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Bnoth Zion Association.
A 1uo t Pl1Joyable a11d intel'l'. ting nfter110011 wa.
, pent by tl10 l' p1 ent at tlll' rnonthl~· c:11lt11ral
11w1: ting of tlw "Ell'\·enth'' Brunch, hclcl at the Jl' i<l 11c•e of .. Ir . H. Gottlieb, ''\Va\· ·rl<'y." Edl•n Hoad, l lnremo11t. 011 • lon<lay, l~th lyO\'t•mber.
l\hs. l leur~· l larri. , who had just r<'tur11<·d from th• Zioni. t ( 011fl'n•nc•e in .Johann ·burg, on upPn- ing tilt' llll't ting, told tlw 111emLl·1·s of tl1t' wonderful p rit at t ht> ( onforeuc • ancl of the pledge that
wa ma<lP by all 1 pre~entatiVt'.' to . ll}J )Ol't the
\ i llltY in all a lid v •rything unclertak1•n by them.
Durin. th(' dis('U. ion on bu ine. · matters. the Chairlu<l~· informed tlJO c pr . ent that the
"El Vt 11th" Branch !tad reali..:t•d alrnu t £.500 this
Massadah Association of Sea Point.
.:\Ir.
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C'Olll-
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to the 'entul'y
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Bruno
A m eting rn held 011 l\1011day evening, Hlth
! yovemh"r. a tlw r • id nc of )Ii Dornthy Ya h,
,.<'.
De II uguenot , 'ea Point.Tlw Chairman. :Mr. . . M. L 'Yin, gave a brief hut l'<triHng nrve · of th Zioni t attitude to J. lr.
B •\·in' de<·laration in<li<'nting that. despite evpry oppo it ion, Zioni: ' would go on. with th ir prac- tical 11ph11ilding of Pale. tine. l\11 Dorothy Ya h supplemeutP<l thL hy a general rPVi<>w of curren.t :uew.. Mn;. H. Levin, one of )la saclah' · <lele- gale to the .A. Z10ni t ( onf 're11~e. gav a mo t iuterP ting aec·ount of the lffOcee<ling.· at Confer- enC'<', togetlu.•r with a few p 'l' ·o~ial imp re. ·ion· ..
'I he main pPak1:r of tlw evemng, )Ir. S. ~lorns.
of th ( i:ty oun il' u1Te.' 1 p. rtm nt, nd- dn• · · <l th~· nwmhcr: on "Th Engineering DP- n~lopnwnt ot Pah' ti1Jt.•." ViPwi11g the . ubjPet pur ly from a . eit>ntific angl . di\·on.·('d from all 1 olitif'al i111pli<·ntion h h?w •cl whn.t tr mencl?u · po :iliilitit la,· before u. 111 Palestmc. Quotmg tnti tit•· ho indif'uh·cl that th! Jordan VallPy u horit ' coulU ran form h t. •rilit ' of the unt 0into f rtiJit and by the rel a e of elec- trical energy provid; security for an additional four million people. Besides this main project, th re a tr mendou cope in chemical and min al engineering, especially in regard to the hich ha a terrific mineral content.
n conclu~ion, . orri. felt that the engineer-
• g de elopment of Pal stme could olve the prob- lem of he J in urope, a it could make po -
'ble the absorption of all the bomeleBS.
vo'8 of thu.b to a speaker a7J<l to the
pro L. adel.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWJHH CHRONH LE.
Massadah Association of Yredehoek •
.A ''cry Wl•ll attendul 111 eti11g wa, . h<.'kl on T11t>sday, l:ith 'ovembt>t. at the re i<l 'nce of )fr.
:incl _\lr ·. Gol<llwrg, Ludlow Hoacl, wh n Habbi
• 'hrnC'k wn, tlw gu<· t spc·aker. )lr. ,J. Han on ''as in he diair nud apologis<'<l for the unavoid- able ah.-enc·(' of the Chairman. )fr. '\V. 'ebba.
Aft<>r welcomi11g nll the JH'W ·011wrs to the 'ociety a11<l al ·o nwml Prs of Orauj zicht ~fa ·sadah who
WNP p·res<>nt. the Chairman asked .Ai Freda J ahinowitz to cll'l:n•r a report on Conference, whi<'h wa · lisfrned to with great interc t.
l\f r. Hnn~on then 1>.·tcnded a verv warm Wl'l- (·onw 1.o Habbt , l1roel· who d10 ·e a~ hi subject
"\Vhar ... yow?" During th pre ent lull before the .-torm,. it had to he admitted that political Zioni ·m h::i<l not bePn v ry successful and the old te.·t, "Put no your trust in prince ," was never trn0r. TherP wa · a clefiuite trend towards relig1on and thi · wa. eYidcnced by the recent day of i11tC'rccs ion proc:laimC'd by pulitical Zioni m. The . peak.er thl'n de nlL with the many possible solu-
ious the Br~ti:h Governm nt might put forwarcl and the rPpercu~sion · each might have. What- CYer might he decided no stroke of the p n would put nu end tu the Ziuni · .·olution of the .Jewish problem, but we mu.·t Ct a P put.ting our trus~ in prinrcs-tlil' princes had fnilecl u · and a wing to id'gion with an 11n~hakt1abh• hclief in the ultimate reali ·ation of onr aim· was onr one hope.
An nnimnt.<>cl di. cus ion follow<.'d Rabbi 'hrocl\:'s addn>s. . continuing until tea-time after which the Chairman thank<•tl the Hahbi for his intere t- ing and i11formatin1 lPcturc a11d al o :Mr. aud :\Ir .. Golcllwrg for tlwir ho pitality.
Histadruth Ivrith.
ThP . Pc·ond in the • rics of three lectures b:
)fi · C. Lamp<•n on "The "'oman il} :Modern Beh- n'W Litc>ratur " wa!' gin•n at the Zionist Hall on 'undn.· night. Dr. A. Birubanm was in th
•hair.
-:\fi Lampen referr l to the RotH'ew journal
"ltapo 1 th'' <litecl b,· Rach I Kalznel 011, in whi<'h wcmwn's a ·ti,·ilit's in Erdz Israel are re- fl0dt'cl ancl which contain, contrihutiol) on
of life in whid1 women are speri- lt cl. he then reacl '-·tracts from a
" ha'· •roth Bakihhnbl," an : nthology of writi11g hy wonH'n arnl 0110 of the fin0 ·t lit i -
ar. • proclu •t · of r c nt l im Fi.nall · Ii J,amp on d alt \\ ith th wrii<'r Br. c•ha llabas and L<mh Goldh rg and r •nd . on~ral po• ms by the In t 1'.
D1'. Birnba11m thnnkl(l ~Ii· La1111 11 for h<>1' ini. n tiug addr
Vredehoek Synagogue Ladles' Guild.
'I he \?nd •ho"k ':nngo Yll J~ndi Cui! h kl th i1 inaugurnl 111 etiug 011 1 hur da: 1 Gth in ..
al lie J'(' id HC'P of Ir. an l Mrs . • J. 'lnlbt>rg· it
"n W('ll attemlt d.
.Ir. J. 'l'nlb rg, 'ho wcl·om d tho:;;• pr ent 011
half of the Cap 'I own Or hoclo.· Hebr w 011-
rregntion, (' ·plninecl bri tly the aim and object of thi orgnni ·ntion; h anno 111ct><l ilrn the movt•-
lfl('Jlt i · 111Hle1 the nu pie s of th ongr<'gation.
1f al o p int d out that memh •r hip i. open to t lie wives of 111 mb r of the ynagocrm' and all lady catholdel's only.
Till following Executiv and Commit.tee wer' led cl: hairla<l ·, i\Ir. ....
r.
:Mark. ; Vice-chair- lady, :Mr . ,J. 'lalberg; Hon. Tren ·urer, !rs. 0.Fri dm:rn ; Hon. ~ecretar~·. l\lr . A. Mirvi ·h;
ommitte : l\le dame H. Baker, T. Cohen, D.
Feiw;teitJ S. Gordon. J. L. J,iebermnn, J. Rein- gold, ::\1. Regal ih·erman, J. Talhcrg and J.
Volo hen.
Mr. . lark· on occup~·ing the chair e.·tended rePtings to all. Th1' Hon. ' c·r tar: read out the
<'on'titutio11 of the Guild and ('llrolmPnt of mem- bers took place. foeting ' ill be held month]~·
and th place r.nd dr.te will b annonnce<l in d1w cour. e.
Th hairla<ly propo ed a vote of thank to 'Mr.
and l\fr . Talberg for their hospitality.
Claremont Talmudic Society.
Tlw i11n11gnral meeting wa held in the lare-
111011t Talmud Torah Hall 011 Monday 0vening, 12th
!"0Y<m1h r. and wa well attended .... fr. cher, the huirman of the Congregation, wa in the chair. )1 s rs. R. i "ew ·tend (Claremont), B.
"os·pl (W~·nb(•rO'), .J. T,ehrman C\foiz,nberp;) and .ach ( erkaz Harav) tended congratulations and good wishes n behalf of their col)gregations and societies. r. B. Mar~olis, the chairman of the above socie:t , addres ed the gathering.
Rabbi Dr. irzner delivered the inaugural addre which was very impressive.
Rabbi L. arcu gave an introduction to the stud of the tractate "Bobba Metzie." Rev. Ch.
Gordon ( nberg) delivered a very inspiring ad- dre s.
Rev. . S.Waro (Claremont} moved a hearty (0 ... CA f'Mrd OoltMA).
23rd .r ovember1
~ociat & Persotial.
Th~ marriage o! .Joyre, yonngc t <laughter Mr . :111d tlw Jal· )fr. A. Yolk·. of Wor u11J l!..zra. yo1111g<>r . on of ~Ir. :.n<l )Jr·. H. GI of Oran.ic•zicht. Cape Town. took place at
\Vuree:-h•r 'ynagogue on ~1111<lay, I th • 'ovem
it
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The marriage' of Huth .Marion, daughter of .:\lax C'ollC'11 and 1..lw la to :\lr<;. Colwn of ape' to Harr,Y, only r-011 of )fr-. .. EliasoY and the
~lr. Hole h. wi11 take plaC' al the Wolma
• '_:tn'c>t . ~·na~ogue, .Johannt>sburg. on .. unday,
• <fft'mber, n.t 4 p.m.
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The engagement is announced between
~·ounger daughter of :\fr . Cohen and the
Rev. :M. I. Cohen, formerly of Ihilnwa Isaac. on1~· wn of :\fr . 'herr and the lat
• herr of Potehefstroom, both of Johanne burg
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:\Ir. an cl )fr.-. ~fa nu 1 • a ch er (1we Fanny K nik) are being l'(JJlgrutnlatecl on the birth of . on.
(Crmtin11Pd from F:rcond Column).
rnte of Hurni·. to all the peakers; he al o thanhd the ladie. for th tea and refreshment ..
Massadah Association of Rondebosch.
~ Yl'ry well attended meeting was h ld at t
I'll. ld('n<:e of )lr. and l\lr::;. . )fullne, Newland!
on l~th .i. "uvcmber. The gue ·t ·peaker Ra Dr. A. T. 'hroC"k, wa introduced bv the c man, Mr. C'opl'. l\lrs. 'fuc:h reuder;d two r pleasing ''iolin olos, an<l the e were followed a . hort talk by )lr. 'harlnff. \ cry conci ely dearl.1 he gave an outline of the political tru u~1.011g the big power' that were ha Ying su vital effect on the J 'wi h ituation. 'lhe call th '?11ft'l'l'nn> j11st b •l<.l in Johannesburg was he Ullltecl ancl awake, o as to be prepared for an dangt•r ..
Dr. Shrocl
Zionist Socialist Party.
On Sun<lny, 11th 1 ·ov<>mb r, a drawing m etin ' 'rn: h 'ld by the Paarl Branch at re id uce of l\lr. hapiro. )Ir. Eli hapiro ga
hor rcvi 'W of " 'Yhat lluC'henwald )lean '' hv \ ictor Golluncz. 'Ihi gave rise to intere ting di'cn .ion. Th main speaker wu»r K Hourwitz. who relutecl hi xperiences aa
halntz of th Third Aliyah. Hi. account pl'OT to he very intere tiIJ.g. Ir. Katz rendered a Y dish song.
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A meeting of the Vredeho k Branch was h on unday evening, 18th 1 •ovPmher, at th
·id 1we of ,. Ir. and l\lrs. H. Ben on, Ludl 1
Hoa<l, Yre<lehoek. l\lr. H. B n on pre ided.
l\lr. J1. Karabelnik re\·iewed the recent A Zionist Conference. giving . p cial attention to political debate and the part play d by the ZIOD Sociali:t Pnrtv in the cl lib ration . He si. · <l hat we .. hould continue to ~upport all P gre :in' forces. " ow was th time, he said f the pnrt~· to trengthen it· determination t-0 th, fnll reali ation of our aim ..
l\lr. B. Padowich gaYe a omprehen ive surT of the position of Zionism among world Jewy
<lay. He reviewed the cha1Jge of approach to- ward· Zioni m in Zioni t,. circle in
years ancl stressed the importance of the spirit of the Zionist mo ement.
by .saying that J ewi h consciousne tial for the continuation of Zioniat
Following the e addresses there cussioQ. among the audience.
Green and Bea Point
ery succes ful meet· ng were 14th ovember at the residence Chapters from ''Harvest in
(OOfllfned Oii 'N
November, 1945,
THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH CHRONICLE.
Conference Resolutions.
addition to the Political Declaration and ns resolutions adopted at the 20th S.A. Zion- 'on.ference, already referred to in previous ) of this journal, the following is a brief sum-
of a number of other resolutions adopt d by
·rence : -
nference recorded its gratitude to the Zionist rship, headed by Dr. bairn Weizmann, for nflagging efforts in these critical times to e the realisation of Zionist aims and ideals record d the inflexible resolve of South an Zionists to give these efforts their utmost I and material support. At the same time it asised t}H' incr >ased responsibili~ies devolv-
pon South African Jewry to pursue to the st all aspects of Zionist work.
• Executive of the World Zionjst Organisa- was urged to form a united representative ,h delegation to the Peace Conference on the
of the Jerusalem-Biltmore programme.
nference cxpr l':ised jts conviction that Chalut- (hould be the dominating ideal in the life of
African Jewish Youth and that every effort ade to encourage Chalutziut.
e Executive was instructed, as soon as trans- facilities permit, to arrange tours of Pales- for members of the Jewish public and to ate visits to Eretz Israel for di. tinguished
Africans, both Jews and non-Jews.
ferencc instructed the inconting Executive to Ii h as soon as possible a provincial council he Transvaal, this council to be maintain d e Federation on the same basi as the exist- rovincial r·onncils, and al~o urged the forma- f separate ounC'ils for the East and West fer nee . pres eel the opinion that the S.A.
J of J wish Education should be estahli h d wicler and more d mocratic basis and that dies intere ted in Jewish adult and child tion hould be invited to become affiliated to oard and be given representation.
rencc acclaimed the achievements of th w Univer ity and w lcomed it plans for
th ning ihe links bet we 'II th niversit · h Dia 'porn b • 1·ecci 1ing tudents from th<>
orn and training teachers, social and com-
\ workers for the Galuth.
ong the resolutions referred to the incoming tive wer tho. e recommending that the ation should endeavour to do awa. with mul- t · of campaign ·; that each senior Zioqist y in South Africa be urged to adopt a kib- in Palestine; and that the Federation should p a department for the organisation of tours wish artists in this country, the proceeds of tours to accrue to Jewish National Funds.
~ther resolution referred to the Executive
"with the indispensable role of the Histad- m the upbuilding of Pal tine and the crea- of a firm basis for a future Jewish state."
~ olution deprecated those elements in Zion- fe which seek to curtail its activities and 1trict its work to the sphere of trade union ties only.
ognising the importance of stimulat~ng e investment in Eretz Israel and developmg relations between South Africa and the ,. onf~rence welcomed the establishment of e 'tine Information Office in South Africa and rresponding one in Palestine. It u~ged the ative to create the necessary machmery so these offices would be able to function im- tely.
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Convalescent Home.
•ombined meeting of the Committees of ~he h Sick Relief Society and the Hosp1tal r Kitchen Ladies' Society was held at the t Hall on Monday evening. .
Hermann Cohen Chairman of the .J ew1sh elief Society, wa~ in the chair. He briefly med that the purpose of the meeting was to .e on the establishment of a Convalescent for our sick, who, after leaving the hos- required careful treatmel}.t and good food.
Cohen explained that at the annual general ng this suggestion was again ~ressed by ~h~
dy of the Hospital Kosher Kite-hen Ladies ty, Mrs. L. Gradner, and for this purpose
ombined meeting had been called.
Chairman then called upon Mrs. Gradner '.dress the meeting. In a very comprehel}.sive v Mrs. Gradner stressed the necessity o~ a Ji Convalescent Home, which would brmg and comfort to our sick. After a length dis-
n it was unanimously agreed that a Con- ent Home-be established. A sub-committee appointed to find a suitable place, after wh~ch
eral meeting will be called, delegates bemg
~ from the various parts of the W estem ce.
Chair in Modem History at Hebrew University.
ENDOWED BY SMALL GROUP OF DURBAN DONORS.
During the last we k Prof ssor L. A. Mayer Rector of the Hebrew niversity, and Dr. D. ,V.
Senator, Administiator. accompa11i 'd by Mr. Louis Mark , Clrnirman of the 1945 H br w Universitv Drive, and Dr. T. Ronsheim, visited Durban. ·
On arri,,al the delegation met, at tlrn residence of Rahbi and Mrs. A. H. Freedman, a small group of 15 donors, who undertook to endow a chair in Modern History at the Hebrew University for ten years.
RECEPTION AT DURBAN JEWISH CLUB.
On Tuesday night a reception was arral)ged at the Durban Jewish Club, under the auspice of the Nata] Friends of the Hehrew UniversHy.
Prof. Phmip Stein. Hon. President, was in the chair, and he apologised for the absence of the Chairman, Rabbi A. H. Freedman, who, be was glad to report, was recovering well after his recent i11ness.
Lt.-Col. E. H enochsberg welcomed the delegater.;
and il'}troducE>d the speakers, Prof. l\fay-er, Dr.
nator and Mr. Louis forks. Dur]ng the e1en- ing a most intere ting tech nirolou r film on tlw Hebrew University was shown, and l\fr. Louis fl\forks took the opportunity of thanking the Dur- han community for their continued and well- organised support of the Hebrew Universit •. He said that he was extremely happy to find in Durhan a, commnnit' who how<'<l in a mo. t pra - tical manne1' their d~ep understnnding of the worl~
011 l\f ount S opus. 1\) r. l. Phillip., the Hon.
Trea. urer moved a vote of thanks to the peak r ..
MR. ROSENBACH TREBLES GIFT.
During th evening fr. l1otiis fnrk announc rl i he most ge1wro11 gift h' 1\fr. M. K. Ro. enhtH'h.
At t hC' sbll't of th 19,115 DrivP fr. Ros nhncl1 hnd made n mos ,_gpnerou nnno11ncerne11t, b.ut h hnd in the mennt1m treliled the amount '•h1ch h had originnlly prm·i<lecl, and he was now providing a nnmher of bursaries, in ndrlition to whi h the capitnl amount for a hair in th Faculty of Seicmres at the Hebrew l1i°t1C'r it. . The magni- tude of the gifts ranks fr. Rosenbach'R benefac- tion 11e,~t. to the Ochberg bert11est and the Kootcl1cr bert~1est, the two most outstanding contrilmtions towards the upbuilding of the Hebrew University in this rountry.
The Natal Fri nds of ihe Hehr w University entertained the delegation at a sundowner part~·
on Wednesday. Prof. Mayer and Dr. Senator were the guests of honour at a Juncheon at the Durban Jewish Club on Thursday, at which Lt.-
ol. Henochsherg, K.C., pre ided. The delegation was entertained at the residence of Mr. and Mr,.
I. Phillins of Es<'ombc>. :\fr.. and Mrs. Moses Mor- rison, Mr. and Mrs. Nussbaum and Dr. and Mrs.
N atban Smith.
Dr. Senator Leaves for Palestine.
Dr. D. W. Senator, Administrator of the Hebrew U11ivf'ri::itv, ha lC'ft hy fl. ing boat for Jernsalem, ~ia Nairobi. "here he wi11 r011dnct a shnrt drive on behaif of f he Hebrf'w Un;versity.
Th~ FriPnds of the Hehrew University have arr:rnrred a fa1·0wel1 fml<' ion for ProfesRor Maver on l\fonda:v. 26th Novemher, over whi<'h Mr. 1\fver JJPihowih.' hairman of the Rnnth African Frk'nds of thp Hebrew Univer~ity, will nres;de.
Prof0s~or Ma:vn will visit Rn hlwavo on 27th November and Salisbnrv on 28th November. on his wav to Palf'stine. H0 is scheduled to leave Beira for JeruRalem on 1st December.
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Direct Shipments from S. Africa to German Concentration Camps.
The .A . . Jewish War AppP.al ha . . ·hjpped the first con ignment of it 60.000 used garment:
direct to the German concentration camps. . The s.s. Ba1tyk ailed on 17th November w1th a consignment of 48 cases containing nearly. 9.000 garments and two cases containing 445 pau·s of
used footwear. .
This shipmei1t. is going via Antwerp and will be taken into the J.D.C. stores in Germany and then distributed among the internees in the concentra-
tion camps. .
The J.W.A. hopes in the immediate fut~re to end further consignments direct to the Contment.
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IN AND AROUND TIIE PENINSULA.
(Continued from Previous Page).
re pectively by l\Ir . M. Epstein and :Mr . A. T.
._ hrock and comprehensive news reviews wore given by Mrs. Arens and Mrs. H. olornon.
On t.l;e 1st in 't. Miss C. Lamp n gave a very interesting talk OtJ. Alexander Zaid, one of tho founders of the Shomrim (watchmen) who played such an important role in the developm nt of tho settlements.
Mowbray Wizo Group.
A w ll a.ttend<'cl and interesting me ting of the recently fornif'd :\fowbray \Vizo Group was held on Tnes<lay afternoon, 20th November, at Mrs.
Toekar's resiclenre, l\lowbray.
l\lrs Hodes, till' Convener, reported that a . atisfadory l'lllnhcr of garments were completed moud1l • b, the uwmber .
~li ·; ·
Lif:r
Gninsberg read a very beautiful and aud instruC'tin• paper on ")Jose ." :1\Irs. I. Kap- lan gave' a news- hP t featuring all the late.·t political a11d local news.:\Irs. hapiro propo. <'cl a vote of thanks to the speakers. 'The prize for the monthl. competi- tion, douat<'d h:\ the hostess, was won by Mrs. A.
.Milner of Mowbray.
S.A. Jewish War Appeal-Women's Campaign,
A Stn' •t . ta 11 in aid 01 tlw \Vornen' Cam- paign of tl1e Wnr A1,penl on Wedne. da · 7th Kovt 111 lll'r, \\a. hel<l lllH1<'r thP auspice» o the
"HoseC'ourt" "1ork Party and the Woodstock nu<l Salt HiY<•r .h w· It Le <lie.' 'ociety.
Thi; stall rai~ed the record sum o over C91, a v1·1·y erPditable n•sttl~ indeed.
Kowno Hebrew
Friendly Society,Cape Town.
VUno and
District Society• Cape Town.
'HpP wa
£100
'I h • gen r<1l 111 1 t 'ng of tlw 'ilJJo nnd Di trict , 'orit>ty tool pl 1 nt tho %io11i. L l l. 11 Cape 'l'owll, on Sun<ln. 1 lh "'o\ ll1UL'l'.
'I here wus a largP at 11dance of members and fril'nds OVl'r whil'h .!\Ir. T. .Ash pr si<lld and in O}Jl'niug thL' prcweedings he \\'>]corn •d all tho pn' t•nt and str ' cd the fact that th object of tlw , oeiety is to provhfo fnciliti s for the nwmbers to med socially and to 1·c11der rcliPf to the ·urviving .Jews in \ ilno and snrrounding districts. He appl•alPd to th<" nwmbers to raise ,'ufficient sums of money i11 ordc r lo s<•rnl relief as soon a there are possible m •ans to contact re. pon.-ibl persons or· recogni:-:<:<l organisation. in Europe wh re such rt'lief cnn ho forwarded.
)Jr. Henr>· Fatzen, who was appointed a·
, 'ee1 etaQ of the , 'o ·i ,t~·. then read the newly drafted constitution which was adopted unani- mou ·]y after som1• di cn:. ion, and am ndments b<•i11g added to. it, for Lhe ensuing year.
The election of office-bearer and Committee for the ensuing year then took place, resulting as follows: .... fr. F . . Ja. on, Chairman; Mr. I. Ash, ViC'e- hairman; :\lr. D. Resnir.k, Treasurer; l\fr.
• r. Glazer A. sistant Hon. Secretary; ommittee,
.\Jes:,, rs. . Barlrnsky, P. Seidel, C. wiling, l\L
~tolzman, .1. ~. ~l'i<lPI, R. Kurgan, B. Epstein and I. Kmgan.
Rev. . H. l\lirh"lson then addres. C>d the mem- her and ~mphasi,etl that the younger genera- tion must bo en ouraged by the parents to play an important part in assisting to ra~se
m01w1 in ord r to build up a J cwislt life in tl~e brolrnn part of Europe which fonnerly aave the world the finest culture and produced
~ reat rabbio and the finest J cwish authors.
Now was the time to help the remnants of tht>
few ·who surviv d the tvrann:v and massacres;
he> appealed to the membe,rs to 'widen the spheres uf relief and scmd help not only to the Landsleit in Vil no, but also i;o all fellow Jews who str tch th ir hand for aid in very part of Europe.
A hearty vote of thanks to H.ev. Michelson was passed unanimously.
Good wood Zionist Society.
A Palfour Da:y commemoration gathering was held at the r ~idcnce of )fr. and :Mrs. :M. IJ win, Good" ood, on 'Ihm· day ev ning, 15th November.
:\fr B. ::\filler of ape Town wns the guest peaker and h gave au interestiug and illumina t- ing addres. on the co1u·se of events from Balfour Day to the p1·e. ent time. After tea was Rcrved l\fr.
::\Till r answer< d many que tions from the audience.
l\f:s1 Wolman thanked the speaker and Mr.
Richman moved a vote of thanks to the hoste es, M:esds.mes Lewin and Bloch, and also thanked
~Ir. and Mr . Lewin for the u e of their home.
.Mrs. M. P. Freedman was in the chair.
