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'fHE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH CHRONICLE.
In and Around the Peninsula
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Bnoth Zion Association. ~ynagogue," with quotations an.d ~c- 1 fe1 llCl'S to tlw age-Ion.!.!: a:;sociat10n
''Zionism at ·the Crossroads" was ~
the .frwi ·h wonwn have always bad the subJ'ect of an address given by
d d with the Synagogue.
Rabbi I. Abrahams to a crm\ e meet- A vote of thanks was proposed by ing ~f. the Sea Point Branch in the )frs. Sarif to the speaker for her en- Talmud Torah Hall, Sea Point, on
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~1 jo,, ·ablf' an<l eniighteuing talk, a so to 'l'lrnrsday afternoon, 14th inst. 1" r:.
d the hoste s.
:Miriam Epstein preside .
We ha<l reached the end of the road, declared Rahbi Abrahams an<l th1!
question we were now faced with was ''Whither?'' Were we to continue tht- struggle with faith and hope, or were we to admit defeat and give in?
If for one single moment we eveu' toyed with the idea that the Zionist experiment was a failure, we wen•
giving in to our euende ·, h .. C'on- tinued. If there was one )htzvah above all others, it was the .Mitzvah of faith the :\Iitzvah of being of good cheer
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spite of everything.~·
dared not look back, he said, bemuse behind us there was an abyss. As a 1·eligio11s person, he had faith, but he came to a reasoned faith to-day, and appealed for a reasoned belief in the fulfilment of z:onist hopes. To-da.' we were suffering from terrific politic- al tension and tensions must 1·<->aC'l1 a point either of rdaxutilm, or e. - plosion. He believed firmly that there.•
would be relaxation of political ten- sion and that it would be in ot1"
favour.
He considered that i-;ome sol u tiou must be produced by U. .0. and that, e en though we were aware that som1•
of the members of the Fac:t-l~'in<liug
Commission were host1le to ns, what- ever solution would be . ngge.·ted would be better than the pre ·ent state of affairs. At l ast there would not be a deadlock.
''With 11 the strength 1 can com- mand," he said, "I say io yo~, he moth r of Israel, that tlu.'rl' ts no- thing more <lamnabll in Jl" i h lif to-day nothing morf" <lisastrou , moral- ly and politi{'ally, than thP terror. It is th ban an<l th' em· I.' of the Yi - huv." ot only did it divid u ; it turn d public opinion again t u. , and fann d the flam of n nti-, 'ernitj m throughout the world.
In .glo ing term , Rabbi
expre sed th grPat futnl'(' whi h lay ill Zionism at the hand of our youth, not only in the ishuY, but here in the Galuth. There wa a n•orwntatwn among the youth an cffuv cent long- ing to proceed to Aretz.
Th an wer to th q ue ti on
"Whither now?'' was "Ji'orward to fight with cl an hands and pure h arts '' con<"lud •cl the llabbi. The paramount ource of hi. optimism was m the Y1shuv ibelf. He had not een anywher among .Jews the faith which pervaded the YishuY.
.i: frs. Miriam Ep. tein, when she ad- dressed the gathering from the chair, gave an outline of the attractions for the forthcoming J. ..1!'. llazaar, which i to be held in the Sea Point Town all on 10th Septemb<'r, under thf' au pices of the Green and Sea Point Branch of the JJnoth Zi<•n. Various ffort were being made prior to the Bazaar to swell the funds, among which was a Bring and Bu ' Sal at C'arnp J3ay and a ( ard Party at, the home of Mrs. Anste~, Bantry Bay. on 30th August.
Mr . Shrock proposed a ''Ote of thanks to Rabbi Abrahams.
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Ther wnl' a large gathering at tlw meeting of tlw Claremont Bruneh of the Wizo Knitting and Rewing Group, held at the residc•nce of l\f rs. Hes. e't, Rondeboscl1, 011 'fhur·<lay, 14th Augu t.
The Chairlady. Mrs. Sarif pre iderl and weleomed all members and visj- tors.
:Mrs. Bex RE.•iehlin read a paper on
"Jewish Women in the 'remple and
Sea Point Massadah Association.
St11dy Circle.-The Study Circle ha~
recommenced under the convenorship of )Jr. Lio11el Phillip·, and meetings arc> held fortnightly on Sunday even- ings at the residence of .Mr. and Mrs.
Phillips, :..\fount Nelson Road.
Two meetings were held during the month. At the first, on unday, 3rd August, the speaker was Mrs. ¥ex Reichlin who took as her subJ<~ct
''Chas.·idic Judaism}' Mr. S. 1\1. Levi:i presented a news commentary'· and l\fr. Phillip· an informative qmzz.
At the second meeting on Snnday, 17th A ugu ·t, l\Ir . Sadie Levine re- Yiewed Bartley Crum's "Behind the Silken Curtain." l\Ir. S. :M. J.;evin presented another news commentary, and l\fr. Phillips the quizz, both of which are regular features of tlP
~t11dv Circle. )li:s lsabPl llahinowitz who ·has jnst retunwd from Eretz Is- 1 ac>l, g::we an impromptu talk on th(•
founcli11g of the S.A. <'X- ervieenwn's sl'ttlt•ment of )[aayan Baruch, in
"h; h he participated.
A feature of all ~tndy Circles is dis- cu. iorn among members, and it is gratifying to note that both meetings wen• t•.·eeptionally well attended.
Chu 1 lvri.-The last meeting of tlie Chuµ; Ivri (Hebrew-speaking Circle) took place on Friday e,·ening, 8th ugn ·t at the re idenC'e of Miss f.
Gt>ring, Gorl<' ton Road. fr. I.
, iwhar was in the chair, and discnis- io11 tool· plaf'e on the news and other topi<·al ~11bj(•d:.
Massadah Association of Vredehoek.
\ ltig;hlv U('ee sful Umin
1 vc11i11g wa h Id on 12th ug11 t, at the honw of lr. and lr . D. Diek- man, " intn e," Davenport Road, Yr<'<lehoek.
:\la adah " re ho. t to th Vrede- hoPk Cultural 'ire! and the Women'.
[i?.raehi, and over ninety people lis- tened to the team comprising Mrs.
.!\lar~· , 'egal, . le srs. Eric Rosenthal.
G<'ralcl Gordon and S. I. Levin. Mr.
'. H. Rechttnan acted as question ma ·ter.
Question C'overed points snch aR- t he Pa 1Pstinp reprisals and anti-Semi- tic out hr aks; whether Brit· h troops
!':ho11ld he withdrnwn from Pale. tine·
the ability of the Yi huv to defend it-
~t·lf again t po . ible Arnb attack ; the .Jewish attitude to the colour problem;
the advisability of organising Zioni t
fund-raising campaigns into on an- nual driYe · the desirability of publi h- ing our own daily newspaper; inter- marr·age with Royalty; whether the
"otld is progre sing or retrogre sing momll. · and spiritually.
Aft.er the 'intel'Val, during which 1 efre. hment were served, a hearty vote of thanks was proposed by the Chairman. (Will Hasofer kindly not"
no aetion is pending between th~
q11estion master and the chairman th n1atter having been settled out of c·o11rt.)
Zionist Socialist Party.
.:\ large crnwd attended the "Brains Tru ·t" arranged by the Cape Town branch, which was held at the Minor Zioni t Hall on Tue day night, 19th .\ 11gu. t. The team was composed of :\lr"'. H. Lieberman, Messrs. Z. Avin, .A. )[. ::\lelarnet, S. Rubin tein with )[r. 8imon Abel acting a question master.
A number of questions were asked on topical problems such as the His- tadrnth, the Hagana, the part played
by Yiddish in the Galut;h and the Bri- tish in re t"' in the Middle East.
Cape Mlzrachi Organisation.
A repre entative gathering attended the Tanach Study on :Monday, 18th August, at the Roeland Street Syna- gog:ut Hall, Cape Town.
· Rabbi )1, :Morgenstern presided and Hev. A. Kaufman conductE:c.l the Study of Chapter 4 of the "Book of Jo ·lrna" which he prersented in a most ducidating manner. He dwelt very ably on the evt'nts and circumstances prevailing at Joshua's tinw, which le<l to the crossing of the .Jordan. A very interesting diseussion followed, the i-11bject of whi<·h was the "~Iemorial
of the 'l'welve Stones" t up by the lsraPlitcs in nwnwry of the crossing which brought about historical events bearing everlasting fruits for genera- tions to come.
After questions were a:ked by t.he audiPnce and ve1·y ably nswered by the lecturer and chairman, a hearty Yote of "thanks was proposed to Rev.
A. Kaufman and Habbi ~I. l\Iorgen- i-tern by Cantor A. Immerman.
Cape Town Jewish Reform Congregation.
Co1111eillor A. Bloomberg, M.P.
:\Iayor of Ua1w 'l'ow11, addressed th,..
Open Forum of Temple Isra11, die Cape Town .Jewish R1·for111 Congrega- tion. on 'l'uesday, 12th .August 011
'·.Jt•wish Citizen: hip."
With a wealth of factual matPrial and illnstratiYP an<>e<lotc", th' 2\la~'OJ"
d:s«tL Pd the lin•s and ean-'ers of 011t-
"ta ndiug Jt•ws in ;Britain and the Dorni11io11s. who had ma<le .-ignificant
«ontributio11s to tlw upb11ildiug of th1•
Dritisli Empin•. Ju a stnc.ly whieh iu-
<lieatPd e hn11stive re~war<'h an<l p 1w- trati1w in ight. he dernloped the the:is.., that tlwre n ed be• no confliC't hetwe11u our lovaltie: to the .Jewi ·h
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ith nn<l our · obligationH of citiz1>n- hip.In the ab 'E>nee of Dr. Kranu'r J>n•si<lP11t of the Congr('gation .:\fr.
. Hoy, the ViC'e-Prnsid •ut occ·upi<•d tlw C'hair during tlu• meetiug. Dr.
,J. H. L. Rhapiro 'huirman of th"
School Board of 'l'emph• l riwl, pro- po. c•d a vote of thank .
re< eptiou in honour of the ~fa •or nn<l lnJores , 'rn held in th' Co111- m1111ity Hou e. aft r the m •ting au' tin was erv<•d h · the Si terhoo<l.
'I he e Open F ornm m e :ings nrr part of th1 e panding C'Ultural pro- gramtn of 'J emple Tsral'l and \\ill be re urned aftt>r the High Holy Day . Cape Town Jewish Youth Club.
Jazz recording. w ro played to a large nud'en«t' that fillt•d th cl11h room at th(• la t Cap Town .Jewish Youth Club me ting held on Runday, 17th in··tant. ~[r. L. Fridjhon who ''ery kiudl. con ·ented to plnee hi·
<·olle twn at tlw club's dispoim1, sc>lE>ct- ed and pre ented thP reeords. Pre- eeding the playing of eaC'h di c a short c<imm nt was given as a pointer to aid appreciation and al o to se1vt> as t'n- lightenment for tho ·e unaf'quainted with mod •rn jazz. 'l'he function was v<>ry we.JI a ttP1Hled and proved most eujoyable.
Cape Peninsula Women's Mlzrachl Association.
A very succes. ful meeting was held at the re idence of l\Ir . Z. Davidson, to celebrate th first anniversary of the inauguration of the Oranjezicht- 'rambor s Kloof branch. The Chair- lady. Mrs. Davidson, welcomed all members and visitors, an<l gave a most interesting general report of the year's activities. he urged mP.mbers to enter into a period of renewed activity in the coming year.
Miss Phyllis Cohen who has re- cently returned from Eretz Israel, de- liver~d a most informative traYel talk df•picting scenes and life there. She also sang a Yemenite melody which was greatly enjoyed. Mrs. Tisa Char-·
chat who al o returned from Eretz Is- rael recently, brought greetings of goodwill from the Mizrachi headquar-
( Continued on Next Pt11e.)
Prof. Rabbi aud Mrs. I.
wi h to thank their mal}y fri w arml,r for the kind expreS11 congratulation and good wi&
YeYed to them on the occasion Of t\';1th anniversary of their al'ltq\
this country.
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Mr. H. M. Bloch, K.C., Tue.-day by air for Europe an4
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nited State and will return th c•nd of the year. H'3 joined later b Mrs. Bloch.---·--- Pinn - Kassel.
The marrigae of l\:larcin, yo
<laughfrr of Hev. S. Kassel and late )frs.
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L. Kasst>l, of Cape T and Lt:onard, 011Jy . on of 2\lr. D.and the late 1\lrs. Ji. Pinn. of 'fowu formerly of Gordons Day, plac(' at the Great Syuagogue S11nda:, 17th August.
Habbi I. Abrahams a ·sisted Cantor B. Rome, officiateJ.
A Lurtcheon was held after ceremony at the Zionist Hall and attended by a large gathering.
Rabbi I. Abrahams proposed toa t of the bride. and bridegr The brid<>groom responded.
Dr. C. lle:nekov propof>led the of the unterfultrer · and annou that the gue. t were inscribing 11ames of the young C'OU}Jle in Gol<ll'n Uook. Rabbi :\I. Ch, ... fi al.-o spoke. Hev. Kass •l respond
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SIL VER WEDDING.
PHJS)IA -HILL. - .Married 22nd August, 1922, by tla~ Jat A. P. Bl1Hd<>r at the Great Synagog Cap Tonn, l1'r <la Hill to David Pr mun. At Hnme, 25 Helved<'re v nu OtaHkzicht, S11mlay :.:?4th August fr
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Jewish Board of Deputies puhli h in th(l '', .A. JPwi h ( hronicle"
l•Jth ugu t.
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A LECTURE
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DR. RAPHAEL RABINOWITZ, leading TPl Adv lawyer, on
"Cultural ActlVitles in Eretz Israel In these Critical Times,"
will be giveH in Hehr .. v on
MONDAY, 25th AUGUST.
at 8.15 p.m. in the
ZIONIST HALL.
All welcome.
Sabbath commences on 22nd August at 6.2 p.m. and end on 23rd August at 6.48 p.m. Portion of Law: hof- tim, Dent ronomy, chp . 16 to 21.
Haftorah: Onochi Onochi, Isaiah, chp.
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THE OUTH AFRICAN JEWISH CHRO ICLE.
erg T ahn dical Society.
larg and r pre e tative gathering ed the iyum Hagodol on idrei ii hnah held on ~ on- 4th Augu t, at the Communal
ynberg. The function proper preceded by a Ma'ariv .:e1'Vic in nagogue, impressively conducted Cantor M. Katzin and· <'h.oir, who movingly intoned the Hnzkaroth m mory of our brethren o-rersea
for pa t member of the hevrah ao
h.
B. o el, Chairman of the udical ""oci ty presided, and Itev.
then C'Ompleted the study of ishnah after which the gathering m re pect to the sacred memo-
B. Philip hairmau of the uizen- berg Talmudical ociet , and by r.
B. argolis, Chairma of the Clar• - mont Talmud1cal ociet . Apologi~s
for unavoidable absence were received from Habbi Dr. . T. hrock, Rev.
S. chwartz and Dr. A. Birnbaum.
The Hadran wa delivered by Rabbi Dr. E. W. Kirzner. In an impre' ivc and highly instructive Halachic di - cour e the Rabbi traced throughout the whole Talmudic sceu the funda- mental difference between the two great schools of Tannaitic thought.
the schools of Hillel and Sharnai, link- ing up the teaching of the la t :Mish- nah with that of the first, and showing how , hammai and his disciples repre-
ented deep, earne t ideali m, in addi- tion to the practical i dom Hilfel.
The Rabbi conclud d his address, which evoked great interest, by appealing to the audienc~ to upport actively the Society in its sacred work, paying high tribute to Hev. Gordon for his per-
lft to rlJht: Rev. I. Frank, Mr. T. M. Penlas, Rabbi M. Morgenstem,
• B. Noasel (Chairman), Rev. Ch. Gordon, Rabbi Dr. E. W. Klrrner, , B. Phllllps, Cantor M. Katzln, Mr. S. M. Kaplan, Dr. S. Lewlnson,
Mr. B. Margolis.
of th Jat m mber of the 'ocif>- r. E. Bri~ ; Mr. P. fai . el, . Jlifkil; l\lr. L. Chait and Ir ..
and th traditional Kadish wa.
endat Mitzvah, Mr. B.
I, supported by the Prt>sident of ongregation . Mr. . l\f. Matz, d d a very hearty welcome to bbi and Reverends, a w 11 a e many repre entat1ves of thl' n uta Congregations who came to
· pate in the imchah. Str ing portance of the Sinwhah t-0 the udical Society, Mr. No s 1 men-
that the Chevrah had now times completed the cycles of the ishnah, and e.·pressecl his
Ur at . eeing uch a large gather- hich showed that the imchah
ot confined to Wynherg alone, uch to the whole community.
b$half of the audience thanks were sed in re ponses made by :Ir.
. everance in the tPaching of the Talmud.
The Chairman ,.all d on the Habbi to pre nt Hev. Gordon on behalf of the Talnmdical Society with two silvPr sugar ha ins and tongs, on the ocC'a- sion of hi silver edding. I1 his re- ply and address, Rev. Gordon too, took Hillel and hamrnai a his theme, xplaining in a highly satisfactor;\·
manner the gadic ~Ii lmah which round· off the Talmud; he a.ppeale<l for co-operation through harmonion efforts in the Community.
Rabbi l\I. 'Morgen tern spoke on th<>
first• Mi hnah of the TDlmnd and 011
the great importance of Torah study for the survival of our people.
Songs sung by Herzl Konvis er and Cantor I.. Damn, delighted all pre- sent. A vote of thanks was proposed by·- fr. I. Zinman. Vice-Presid nt of the Congregation and the succe fuJ function closed with Communal Grace after Meal and with Hajikvah.
and others, and the han'dwork C:xhihi- tion stall in particular ·has some very tempting articl for sale. Other at- tractions will he found at ·the home- made delicacies and cake s-talls; teas wiU be erved throughout the day. In- cluded in the day's plans is an after- noon party for children, and the ·day will be brought to a succe sful con- clusion by an informal dance in the evening. The Jatter is being organi
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by the ea Point Branch of the Ma!O:i::a- dah Association .and tickets are bemg i ued at 7s. 6d. per couple.
Interesting detail of the novel J. .F. omtev Po tal ervice, which will be a special and timely feature (If this Bazaar, ill b published in the next · ue.
IN AND AROUND THE PENINSULA.
(Continued from Previous Page.) t rs and gave )1er impressio11s of th wonderful work being done for th children in Pale tine. Palestinian brooch wa raffled. large gather- ing enroyed the news from the Home- land which gave memb r inspiration for future .... fforts.
Mulzenberg TalmuClic Society.
Si vmn on Ein aacov was held at the lmperi3l Hotel on 17th August (1st Elul). Mr. B. Phillips was in the chair and e.·tended a hearty wel- come to Rabbi M. Morgen tern and to all the other vi itors present from the variou im1titution .
· ddresse wer delivered by the R v. I. Matz, the lectur r of "t{he Tal- mud and Ein Yaaco,·, ~vJ10 spokP from the Halachic a pe~t, and Rabbi Mur- g n te1 n who spoke about the clo e relatiom hip that had always exi ted between Halachah and the H~ndah in the sphere of Jewish literature. Mr.
M. Barnett, Chairman of the Muizen- berg Congregation, expre s d the good wi hes of the l·ongregation to th,
ociety.
Ir. E. Korff, the Vice-Chairman of th Talmudic 'ociet. , hand d over a et of the Babylonian Talmud which wa pr ented by the Rev. S. Kaplan of Oudtshooru to th Muizenberg Society.
r. J. Lehrman, the Hon. , ~ •rc- tary of the ociety spoke about th foundation of th& ociety. H la i<l
tr ss on the b anty and importance of the Hagadah. Th peakcr al o pointed out that to under tand tl11 trne spirit of J wry and Judai m, one must study th Hagadah, and h con·
clud d with the word of Bialik that th Hagadah i th B th ha. enn and the Otzar Tishmateinu.
mong th oth 1 p ak r who gin, inter ting addr w 1 tlw lh' .
I. ohen th Han. ecretary of thl•
Gardens Talmudica! oc1ety, and ~ lr.
M. Rechtman hairman of the (Continued bi Fourth Column.)
Obituary.
. MICHAEL DIRMEIK.
The death took place la t week, as a r ult of injuries received accident- a11: of Michael, second 80n of Mr.
and Mr . L. M. Dirmeik, of Parow.
incere t sympathy 1 e teQded to th parent and family in their tragic los .
DEATH.
.MIU.VI 'H.- Uabbi Mo es hainl pa sed away peacefull , 2nd Elul 5707. D eply mourned by Rabbi Dr.
E. W. Kirzner President Committ-ee and official of the ew Hebrew Con- gregation. T. .Z.B.H.
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HUVI H.-Rabbi M. h. MirYish pa ·ed away on unday, lith inst.
Deeplv mourned by hattoir hoche- tim.
CO SECRATION.
'HAPIRO.-The consecration of the tomb tone in m mory of the late Dr. Herman Loni hapiro, W nberg.
\\ill take place at Pineland Cemetery, on ~u11day 24th Augu t, at 11 a.m.
n
lat\• s and fri ml kindly attend.• • •
SI fE HOFF.-The Con cration of the tom h tone in memory of the late Mark and Reva e a imenhoff will tak plac at the Pineland Jewish 'emetery on unday 24th ugu t, at ll.30 a.m. R lativ s and frie ds are kindl. invited to attend.
(Continued from Third Column.) oci t as well as R v. . iank 1.
rincipal 0£ th T lmud r. . Joffe , antor I"'.
the R£>v. Frank and r.
J. Lehrman ent rtained th com pan with appropriate songs.
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