In and around the Town

THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE. 357

and Around the Town.

58, Burg Street~

Wedne::>day.

-~O'l'lIBH A

'PECT OF FimERAUON.

f)lit,

~

^{l'ecent meeting hdd at the}

' ~nagoo-ue io digcu~s Mr. H. ,l.

o<l p _· . . _,·c h _enw of . f eucra .1 t. lOn of

a ) Town',

Jewish In1'titutions, a.:t Un .c pel':on. at .the meet.-

Doh again..:t the proposal. and

b.

⁰

~

.'

of the

main points of their

J

c:tion · they used the argument at

thPre

was no oYeTlapping

so

far

Cape .re

^,·ish

in~titution

^\\ere

i:nc· rn

d

e · BO\r, t1wn, doe,, it come

l:n ~~ t:

^1at

o~ t

l;e ._ix· chief Jewish

lli1011 · 111 Cap Town two of elll <aw fi to holc1 their anmrn 1 'llt'ral ·

l :nw trng on the .nme tfay ( at thfl .'<m1e time in two clif-

r

llt

P1ac·ps

Hntl sitnatt>cl :ome cli:;-

r·e fr) ~ .

l' t ll1 L'ar·h othrr ~ ~cannmp:

~ll~h

thr li 't:' of sn hscribers_,

at

h ' ca..:nal oh.:erY<>r can see

:r a 1urg

proportion

of the mem-

tl of the eommunih

~ulJsuTibe

to

lld

¹ bodies. With · co-ordination t

~

⁰

:

⁰

1ir1·ation

in a manner Rug- 11

tn

~Ir. StodeF scheme, such

boYi:; and girl~ who could read the

hil~l<>

in

H~hrcw

and were even ablr.

to . follo"· the commentaTies of Ras hi.

REijIGIOU~ ED"GCATION OF GIRLS.

Hefrninrr

to

hi~ own parti ·nlar

{" . l

Serninarv, Dr. Hildeshcimer saH th11t tbe · :-;tudy of the Talmud ther' had not pcrhnp~ come up to the hi _b o-h mark of similar institution::> _. PlsewherP, which was due to it bemg ('Ombined with ::;rcnlar education which had

to

be ini.rocluced to meet the exigencies of the times. But thH were, neverthclcst::. trying

to

rni~c thci1: own sta11da1:d., and they always a<l.mired the profound Tal- mudic erndiiion of the Polish and JJithuani;m Rnbhis_, who -rrry fre- (1ue11tly, on 1 heir visit·

to

Bcrli1_1,

dP]i\ PT<'CT rLilmudic leeture~ at }ns 1-'Pminarv. Dr. Hildesheimer de- voted m~wh of his address

to

the question of th~ Tcligi.ous education

or

^{girls, whiC'h hr} maintained !iad hrcn neglected, and he em1)has1scd ihe importauc:t. of wommr·~ iufiue~1ce a~ the greate~i !'actor in the creat10n of a re1igiou;;; atmoRphere in the home.

v ~llfoi·tnnnte

occurrence

~vould

:rn'

)been rendered impossible. This

p

a~

at confirm. Ur.

~

todel's oft- F.EDER.A'l'ION OF

JmrrnH

l . ₁ d

~tatemrnt

that Olli' commu- INS'fl1'UTION8.

U·ti~

t·

'

I H

^.J

ron .. 1 Hl ion. are adininistered The meeting cal1ecl b>~ ...} r. · · ·

Wat t• } '' 9th

J

t tl

'.!'hi .

er- lg lt compartments. todel for Sunday, une, a ie

a

Point

11eed not he laboured.

It

Old vnag-ogue, · Gardens, for the

PI>atent

t · . . · tl

a·

llrct i.l o even

the

meanest

m-

purpoRc of continumg ·le iscus- o · .¹at the opinion of at least sion of '' Fecforation," ha be1)n un-

q0t~ll

fatu ion.

~1

o look with dis- aYoidably po ·tponcd to me t the r

Upon

federation actually i::.up- wi hes and conYenience of a large

a ron,i . .

I . nci~g argulllent in fay01u 1rnmber

of

m0mhers of the

co1nmun-

todel..: .

chenw.

ity, who are })lrnily engaged in

I connection with the forthcoming

1 LbE HE· J,,IER. l f

L elections. The meeting~ t 1ere ore,

y eollearruc

"R

·1a ., 1

~"1·11

^{})e held on :Sundav, 16th inst.,}

\) •h t

o .• OZl a, Ul, "

· u

"ioth a~: ~n

^another

p~r~

^of

~his

^{at 10.30} a.m. prompt.

,,·hen

the·

'isitor regarcl to our distmgui.h- convener hopes there will be a Yery

dcl:re '

hut I lllu:t refer

to

tlw large attendance.

h11

d 1·

u·,) t ' P JYcref1 at the Roeland )IR. rnAAC () HBEHG.

l i·noo .._ Ynago<tu' la. t

~ aturcla~·

^{:Mr. Ochlwrg,} acrompimied hr

h

l ¹¹· In th" morni11n- he ·1d- 1 11

[ < th(• t:- ' l\lr:-;. Ochberg,

leaveR

for Eng anc )y

Oth

r C

c:ong1·egant~

at the the ·•\Vind.ROT Castle" to-morrow,,

0·1a11,1 't ... ong1·

,g-at.io11.

At the

t

h • 1·ee'· 7th inst. l\Ir. Ochberg intends o

~~ GC'rn₁.., · l • ynago~ue, s1)cakin!!

c

ri11 1 " · · be present <1t the Ziomst ongrcs.

l

·t \\

_1' ·' ¹e ~aicl ^that he \ms n 1 tJ

· \\ _{' .c} lo · .. 11 1. 1 . which will be held at Zuric 1 on 1e

01• '. nc or a w ule arnl

d 11irar ^.i. a ¹¹¹¹1<>." Hr c:xpre.;:sed ~8th prox:.

e11

<h/'?

¹¹ of all h0 had he.aTd •aund 'l'HE AGJ<.iD HOl\lR

:r ·

¹1\'nl in , ¹¹

ng

tl 1, ew f' day~ Hince his

It

is not often tl rn a c lar1 a e

t

J ·t

bl

hi

aid_.

th ou~h ~rica.

^Although. institution is able

to

sh01Y a surplus.

<'oQ ₁₁ t e

.r

^ew1sh conununitv of This happy circnmsiance. however.

rv ·

h d-

\\· 01 • • was a com1)arati,·ely can be Tecorded by t at '.'ery esen-

h. ''. it

l d 1 .

C

T . 1

. lc:h ,,·Pr 1

a al the traclii:ions ing Institution_, the ape · em .1 1

bJ1>,

\rhieh

~lll'<rely hu.:011

^{011 thr} .Aged Home. I notice from the very

llc1

onipl t ad

~nude

them perfect interesting rnport issuPd by that In-

d Ocial

t€. ~ulike

natural. ethical stit.ution that during the year the r l ' rad ti

Y th. ' ¹ on, which "'ere en- amount of £1,121 w;J,' received as d 1i111 ,. p}r)oduct of enviromnent rnYenue. 11 is not a Yery great

!! t . l'

lI . ] 1 h

o t II 1 . · ^{1 ( l''s} cimer went figure, nnd it :-;p0ak~ rnlmnes for .ti , nnnic·l

1~: hear

⁰

r~

how h,·o per- i he manner in whieh i:he Institution

<lf¹

hnp1

1r· ' th(l latP Hahln Samuel fa economicalh· administered that r,, l ll·sch "'11d l . f 1 ^J

;;.r• v · , " 11.' at ier were f'Ven on this f'mnll turnon~r there is

b1 .

in,·nun

t

l .

lUt a . . ¹⁰¹¹ a iu hrin£!'ino- a sur1)lus of £145.

In

rcbo-ard to the

ill l C\•1 Ya l . b b

lr·p r f J : ⁰¹ orthodox ob"'er- J'<'Ycnue, it i:-; Y<'l'_v noticeable what

lll'h • 1t<l:llsn1 . n

ln ··1·. · lll \:xr.rma1w. after little l'U})}lort is accorded the Home

·t '

l \ Ul1(] l' · '

h

^{In, i11}

11 ·

^{< L} integration had .. ·o :fnr a:-; ·nb"'cribert- are concerned.

llh111 , H• '"11

kc of the

~lend

^1- 1'J1c l-'mall fibo-ure of £253

represent

011 (Poch

It

.. h . -1 ·

^Was quite corn- the amount reccivcc1 as

~ubf:cri1J-

l1 1 «ll ( . t tl Pr•t y ' '¹ · 1

e prel'ent time i ions.

'I1hi~

ni once indicates how 1o ₁₁ . 0\lJ1cr n

g th i-. lcn and women C\'C'll f P\\" :-;uhscrflJel't' there are to this o1·{ e Prof ;;:. ·io l l

· ta >u

h

• ⁰ I . )"<'l'\'e l · i I nu ' c ass who Honw, c.mcl tlw Jact of there hei11g

nnmity who have withheld tlwi l"

support from becoming annual re- gular subscribers.

THE ICK RELIEF socrnTY.

The report i sued by the ^i... ick Relief Society shows a record of ex- cellent work for the indigent Rick o.C the community. The Bickur Cholim play: an important part in the charitable

life

of the

local

.Jew- i h community. There are some critic who maintain that its func- tions are such that the Society conl<l be with advantage incorporatecl with the Board of Guardian ..

'J'he fact of the matter i...: that thrnugh <l happy arrange1.nent maclc

~ome considerab]e time ago the Dickur Cholim <llld the Board of Guardian:::; work in cordial co-opera- tion: and a repr<":'entatfre of the former ~ociet~· iP. ahrny., pre..:cnt at the meeting of the Board in order that any ca;-;:rs that might Jw fonn<1

to

come in the .co1)e of tlw Sick Belief ~.ocicfr'. a ·tivitics may he im- mediately d~alt ^with. If. ho1''CYer, amalgau~ation comes about bcbn•cn

tl1e.-:r

two

._ocictics.

thP pre::; 'nt

(Continued on page 362).

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362

South African Jewish Board of Deputies.

A "ell-attendecl meeting of the

•. A. J C\\·i~h Boarcl of Deputies wa.

held on 8unclay morning at the .Jew- ish .Guild building_. Johannesburg.

JH"es1ded oYer

h>-

l\Ir .• '. Raphaelv.

the Pmdclent. · ·

Mr. Harry Carter. M.P.C .. hon.

treasurer. reported haYing in th~

Tran. vaal Provincial ouncil rai, eel the matteT of the admi sions of .Jew- ish children to certain of the Gov- ernment schools) regarding which difficnlti"~ hacl been experienced~ and that he had obtained the return~ of the npplic-ations and admissions with n!gaT<l to the Bamato Girls .. King :Edward and J eppe~ chools, from which it appeared that there had

b~n :ome impro\·ement in the po i- t1on c·ompared with previous years.

With reierence to two further ca e brou~ht forward at the meeting

it

1 ' )

wa. eit to :Jir. Harry Carter to in- teniew the Admini ~tratoT and the DirPctor of Education with regard to tlw qn<>:·tion of having acce s to the namr:: and addres -es of appli- cant: for aclmi. :;;ion and tho e adrniti(lc1.

The President wa unanimou 1v electe<1 i:o repre ·ent . 'outh Africa~

Jewry 011 th Council of the extend- ed

J

ewii::h Agency for Pale tine.

being formed of repre~entati\es of world Jewry., to work in conjunction with the World Zionist Organisation for the carrying out of the termf' of the British Mandate for Palestine.

1 r. harle:-: ~piro_, ?\Jes Ts. ~l.

Oeflc>n and A. Living. tone (the two ]attn i11 place of the Chairman and _,fr. Harry Ca1i r~ who hacl be n

~H'ovisionally acting in that capac-

1 Ly) WP1e Plected to repre~ent ,Johan-

Ilt>~burg .T ewTy on the Appeal om-

~nittce of the J ohannesbmg Hospital

1 n re pon~e to an invitation rC'ceivee.l from that. body.

It "a:- <lrcided to ~end n lll'Ot

8t

to the .foint ~Iatricnlation Buanl again t ihc u:-' of a c ~rfain Dutch fo.·t hook in the :Matriculation tan-

<lu nl" of <·ertain school:-:, a~ it ron- bin d propaganda for th~ com·pr,;;ion of .Jew-. to 'hri.:-tianity.

Jf I' . . . .

n.

¹ rieck. thr Jhnirman of th ^l .1 wi::-h Employment Burea11 of the Boar(l. submitt cl the monthly report of the Bureau-'.: activitie;.

showi.nrr that 40 applicant~ hall been Ionn<l employm nt <luring the montl1. making n total of 43 hi11ct.

fouud :::ince the inception of thi~

jrnpoT nnt hrarn:h o[ the Bonn1.

With rro-aTd o th- .chem.P for . eltling- ,Tew, 011 th lancl in 1hL coun ry. nfr. Fric'<l<> report

cl

that J 2 youn1r m •n hnd "I far I

c>n

placed on farm~. and tha th Bur fin ''a~

r

·e

iving

expert

.idvic" from tlw Gov nnnent Lnnd l >1¹partme11t l'"-

garding lan<l that lrncl he •n oll'Pr d upon whirh to work the lan<l .e tle- ment ~ heme.

'fhe hairman reported lrn\'ino·.

with ~\Ir. Harry ur r. :r-.i-:ted in ohtai11in~ iurnl~ with whieh el et 1l .lcwLh Boy .3cout~ wer, bcinO' ;1 nt

to

En{J'land rn take pnri in thr forth-

<"oming \\'orld cout .lambore . It wa d «id d that a th n

'.·t

me

t-

iug th definit date be fi.·etl for the

• 'outh ~ frieau _Jongn :-::-.; of th)

noanl

THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

to be held in Cape Town during the year-end holiday~, and, in thi.., con-

~1ection, the Chairman emphasised 1 he necessity of as many Deputies as po~~ible attending thi~ -onference in Yiew of its exceptional importance.

IN AND AROUND THE TOWN.

Continued from page 357).

method of working will have had a great deal to do with that con um- mation. il1eanwhile, the Committee of that excellent :-1ocietv has much on which

to

congratulat~ ^{it elf. One} of the out:;tanding feature of it:

acti \i ties i the Ko her Kitchen which has been a boon

to

Jews and .T e\n:>sseswho have had the ni.isfortuee to be patients of the ~~ew Somerset

!lo.pita!. The kitchen is poken of l~ complimentary term by the hos- pital authorities and reflech~ rrreat credit 11pon the parent bodv,

n~me­

l~T. ^the Nick Relief ¹ocieh:. The

11rnirman, ~Tr. F. uritz.

'Uuw

well be proud of the great part ·which the ~ ociet~· of which he is Pre ident plays in the comnrnnal life of this town, and no one reading the com- prehen. ive report which was circu- lated can help but admiTe the elf- . acri~cing . pirit which is cli.,played Ly him and hi. colleague .

.l EWrnH

PJmIGREE.

In thi week:, ."'ec1ra, :Xnmbers, chap. 1, verse 18, we read: 'Ami they as~embled all the congregation together on the first uav ot the :-:econcl month. and thev · cledarecl their pedigr es after their -familie , hy the hou.·e of their fathers, ac~

cording to the nnrnbf'r of the n~mes from

t:'·

^nty year:3 old am1 upward, hy theu poll. .::

'l\ngum rnkuoloos:. commeniin<Y

~m

the word •: Yaiji:-;yahloo .. " '' aud 1hey declared· then· pedigree', ..

remarh " Y e-i ·ym·h:oo," " aud tbt>v 11rided the1n,·elres of their peuigree.··

~1.\_ .l C'W rending these first ch11ptcr:-;

o1 :;; um hers c·annut lmt f el prolHl of

tlw facl that while a great number o-f our neighbour:- now hon:-;t of ci,•il- i-.ation and pedigreP. the .TP\\' ce1·-

t<1inly po.:-:e:::--<'d thP~\' thou:-;arnl: of YP<ll'" hrf ore them.

One i--n·mirnkcl

or

thr e\·ent whrn T:nnl B:ac-~m::-:field ( l>i:::rarli) dP- hYNC'<1 his hr~t ~}Jl' rh in the Briti ·h Hous of ParlinnH'llt nrnl wa.

Jauglwd 11t. His reto₁·t· ,,,.':.,. 1 ,. •• (1 ien- tl<>mPn. ilo n~t fol'get

t

hnt my ance::- tor \\'f'l:e pne:-t~ in tht~ Temple of (1ocl ~,·htlP your anc·r.:-tor:-; WPre still l'u m1111g nhont a:- -avaµ:P:-: on ilw bank~ of he Thm11 ,,: ..

·would _{}" }} that our _• rntmo· _{c- \\OU} . 11 _l rrni::-:: t1 fod that the Je,,.,_ a.::

a i~ntion

enn

claim all the qnalitiP wlueh _{. : ·} !!.'O _. toward-:: _{. · .• ' '} c·r'"lt1.11rr '}1 _{.., l}

e

^lH'll . l ^I' Qf .t n.it1~11 ~ for ii martyrdom c:re- :it '" u nnt1011_, who had more martyr:

ihnu tllP ,J <'W'-': Jf ch·ili,'ation

drp-

<1 tC'" a nation .. who can boa~t of . )1 l . ·1· . <lll

~ ,l er ~'1\'L L'ahon than the .Jew::

I h ^'1'<'. l~ <l grl'Ht rn•rd to ine11ll'11tP thf~ qnnt of c1e.·laritw ₀₁₁^{n · .} 1·

THE EI

'TEDDFOD-JEWI~H

FI~ALI 'TS.

The City Hall presented a bu ·y scene on the openi11g eYcning of the Eisteddfod la..,t 1IondaY. On Wed- nesday evening thC' two. halls proved barely large enough for the largr audience'. In tlw pr(lliminan elo- cution te. t for girl of 12 to 13 about twenty o_f th entrnnts were .Jewish. One Jewish airl, vlvia Yilen. ky, was . elected

fo~

the fi·nals.

In cla s 87, ba:'s ::;olo. a Yen inter- esting competition, Mr. · Harry Garfinkel, who haL a Yerv :fine voice was aw-arded the bronze· medal. I;

class 66, prelimimn·~- elocution test for girl. between 10 and 11, there were 53 entrants. Of the 15 Jew- fah children threP got into the finals. NnmbeT 19, Li1v Rhareno- witz, gave a mo

t

charming and ex- cellent interpretation of '' A Lullahv for a Naughty Girl:' and was placed an easy first. :Nata lie ~Iarcus and Rita 11aman also came into thP finals. ~Ii"s Peffers. \\·ho offerR very constructive critici~m. remarked that she was pleased to find that since la t year the children had lost a good deal of affected manneri ms.

hnt unfortunately affected :peech was till far too prp\·elant.

TJllS~J!IS

& STEEL

Sure and certain for all ¥emale complaints. Every lady shonld keep a box in the house, C!::emists and Stores

~ sell them throughout the world.

Proprietor· Martia. Claemiat. S.athamptoa. Ear.

JOHANNESBURG.

9).

(Continued from page

35

^ti11a

Hirsch Mis, E. Trei

'111an.

~11d M ' . R :&:ahn

"""

e rs. E. L. Fisher.. · ).[nuia • P. Heiman. The

Jazz

_{• (f} Orche'"' tra played for danc1n-·

REUBEN BRAININ

CA11PAIGN.

_{d b}

Th · ·

m1rate

b

e cam~a:gn inane., Je'd~

Reuben Brarnm to ass1~t jllld

L

and ettlement procee ::.

J . apnce

eJlCt-u ^J canvassing ha already corll¹¹¹

piii¥°

in Johannesburg. The

C~ tbe

Committee have inaugurate} ,

bttl'

Practice of forwardin rr month ) _c

cl

'tl

Jldrf

.

letins acquainting all an

paign

. h h . c~nn

wit the progress of

t

e1r _ t

·tre·

and in their last issue gre<t 'arnlld was laid on the fact that the

0 .. 11nd Lodge 0:£ South Africa ..

11.o. p

3tl1Y

ffi . l . .;:yJJl

o cially announced t 1e1r ~. ~i;1Jl·

n1Piv"' with and support for the ca

capt- I t

was al o

understoo~ tha~llege·

I rael Levinson, of Il1llel

Or~i!l1'

Muizenberrr_, has joined the eed "11 isation and will shortly

pro~ t~

d·;<ljr1C '

a tour

of the country ¹~ I

y

)fr·

On Monday la

t_.

27th }

:b~ 11~

Reuben Brainin lect nretl to rl1 oC brew Circle in

J

ohunne

btrJter~·

"l\fodern tyle in I:Iebre'r. _11bJiC ture,)) whilst on unday }ast

~ 11 t

¹

reception was tendered to thnl 11tlt>

the Jewish conmmnity of Be

pilc~ed

in the evening he ncldre::;srd.

~l brjll~

meeting in the Bioscope Jfa

'J. f·

upported by the :Mayor.

f~~ 811 def·

S. Louw, l\Ir. Bernard A and Dr.

J.

~I. Collen.

- - d

The "SOUL'' of a Piano

~ ts in its Actiotl·

The New

Fenrich

patent, repe~tiog

action attains

highest perf ectioll·

THE FAMOUS

FEURJCil

PIANOS I

are incomparab e for

TONE and

TOUCI-l·

MODEI«A.

rB

pRJcBS·

EASi

TERMS·

f . ::- ,-~PP< 11rrpp

n trr th01r famili ::-. ^h

Lc>t

the .J '"' dcc;larc him:eJ f fir~t

Sole cAgents:

rmd f:on mo~t ·1 JI::'\\' • l l .

• ' • • •11H lP will

gam th · r l'et:t <ht<' t l · ·

. • • . 0 nm from

l ' r.\ porn of Ylf'"~ · yjz . ... ,rn 1qmty t. .

rn:1rtyrclom uncl ciYili at ion. '.,.

DARTER •

- ~

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