

A \'ole of thank. \\·us 1110\·ed bv fr. C'.

K. Friedlander, ('liainnan of the MasRtulah, and ·nrried with nc lamntion.

Talmud Youth Centre.

'rhe weekly m eting o{ the Centre "·n~

held on 'fhmsdct.\, September Gth, in the Hoeland StreeL Synagogue H,tll. rrh Director of the Bourd of Jewish Eel ncafaon, Dr. A. Birnbaum, was present. and was w lcom cl by Hnbbi Dr. E. W. Kirzner and 111e Committ e.

Mr. H. Bank wns in th' C'hair und tlw m eting was open cl bv l\lr. A. Knrol who read and interpret cl the text of th ' Tal- mud. A diseuRRion follow cl ⁱⁿ whi h many qnestion, were r::iised cm the different lmL of Deposit. which \Yere explained and illustrated b) the Rabbi.

'fhe following tuok pnrt iu the c1Lcus. ion anll th reacling o-f the text: l\Iis ... es A.

Weiner, M. KeRsler, I s. rs. M. Herman, T Goodman, A. F 1<1man, B. 1\Iargolis nncl M. B rman.

The meeting' will C'Ontinue to be h Jd on Thur day u£terno01 rn at 3.10 p.m. in the Ro land Street

S:

^ne1gogue Hall.

C.T. Child Guest Committee.

As the ^{l' .} ult of n fundion held nt

" Craigmore," S -'a Point, l\frs. 0. Hasson and l\Irs. A. Tar. hish have hnnd cl in tHJ to the C.'11. C'hih1 Guest Committe".

'I1h competition for th doll vrns won b · Ph)llis Sepel, lG QlH-'L•11's H.oacl, 8PH Poiut.

A Barmitzvah Celebration.

l\lr. :irnl l\lr . . 1. I ogoff, ol' I l\fo)·rnn·tl l\lnnsio1rn, l pp 'I' i\h.\'nnrd Hlr i, were

\t llnme on Rat.mduy 11ighl i11 celebration of Ll1e Bnrrnitz,·ali nf llit·ir elcleRt, 011,

Monis Geralcl.

Hnbui I. brahmrn-, prnpo~ed the toast of th-' B:nn1itzvnh nrnl pre:-Hen led him with the c: rtificute of· the Bonrcl of Education.

Ir. H. Hoaoff reRponcl •cl. Rabbi Kram r :trnl Rnbbi l\.1orge11~te>rn p10p0Recl the lonsis of the par nls :mcl grnndpnn·nts. l\h. \Y. .H.ogoff r , pondecl.

Dror.

Lnst Sutnrclny night n well <-ltt n led me ting of t lie above 0rgnniRnlio11 wn. held at t,he /';ioniRt Hnll. l\.fr . .J. Futeran reatl a story abont th life of th· ehilclren in a Kvutzcl in th' E111ek, which served ns the th me for cliscus:-;ion. . Tbe di. cus~ ion, initiated hy l\Jr. H. Pnc1owieh, wa. verv in- teresti11g nncl many of tho. e pre ni . pnr- tiC"ipat cl.

C.T. Hebrew Congregation-Children's Services.

C'hilclren'R 8erYit e · wel'e ngni11 held in th Or 'tl Hyn<toogu on ~abhnth, the 7tl1 S plemlwr. 'l hNe \\'as it fair attenclarn·e clespit lhe inclement went her. Th suh- jeC'i. oi Hnbbi. Abrahi1ms' tnlk to the cbilcl- r n \\'RS "'l1he Uood Deed.· of Hnbbi foyer."

l\liss ~Freda Habinowitll, arrain conduc:tecl rommunnl singi11g of modern H br w songs.

eptember 13lh, H)40.

Forthcoming Events.

w

P. ZIOXIST PROPAGANOA cor~cu,.

l )r . . \f ic·l1:iel '1'1·11ub \\ill <t<hhc•ks a publil•

i11ev1 i11g 011 Hu1Hlny, 8epte1nlwr 15th, at

~.15 p.n1. ^:it the Zionist Hall. He will spenk 011 ".f PWry Faces the Aggressor." All welcome.

ZIONIST SOCIALIST PARTY.

Habhi l. Al:rnhnrns "ill dl:'li\-er n public·

L d m c, u lHlt¹r t Ii n u"'piees of th nbove Or- gani zn t ion at Ll1e Zionist I-fall on Sunday e\·ening, 8epit>111Ler 22nd, nt 8.15 p.m. .

('04 TCRRT LT AlJ) 011' J.N :F.

A (°<HH"ert "·ill lw l1t>lcl on 8umlay vening, Lit h Hepi Pll1LJ ·1·, at 8.HO p. m .. nt the Tal-

111 ud rrnrnh Hall . .-\rgylP Htr •d, \Voodstock.

Jt J1as been ot·gauii-;ecl b,\ Mrs. Z. Galloon under the nuspiees. of the \\rooclstock-Sal Hiver Bnoth Zion \..s~oc;iati.on in aid of th . .J.K.F. "\n exe,Hent programme has been nrrangecl amongst the item~ lwing act by Haclio stnrs, .f ewisl1 folk-songs, imper ona-

t ion~. Yiolin 'olos, dmw s, noYeltv entertain- ment :rncl a on •-a ·t plny

produc~d

by Sybil Marks. AclrniHsion is by c1011ntion of 2/6 and 1 /G. Doors op 11 7 .30 p.m.

YO NG POALEI ZIO .

Tlte 1wxt mL:eting of the Young Po<lle Zion will be 11el<l in the Zionist Hall on Frida\

lHtli l:)epte111lwr, at 8 p.nL l\Ir. B.

Pad~~

\\ i ·Ii \\'ill clt·Ji,· 'l' Hll Hf1dr 'S Oil "Th"

Furnlinnvirtnl Principll'R of Hocialist Zionism .. , ~[e1nbe1·s nn<l friends ar in-

\ it l'<l.

Drol'. -The nvxl gntl1 ring of "Dror"

\\ill tnh· pln<'l' in the Zionist Ha1l on F1·ida,\. 1:1tli Nt>ptP11rl>vr, :it 8.rn p.m. :\fr. Z. A\ i11 mil cll'li\'l r· nil nd<1rc :;;. !\Ie1nber:-- nnd I lwir fl'ivnds ll!'l' i11\•ite<l.

Cape Town's Popular Rendezvous!

STANDARD LOUNGE

72, Adderley Street, Cape Town.

(Opposite Standard Bank).