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THE ZIO N IST RECORD. 31

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(From Our Oum Correspondent.) CAPE TOWN. ~

l CAPE JEWISH BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

ll{⁰ annual report of this institution for the twelve lo e· CUtling December 31st, 1924, is just to hand, and

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Yolumo of useful service of which the committe

1ilt·ge . Jc proud. It is saddening to read that there was

11t ll. 1ncr a ·e in the number of cas due to unemploy- rn lld the financial depres.-ion, with the consequence tit any, '\' •n young men.. "ere thrown on the Boarcl .

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icjl~-¹~/; to the· precarious . fate of it. finances, and cJ\~np;, through t~1e h avy calls on its r"'.source _, a

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cit, the comnnttee called a num!Jer of meetmgs

llf'e> Gi·s of the community, and took them into its con-

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was collected on the spot, while certain

\Vh~n ~tndertook to go further afi. ld.

t dl~ it is not a happy thing to learn that. the moneys

'O l'J.i <lin. securities have had to be ab ·orhe<l, 1t should be

· <• that it was against times like rhe e that tliose

lh<tt ti ~:ere built up. \fhat has to be watched, howeyer)

'rh~ ¹¹ proccs.c, be not aJlo,ved to go too far.

t e cha :Board al o performed u. eful work in distributing ltou. ¹

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and although the F~md 'Yas smallc:r than th' 1triti e<lj<~ar, all cases were provided for. One is, however,

%an.a to lc•arn that supplies w re al.-o sent to the

t anti g and Aged Home for, at any rate, th latter':

6~1^.dUdal balance sheet showed several hundred pounds 1'h • . epo ·it.

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~ ttati tie . . how that during the year 656 cases wer0 i~ ·d, and 503 ':~re afforded reli f, while there ar0 llt>titl n ca es compn. mg 63 per. on . £904: 19s. 9d. was Jitlt!y d ou general relief, £1.266 10 . on weekly ancl r·o:i t~ •n ions, and £13 11 . d. on grants for railway

1lJtion. Passage , makin_g a total of £2,310_ ls. 5d. Sub~

. ad. s a~ounted to. £0 4 _15 .. , a_ncl <lonat10n to £1,14G

J~ ]. ' \\:lnle the net i·ece1pts of the annual ball wen•

! ·1a1 · Gd .• showing a decrease on previous years. The not a~JH•al ha· so far resulted in £G 11 10s. from 2D

·~ ~v 'h_e total expenditure was :f.:2,670 Os. 2d., being

~ l'he vr income to an amount of £4-97 1 s. 6d.

hon C<.'. sit:v of an institution like tho Doard of Guard-

' tjhl r 4nire no ('mphasi , but bccau. e as the report

St nt ¹e. Work mu. t b done of nece~ ity quietly, and

~ d. at1ously, there is danger of its value being ov r-

~ritt. ~ne would do well to ponder this sentence in tlH' l0i;t• t It "?uld he a revelation. to tho e who arn not d \1·an °llch with our work, to reah.-e the stress of poverty n '1• tf Whi ·h is unfortunately 0xpcrienced by a largl'

'J he ^<i our co-religionists."

~nnual meeting takes place on March l st.

l'i · EDUCATION CONFERENCE.

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1 ·roe ruatter has proc0ec1ed a tage further. It will

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₁₁¹}{s1 ting of one delegate of each in titution, formt•cl '. Yllf.!n of the Conference) would meet on January 25th.

a ^titt,, ^ton the poor att ndance on that date, a further tv 1'2t]"a call<'<l for and took place on Thursday, FE'b- 1r l'._1•₁l, when there "·as a large number present. Be ides

P ⁰_{"i1 1}g¹e¹·a1 discus ion, an election took place, and t]w

l!~ 13.ltcJ Gffic:Prs were elected :-Hon. president, Rev. A.

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ancl Rabbi Ch ~Iirvi. h; chairman, l\Ir. W.

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~rea urer, ~fr.· I. Sonen ~~1er; and b?n: secre-

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^chson. A sub-eomnurtce, co~1s1sbng of

1 t,1^{.C) •}G<>sun<lheit, ~I. Gurland and B. Rubik, together

:hitio l'epre ·entatives to he appointed by the Teach~1-. '

:lt11·j" ll, wa. then formed for the purpo e of conductmg

~·. l11.1s·ll.lid . uhmitting rccommendationi-. All thi. look.

'lhJ ^lUp -like, and one l)('gin.· to look fOl'"·ard to r · lllt .

!h Ol>ENING OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY.

,⁰11.le,~?hh_ined Zionist societies have issued a circulal' tlo 'fu¹· institutions to send representatives to a m0et-

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^g1. e rlay, 24th February, to discuss the celebrating

l t A ea~ event. which will take place in J erusalcm on

} t t i!Qll ~til next. The gr at significance of the occa ion

Jlon~ ¹.e~. it.-elf even on the most unimaginative of us.

·t \V1·v it ha been the exalted ambition of every . ection

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^~kata great centre of Hebr w culture sh01~ld b<' tlllqa.ri iin e only place w11ere it i~ ju_stly fitted .and it has o₁₁₁d h·t,· .Portant plank m the Z10mst programme. Who

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e thought, let us say ten years ago, that 1925 ()~ ¹1'1' ta e .se n so au picious a beginning? But events are

~~: t 1~ P~d]y in the world to-day, and by no means at their ut a il~rez Israe~. ~~uch has been written :incl spoken ebrew rnn-er ity, and the prospect it opens up

i..: indeed oue ou 1' hi ch the pen can ea. il.r ff m1· on in con- templation, hut ·onsideration.· of space prohibit it, and no doubt the su hjecb will be done ju bee on another occasion.

MACCABEAN ASSOCIATION.

.AftPr a bout a mouth's reeess this society re. urned opera- tions with a book evening and social, held at the Old 'yHa- gogu' on 'Tuesday, 17th inst. 'The social part was ~v 11 sustained by the refreshments e1Ted during the e,·enmg, a dccoratfre • c:heme, and a musical programme. The con- triburnr to the latter were :Mi s Fanny Groun, who "lras

in fine >oice :Mi ·s Bertha llagan, a young piani t of undoubted t~~lent, an<l :Hiss Hilda Ge. undheit, whose masterl.v and natural reciting drew much hearty applause.

t.Tsuall~r at the e affairs, ·while the book representations are of a cli.tindly cl 'ler nature, thNe i · little of pecial .Jewi h intere t in them. The A sociation i., therefore, to be congratulated on stressing this asp ct, and whih' the representation lost nothing in ingenuity, they were all Je"ish in character. lhe prize wa. awarded by t11c judges, 'l\.[rs. F. loman and )fr . J. Herbst in, to )frs. L.

)[irYish who came as the hook "Zion," indicated by "The sev-enth letter of the alphabet. ' )Ii . D. Winnett received the prize for the largest numh r of solutions.

On the 1st )farch the As oc·iation i. holding a tennis tournament, whilP on the 10th of that month it is giving a Purim d;rnce at the h:rnquetting hall in aid of the National Fund.

CAPE JEWISH GUILD.

I am afraid that th0 "little bird" of a contemporar.>

has developed a croak, for its "whispering " on the h. t occasion it twittered contained an odd note. It "whi pend"

something a hout " our grap0 · . . . jaundiC'ed remark of a correspondent . . . . rival moribund orgauisation . . . . correspondent connede<l with," the meauiug and applicatioll of which, I mu.t confes" entirely e caped me. It has now reached me through various murmuring in the lo al Guild that these cryptic observations hacl reference to the writ r's de cription of the last general meeting of that body. All this is rather wonderful. fir t, becau e as the writer mls not present at the meeting, his information, altogether as to facts -and Yery much as t-0 form, was gleaned from a worthy mcrnher of the Guild it elf, and secondly, becau,·e the " little bird ' has succecden (or confidently lJelieve. ·it ha.) in fathoming the mystery of my identitJ, much to my.

and doulitless to tho other person's, amu ement. But what is most rennrkable is the reference to " a rival and moribund organisation," that is rival to the Guild.

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admit that I am unaware of any such organi. ation. The only one I c-:rn think of is, as far as I know, neither rival nor moribund, and it is only the "little bird" when it.

feathel"S turn yellmv that could call it such. Unless, of (·our e, it is haYing a grim joke at thr. expen e of the Aged Home. But I think that the "little bird" '\rould do well to look to its own advice, and uot try to promoh' harrnonv, etc., by calling other bocli0 "rival aud mori- buncl, ''when they ·al'e neither the 0110 nor the other, ancl, as far as the writer him. elf is conceru cl, not to take offen(' when to anv h althy 11ircl none would he apparent.

On February 12th, the Guild held a moonlight walk to Camp's Bay, which proYed itself a v0ry popular it<'m.

011 the l.5th a large number of members turned out for a ramble. The larger proportion spE'nt a plea. ant day on the Rlopcs of the mountain ::iround Blinkwatcr, while n . mall party, desiring something more <'ll<'rgPtic proceeded to the top.

On th0 1 th a ucce ful " At Home '' "as gjven br tlw n w committee by way of introduction to the general bod:v.

The " Home" was the Old ynagogue, which wa tastefull~

decora te.<l, ancl the evening was . pent in a little speechif.v- ing <lancing, i~usic, partaking of refre hments, and oLher usual 8ccompan1ments.

On Sundav, the 22nd, J\fr. ~forris, the superintcnclf>nt of tlie local b~ths :rnd a noted expon{'nt of S\Yimming, will lecture.

YOUNG ISRAEL SOCIETY.

Thi~ hod~· also relaxed from its labour during tl10 holidav p riod, but has now re urned with new zest .

On the 7th a well-attended member.' meeting wa. held, when the Society's affairs were discussed. Inter alia, it was cleciclod that having paid considerable attention to the social

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IN CAPETOWN (concluded from previous page).

side, it was time the Society turned to its educational needs, and with this end in view, a library should be established, and reading ·evenings be held, when the matter read would be also discussed. It was also resolved to endeavour to .attract recruits, especially in those districts into which a knowledge of the Society's work and usefulness had not yet penetrated. One is glad to see this enterpri ing spirit abroad amongst our youngsters, and to learn that since the Society's reorganisation, about a year ago, the effective membership has grown from 15 to about 130.

Messrs. T. Snitcher and D. Cohen, president and vice-- president, respectively, were elected as representatives to the J udean Central Council.

"The following week Messrs. D. Cohen and M. Cohen, on the one side, and T. Snitcher and I. Zieve on the other, debated the subject " That Judaism favours equality for men and women." There was much learned reference to Torah, Talmud, and other authorities, and the way the subject had been prepared was not only a pleasure to se , but an example to older societies. :Vly lady readers will be pained to hear that the motion was lost.

On the 22nd, the ociety holds a social, to which invi- tations have been widely circulated.

In connection with Young Israel, I -have learned that attempts are being made by the Judean Central Council (Young Israel's Cape Province central body) to resuscitate that excellent little magazine J1tdean, which ran to three i sues anrl was then seen no more. 'This move is as a result of the machinery set up by the Young Israel Con- ference, held a few months ago. One hopes that these attempts will uccee<l, and that we hall be a11le to welcome the re-appearance of that bright journal, born in much travail, and with bright hopes, for tbere must suirely be a place for it.

THIS AND THAT.

)fr. S. Turtledove, B.A.., LL.B., was admitted as an advocate on the 12th. Mr. Turtledove, although a young man, has got a fine record of communal service, particularly in the Zionist sphere. There are few of the younger organi- sations in which he has not taken a leading part. While at the University he was president for some time of the Jewish .Association, besides being actively engaged in town organi- sations. He is at present hon. secretary of the Keren Hayesod, having occupied that office during the str nuou time of the last campaign, and is also president of the Maccabean .Association. He frequently appears on the Zionist platform, both in and out of the city. The community looks forward to his career being one of service and succe s.

On Tuesday, 10th, the marriage of Sarah, only daughter of Mr . .and Mrs. I. Jaffe, to Dr. Joseph Sachs, M.A.Ph.D., son of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Sachs of Johannesburg, was solemnised at the Roeland Street Synagogue before a large number of friends. 'The reception was held at the Oddfellow s liall. where many did honour to the bridal pair.

'The bride has taken active part in young communal circles, where .she is very popular. Posse sed of a fine voice, which has won her recognition at the local Eisteddfods,

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s e as a ways put i at t e servwe o any Oio -el who required her, and her singing has been :.i ''

feature of many Jewi h gatherings. . e ii The happy couple have left to take up thetr r in Johannesburg.

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On Tuesday, 17th, :Miss Irma tern gave an.b.~·011 ^If of her paintings at Ashbey's Gallery. The exh1 ~~

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op ned by Miss Rebecca Hourwich, a known r journalist visiting South .Africa. Miss tern's "⁰n1od received a mixed reception, as she is a pupil of the e.

school, and one must admit that to the average£ ~Rh pictures are either unseemlv daubs and splashes ⁰ e~J.Jl colours, or incomprehensible. Some, however, think them wonderful. They are.

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l\1r. Benzion Hersch, member of the Federat1°~\' the Zionist Record Board, has spent a few days ll

town on business.

.Adv. M. Alexander, K.C., M:.L.A., ancl 1\Irs.

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returned from St. Helena on Monday, the 9~b _wlJ1 deft Alexander had been ·called to conduct a cnrorna. ted, Not only did he succeed in getting his man acqnit1.¹^j¹^Jl now the m· twhile accused is buy getting up n. c ~ tli damages against the Go>ernor for arre tinrr hi.Ill .°Cl h.

evidence, in which the island generally is upport1n.,.

It is interesting to hear that, though there

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2,000 people on the i land, some pretty pro p~rot jJ.Jb result of fl.ax culture, there is not a sin&le JeWl h tant. Now thero's a chance for somebody! . def

Mrs. H. Gordon formerlv the local Hebrew k¹¹¹1r·

ten mistress, has returned ·from her trip to P¹¹ Jll·

where she says she was astounded at the pro_gre:o since she left to take up residence in South Africa. ₀₁₁

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