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ZIONIST RECORD, in t e h M o t h e r C . 1 t y. P.O. Bex 2373, · RW1l ~

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It is not the ti.me , al i eetin~s, where o often heat i generated, when Krng liant{', iavrng things pr~tty well his own way. The bril-

l'a { no day are callmg our people out of doers, to the tui~. ⁰ .t~e road , and the more venturesome to the moun- llot

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\~h1le. the b autiful evenings (when the sou'-easter is

011· 11 ~ing l~ be t to lift the roof) have a charm all their attr~ct? which indoor gatherings are no sort of counter-

hou)d ton. It is but natural, th reforc, that the summer Our i. not be fruitful of much noteworthy communal effort.

Us dic?eyre.s ible workers feel the influence of sea on, even ac:terist? cl Cou!son and his daughter in 0. Henry's char-

·c~pt Ic · tory, "The l\Iarry l\1onth cf .:\Iay." And so, tial fo! the carrying on of ,drn t might be termed cssen-

\\·eek. erv1ces, there is little to mark the pa sing of the

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leadingrhap~ the most out tanding event has been a strikin&

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rticle, more than a column long, which appearec.t ani₀ a upc Times, on the Jewish National Home. It been rs a ~leasant antidote to the news which has recently agitati~ac~1ng, us of the a;nti-alien~ anti-Semitic. press l'a.~t t ¹¹ in ~ngland, and, if truth is to be told, 111 con- leadi~ ⁰⁰, to the attitude to our people taken up by this tota)lyg outh African daily some years ago, but since

There-verse.cl. . . .

th(' i:nib· OCC'~.·1on g1nng rise to a present cons1derat1on of bv th<' Jpc·t 1 doubtless the presentation on December 10th t!1e Co ⁶!'U1anent )fandates Commission of its report to

, ltti11 ₃unc1l of the League of Nations, accounts of whose

I h ~i·t~ave been telegraphically received in South Africa.

('01111ni. ~clo refer· to the memorandum submitted to the

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¹⁰n .by the Zionist Orp;a11~ ati01.1 a.t the onen~ng _of { etaiJ<'cl o_n iu Oc~ober, and, m f.act, 1t is largely m its a, Utuina 1_¹¹fo1:mat10n an abstract from that cfocument. lrn

·t 0\·1·ni1 1.Y of the memorandum appeared in the Record of . :ttisti(~t'l 21st, th re i" no need for me to repeat the

1 · the i al Part of the article. What is important, however,

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'"ish nti-t1uctory part, as showing the impr i>sion which t~Dal'tiaf c 11evement in Pale tine makes on the outside, at a • ob <'rv r. It is of the bighe t significance, too,

01vn ac;<':deral daily should feel itself prompted, quite of its a· 1)a1·t 0

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to deal with the question of the National Home

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e. 1'h 1e '\\ orld' politics of which it ha. to take cogni - to"·n

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clo 'l\·e see to what dimensions Zionism has f ''Tl le sentences I refer to are the following : - . rirlllal t~ Inemorandmn makes enthralling reading, for its

11J thell1 a~g;uage and official facts and figures, dry enough b~tlltn tse yes, tell the moving and romantic tale of the f <'for₀ a ⁰ dits historic home of a mighty nation which, both aar-tnr

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after its dispers'.on, has 8'\ er been a powerful

~tunl lU the moulding of the destinies of mankind. The a ¹~<!11 ha ovbment of return i, · still in its beginnings, but so i lltn1atj;₁s <'en done in so short a time, and the spirit lealistic g tho. e who tak part in it is at once so intensely

011bt th and .. o definitely practical tbat it is impos. ible to n tnte:t Zionism will eY<'ntually achie>e its purpose."

~d then tlu, a graceful tribute is paid to the Chaluzim,

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:o.ntui . le ~rticle goe. on to deal with the salient facts fo a1 hlv aned n;. the m morandum. 'Vhen non-Jews so r/

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}?rove and admire', surely every vestig<' of reason tnclvra.' 1on, doubt or apathy on the part of tho Jews is

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^«< li\"t.nne to time these notes have given an account of at¹ l'<t\·ou

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^~ irs of thi in ·titution, and in them I have ,J te!tlt>t t Pd to impress it importanf'e and its honest

<Ii~v1 h i·d 0 R;r~pple in a practical way with the problem of

\\·h l't(lltt itta~wn as it presents itself in tbi. country. How n₁₁ at Ver is conducted from the old Chedarim, which,

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^{~\ at} odna;\· .have been their advantages in other places to db s Jer tim , are totally unsuited for South Africa, dtt\~hl' n:n·;ten b~ anybtdy who took the trouble tn pay a visit

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Plc::nic which took place at Camps Bay on Sun_

l!e har:}l ?st. The special cars chart~red for the of'rasion

~I adCJllar/ enough for the 200 odd clnldren who took part.

111^.~!111!{ hl'le~s were esta bli bed on the wooded campi11g }ja ~\·al tea llnd thE' ~farine Hotel, ,vhere immediatc>ly on

1111 ~hsl>nrts antl cake wer served. Thereafter the Camps

th spnrfround resounded with thP shouts of rival teams

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⁸ P!ogramme came into active operation, under

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1;ctinn and with the active participation of tho

"hil~Ut '~at r. Carasov. Relav races, and other it ms of a fr₁₁• hna h ?rf' \\ere indulged in until lunch, wbPn each

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and tis fill-and that rn sayinr: a lot-of sandwiches.

1 tc a-tir:;a. Then swimming and mort" sports f0llow<"rl

0~ ancl on is giY n a good indication of what

the children thought of the proceeding. wh •n one learns that, in answer to their general n:::qucst, the time for departure was postponed. The picnic was in charge of the hcadma. ter, Mr. B. Turtledove, who, together with n number of teachers and l\Ies:srs. )1. ::'.\fouerberger, J. Ge undhcjt and Baker, of th0 committee. nnd some friendi:;, worked bard to ensure tho children's enjo~'ment. l\lrs. J. IJurie, of Camps Ba~',

deserves a special word in con ·ideration of her strenuous lahours in preparing the food and supervising the catering.

·when the school reopen on 1\Ionda:v, 26th, one fr.els sure that the pupils will return all the more readily after being: given so rlelef"tabl a taste of its lighter side>.

Talking of the Talmud Torah reminds me that the com- mittr>e nf inve. tigatio11 into Hebrew education, appointed bv the Education Conference held at the instance of th~

Gardens Synagogue at the end of Nowmber. has been called together for Sunday morning. the 25ih inst. I had some- thinrr to sav c;;ome time ago about its dilatorine. s, and am therefore glad to learn that it has not faded away alto- gether. as such f'Ornmitteei> have a 1rnb:t of doing. Oiw loolrn forward '~ ith eagern0ss to learning the result of its enquiries.

BKOTH Zro::-< AssocuTION D.\NCF..

Although they nrny hai;-0 come in a bit late in the l\fuizenberg "seasn11," thi<; As _ociation "·onld not let pasc;;

altogetlwr the oppnrt11nitv afforded by the pre<;N1ce of visHori> to the P0nirnmh from np-countrv for achiPviu~

some advantage for the Nationril Fund. Through the kind- n0. of Mr. Stewart Ne'lve. the spnciou lotmg nf the Alexandra Hotel was secured for a dnnre, which took place on 'Iuesdav, the 20th, and attracted a large attendance, whilr> onf\ fePls sure that manv ticl-etc;; were bkc>n in fown which were not made use of. · l\fnsif' wa. provicl0d hv 1\fii>s Rave Levin' "Original Ladi0s' J)apce OrC'hlstra," nncl dnring the ey<>niiw an "<'f'f'c>ntric" rhnc·p \\"lS grncefully nPrformed by )ri.-s Freda Tiolmrm ancl Mr. G. T. De. marai., Dancing was continued until midnight, and evenbo1ly seemed to be enjoying himself or herself to th" full. Refr<'sh- ments wer<' serv•>d hy, and the "·hole wa. under the nu11rn~0-

ment of, Mrs. l\L Zuckerman, thC' president, and a number of bPr committee.

Jn this way, a little <'nergy antl enterprise l<'ads tn the National Fund gnining another sum which wo 1Ll thcrwisc remain untouched.

RELIEF Fu ~D .

This organi. ation held a conference on the morning of Sunday, 11th im;t., at the Old Synagogue. under the chair- manc;hrp of Rabbi Ch. l\Iinii>h, to consider the future' of the fund, and to decicl0 on \Yhat shonld he done in relation to the resolutions adopted b~' the S.A. Conference recently held in Joliannesburg.

There was con. id0ra blr di cussion .. nc1 tlless to say, amongst the representatives of rt. fairly large number of institutions who were prP ent. Eventually it was decid0d to 0ndorse the Johannesburg findings to carry on for another year, so that the South Afric:rn obligation of main- tai11ing the 130 orphans, who "·ere by our efforts i>ettled in Palestine, could be hononrablv met. A alr<':1Cl:V explained in the Record another £12,500 will bo rcqnired to f11nd this sc11eme.

This, it was resolve,d, shonld absorb 15 p<>r ent. of the collf'ctions, the remamder to go to the r0lief of widows and orphans in the Ukraine.

·with these ends in view, a special appeal will be made in the near futur throughout the countrv for the neces- sary funds, and the appcri 1 in both it. par+.' cannot but ha,·e our wnrme t approval anc1 r ndy h0lp. Whil it is not casv to raise money nt prcf'cnt. on~ believ<'s that this, nfter all, moderate .sum should. he nttamed. T11e greatest rlifficulty.

however, is ~he secn~·mg of w?rkers; the way these hnY<' fallen away m relat10n to r<'hef fond effort i.<> one> of th 0 phPnomena of r.ost-war conditions. Jf th0y are securcJ. and properly orgamsed, one feels certain that surcess will he nf'hiPvNl. having regard to South Africa's char1cteristic generosity.

"Zrom::;T REconn " CA::\'VAss nY l\L\CCABE.\s As ocuTio::-:.

It was high time that SOJ).1ething should be done to bring thr-. new R_rrorcl to tho immediate attention of thf' local public, for its new ~orm. and improved contents should readilv . ecnre an <''·⁰r-,nd<'nmg C'ircle of r aders.

T.he.matter.Jias b00n take,n in hand by tlw '.'.\fncf'abenn Association, which last n'cek rnsued an attradfrn eirf'lll:ir.

in '"hirh tlw ach'nntn<r s a!ld special fc'ltnrpc-: of th0 iournr l were well set out. The circular invited subi:;criptions and

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I CAPE TOWN .-(Continued from page 27).

announced the Yi it of a canva . r on th 1 th. and o it

wa that on a hot ummer morning on . aw members of the As, ociation journE'ying y tematicall:v from door to door, a rm d with forms, receipt-books, and copic of the Record.

One f el· . ure that . om thing c·amE' of their per. uasiYenef's, although 'unclay at thi time of th year, i::; not ideal fo1 . neh a canva .. a o man;r people go to the ea.

It cannot too trongly be urged that it is the duty ~f

PY ry Jew to keep him elf fully acquainted with what i

happening in relation to his pcopl , and no bett r medium for thi i. ts for th<' South African Jew than the Zioni:t Rn:rml, which not onl:v brings him new from all over the world, but al. o deal in detail \vi th what is n ar :t honw.

Ev-erv read r should make it his bu inc to get hi friencls to sl{b:cribe, for a very impl reason. If he has found it neC'c .. ary, useful and inter0sting himself. surely h~s fr~cnd will, too. and it behove. him to see that h doe· h1 fncnd thi. good turn.

THI .\ 'D TH.\T.

The Rev. \Y. Hir ch B.A., of Pretoria. was the preacher at the reat ynagogue on aturday, 17th int., and will preach at the n w ~Iuizenberg , vnagogue the fol- lowing we k, when Cantor 1\T .. ~ildN, who ha . rec utly returned from .T ohann ·lmnr. w1ll 111 one th<' . rv1 e.

)fr. ,Joel )f ver. on made bis final app a ranee with th C'apetown Orrh ·~tra on aturday, ]/th in. t .... upport cl by several oth r arti. t . A· on previous n('('ris1on.. he was received by a large audience. Again "Kol i iclrei " "ns the 1>i1\cc de resi:tonce.

The cornplimentar.v dinner gi-vE'n by the Garrick Dramatic lub, th Owl luh, the R pC'rtory • ociety and th Operatic Society to :Mr. Leon M. J.,ion and hi rompany,

:'I announrecl i;1 m:v note. la. t time, took place in the Royal Hot 1 on ~undav, 11th inst.

Landatory · pccche WPre deli,· r d by )fr. F. K.

Kendall. who pr . id<'cl oyer a r<'pre E>ntative gath<>ring, and

b~· )fr. C<'cil .J. ibb tt. r<'pr enting thP Owl Club. Mr.

T.<'on 11. J,ion. in r<'plying, dealt with the m:~lfarc of the theatre and the important fnnC'tion it could and should C'arr:v out in a communit~·. Hl' de irf'cl to rai <' the slogan, '' Tak yon r theatre seriou. 1~·." J,ife wn s like a jig- aw puzzle. and the theatre . hO\Yed how it f'ou1c1 be fittPd in.

~Te ·t w ck, hi highl~· . UC're . fnl plav. "Outward Roun<l," gi-vP wav to "Th<' . fa:k and th0 FaC'<'."

The local pr ·. gayp prominence to an interview ginn by _fr. KPntriclge, :\f.I,.A. in .Tohamw:burg, on the pro- po. ed C'lau · to rPmOY<' nativC' from tlH' liquor tracl in the Transvaal, contninC'd in a I. .. iquor Bill. to come befon' the nl'. t <' sion of Parliament.

A popular wedding "a. tlrnt of Pf'arl, only daughter of

~Ir. ancl Mr .. M. Ku. hlirk, of Cap town to Wolff e1<l<'st on of _fr. and Mr .. I. • orokin, of Bloemfontein. which took place at thC' lfoelnncl Rtre0t , ynagoguP on unda~·.

the 11th in t., tlw ReY .• tC'inb<>rg officiating.

A large number of friPrHl attended th<' reception, which wa held at thC' Gocclf' Trouw Hall. The brid~ lrns heen active among. t th<' young workers in thi. C'ity in Zioni. t and gen ral Jcwi h affair ..

The l~rge number of congratulatory me sages received

~nd of fnends who gathered at the wedding of Feodora, danghtN of :\fr. and Mr ..

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FriNllnncl<>r. to Advo~ate Philip ^l ratthC'W C101~t ' on of Mr. and frc;. T,. lout . hor(' testimonv to the hrn:h e. te<'m in whid1 both rirc h ld bv .T ~w and Gentil alike. Th0 rerernonv took place at th'e Gardf>ns ynagognc, the R0v. A. P. Render and R<'v.

Kir chner officiating. 'Ihe recention took niace at the beautiful re idencc ~nown a. "WC'lg ID<' ncl," once the home of "Onze Jan.' T.he bride ''"a a C'ounle of years ago

"head girl" at the Umwrsih. in who. e life sh<' took a prominent part. dC'voting h~r elf much to the .T<>wish As o- riation. The bridegroom 1 a young barri:tPr "·ith a growing practice, and is held in ]1igh esteem b~ his C'ol- leagn . , who were w01l rPPl'<'. Pnted at the weddmg. He tnkcs a li-vE>lv inter . t in .T wi h affairs. and among other nffic hC'ld for . onw tini·~ that of PrE>c;ident of the .Jc"·i. h Literary rind Hi. torical ocicty.

One heard with regret of th<' death of :\Ir. Ei er agorsky, a man widely re. pected for hi. upright charad r and .Jewi hnec;c;. The d ceased gentleman was a mPmber of the Dor. hei Zion A. sociation . ince it inception. Much

vmnathv has bePn extended to his relativei:<.

· Mr.· Saul Albow, who reC'ently . tonn un~uccessfu11y for the :\funicipal Council for the ~faitland '\Varel, was last week returned unopposed in a b~·e-election in the . ame ward.

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