In Capetown

20 THE ZION! 'T RECORD. _pt 'mber 2G, ' 19''4 • ... ·

lo In Cape Town D

All communication for these columns should be addre ed to "Hasofer" P. 0. Box 2373, Capetown.

~y an error, the address of "llasofer" icas givPn in last 1ssue as 47, Hope , treet.

Anot~eI" b?sY. fortnight has clap

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since my last report.

Each society m its own \Yay has striven to stimulate the intere t of it members and as far as po. ible also the general public.

The Dor hei Zion wer re pon iblc for the holdincr of a lecture by Rev. Diamond on "The Future of Judai m in S'. A." 'rl1e reverend g ntfoman is a newcomer from New Zealand, and his remarks were in the nature of fir t

in~pre _ions. I~ goes ".ithout ayi!1g that h drew parall ls with his experience rn the Antipode , and his audience found much to intere t in hi d cription of life there.

One gathers that a imilative tendencies are pretty strong.

and that the Jewishness of the sister Dominion is not quite as vigorous a our own.

'.The l\~a;ccabea~ Association ha adoptccl the method of circulansrng their members with a proaramme for some time ahead. "'.\Jany in fore ting thing a:'e promi ed and one notes that the variou items are well balanced: On Sunday 7th, they held what wa called a Mystery Social.

[f the large audience had gather d to witne s anvthing i~trigui?g, then one imagines they mu t have s11ffered d1sappomtmcnt. The unusual title connoted nothing more than a ort of game evening supplemented by a dance.

Not an unpleasant evening result d, but the committee would be we11-advi ed if they intend any more such affairs, to , ee to their tage managing. Long wait h twPen items pointed to a want of certainty in the minds of the organi ers.

As if to show that there can be too mueh of a good thing even in attendance at soci ty meetings, the number of .Maccabeans who camp to hear a lecture bv Dr. L.

l\Iirvish, on the following unday, "a~ not over large. The ..lecturer, who "·as ⁰¹¹ foit with his .. ubject "Recent Zioni. t

Events," had no difficulty in holding the attention of hi

a~1dience on the many controY rsial points tho period displayed.

The Students' .Jewi h As-ociation which is also maintaining the regularity of its meetings, held a debate between pa t and pr ent memb0rs on the previous evening.

'[is Her man, irnd Messrs. Bloch and l\Iatz appeared for the tud nts, while Mi. F. Frie'dlancler, B. A., Mr. S.

'l'urtledrrve, R . .A., LI1.B., and )fr .. T. Cohen, R.8c., took up the cudgels on behaJf of the " o1d boys." The resolution submitted by the latter was ''That the Jewish National

~fovcment and Cont mporary Judai, m owe more to \\.,.estern ideas than to J ewi h tradition." One is given to unc1<'1'- stand that thi debate is the first of its kind, but reunions between "nast and present" should require no additional recommendation.

The Jewish Girl.' A o iation is an organi~mtion

which has done valuable work among the working girls of Capetown for some years. Bearing t timony to its usefulness is a member hip of upwards of a hundred.

Meetings take place every Thur ·day and are devoted to needle-work. house-craft, elocution, music and other mild literary and intellc tuaI pur nits, and generally to things which engage the young feminine mincl. The ocial facilitie come a a boon to many a <rirl whos circum- stances and occupation in making a living cause her to welcom€- the opportunities for congenial companionship thus afforded.

On Thursday 11th, one of th0 As ociation's periodic dance took place, when the gentlemen fri nd favoured with invitations spent a very enjoyable evening. A few days later, thi time under the aegis of thf' Zionist Scouts, a plea ant dance took place in the Goede Trouw Hall. By all appearances the financial rP ult sought mu t have been attained. so that th troop will be enabled to impron• it.

equipment. Several high scout officials, a. w 11 a. other well-wi hers, made a point of being present.

J{o.rk A new note was truck by Dr. and I\Irs. S. E. bllgo who celebrated the Barmitzvah o thc>ir son by a n-uP·

children's party in the Banqu ing Hall. A gro\f Dl₀ur had no business to be pr ~ent, one ha, to tru?t t!l ru '\feJlt for report, and it ha it that hundr cl of inv1t~t10J:ibJic:il out bearing the request that guests come m bo~'s

C'ostume. l\Iaking the Barmitzvah to interc t the ldi1~ companion· i in marked contra. t to the s1 eech-Jllh~ bo~

a?ult affairs "'·hich arc th general run: and "here tt tfht>

lnmself often eem a stranger at his o'\'l'n fea. · elltcr·

following day the children of th Orphanage "'ere taincd at the resiclence of Dr. and l\lr . Kark. bee!l

The approach of the Yomtovim has alrea4Y Dlent' heralded. l\Iore or le"s accurately worded a~>ertI

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their app arance under the hen.cling of se>eraf

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G ntile busine. s hou e . The tempor. ry places o "₁₁₁₀d:t·

a.r notifying the public of th ir pr" 'l}<'e. The accoDl ttP li~

tion in the larg r ynagogues i pract1cally all taken

regular sea t-holclers. ₁₁ tht

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week-end will not be taken amiss by most. It inn'

holiday worth v;.·hile.

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Your corre. pondent s ize this opportuni~y of ''of tltC you and your taff and all reader t~e cc;implunent for tlid season. l\Iay the New Y a.r prove nch m h.ononr er ⁱⁱ¹¹ Zioni. t R cord, and may I rae1 be Ll . erl with Pea

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"H.AEOFJ"J."

WOMEN'S ZIONIST ORGANISATION.

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The B noth Zion A ·sociation imenr1s to hol<l.

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0f tltC to house collection on unclny, October 5th. in aJc d hll~

'\Yomen' International Zio~i t As oci_ati?n, .~~ed otl

circulated an appeal. In tins appeal. it l P.⁰¹ n J1tl1d that the ympathy and intere 't of .Jcwesse. .111 . ' }loPe number Of Countries have bePn enli lc•d, and ~t

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that women. i~ South Africa will come forward 1U

generous sp1nt. cliir'rtf 1

The efforts of the organi. atiou h:ivC' thns far 11 _fir~t g-ood re ulL. At the Jrn. tel. , ituatccl in Jaffa. the.niri!! ¹•

the great chemes realised, a go d lementary tr:llr'" etrr provided in all branches of household w-ork. cook<' "'elf~f The usefulness of institi1tions ._u ·h as Infant c::c::nr:· t CentreP. are self-apparent ancl 1t s ems unnecr. · t

dwt>ll thereon. . 1_1111ri¹

A further cheme to be . et on foot i. the e t11bh;r:it£lr, of an agricultural school at .,.ah. lnl. The pr<'P ₀r11101\

work of this institution has be<'n . tarted, bnt <'11 \\'hC¹ sum<: of monies are still rN1uir d for its complction~t

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ready, the ·hool would a commoclate , ix~v. ~ in n to whom it would afford n cr>mprPh n iYe train1n..- branf'hes of agriculture and farming. . of ti'

Funds are not onlv required for th realic;at1A t1·elffl~

·cheme, bn also for th<' npkr n of th" ho ·tel an . err ₀ centres. The co-operation of all .T "'ish wonwn ¹he ~¹Jlle country is urgentlv required in order tn f'arrv on t nrl•Plil work which has been set on foot with s11ch rcn1',1111W

succe , anrl all women memb r of +he con~J~jhtlt Zionist ana non-Zioni t. alik , ar urged to c0n ¹

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WN MACCABEAN ASSOCIATION. to funds to be sent to a tudy Kvutzah in 'Jek\ \'iv. A plenclid programme wa pro id <l, con i ting of out. ta11<l- i1:1g young Je" i_sh arti'!cs in tho city. Tho ·o \\ho parti- cipated wer )lls. es Raw Da Co ta, ll rtha , 'atz, -id •laid N wman, ,·'y bi! ~larks, Ro. e l>olieausky and _\Jr. G orcr 1'.ob~a , while Mi· 1£the~ Zin \\a tlH' accompani. t. Appt - crnt1ve not s appeared lll the local pr·~ ou the followiug days.

RECENT ACTIVITIES.

ih _·•to '.the _{llew co .}

, i ltide and mmittee, elected on 10th of June oon got '11t·u~·¹¹· An in ai:ran_ged an elaborate program~e for the e:°lllt ¹?nea in terestmg lecture by Dr. Julius Herman, hittce's our last report, wa the first fruits of the

(j 'l'hi endeavours.

an<: ⁸ "'as foll

f1·j₁₁₁,l ll'hich owed soon after, on July 12th by a social

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l11g · • The G d ige Y attend d by both members an

tri1v"·ns cont· oe e Trouw Hall was the venue and danc-

>1ca1 • inued til · · ' ·

• ~t'n iten₁s we.. _un nudmght. l\f uch appreciated ''lue:J· ernl ~p · . ¹ e interspersed between the dances and

c l ~ irit of co · d · ff ·

' oth ··⁰Ught aft . mm ~ne prevailed, a state of a ·airs th\! her, he ~¹ but 1vhJch can ne,·er for some rea on

41· • Prcv1ou 1 d '

11tr, _{.., o} f e~1dent _{ex: 1 .} ·' Y d assure . In 1Yelcomina the gne ts, b

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1 a new P _ame that the dance marked the open-

11 <lll<:e Was se ion, for the succe s of "11ich th large l\h, A fr"s} a happy augurv.

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'ho1^{'t a} hte!'ar e .was st~·uck on the. 20th of the same month

~lltu. Papers Y tYmpos1um took place in the Zioni.t Hall.

&1 0 le of Jud ⁰. about t n minutes duration on '' 'l'he Ito trLlllbel'.

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^{~1 m} in ?uth Africa" were contributed by U. [) ewi₁₁ 'I the society, Dr. 1\1. D. Immerman Mi ·

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.l'J· fit. owsky. · · agorsky, }11s G. Jackes, _and _l\lr.

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~ _ll~j "l!'ih _. ll1 nt ig t t · It must have proved a source of ^{b '}

fJ it <:t, shou}d ⁰ lllany, that five people speaking on the same

"' '\\ 1"as, and each find something difforent to say. Bu~

a¹t(j i~ ¹4aterial _the novelty. of handling a11cl diver ity of

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0teye_ tin . and c?nclus10ns? pro:red both ent~rtain~ng lr, b Pll11ous g A vigorous discuss1011 followed m wluch

~ \\ J~ · Getz Were ad vancecl, or supplementary fact put.

lit i·ajllle vi;it:eiube~· of the 1!.,ederation. Executive, wa

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Bis speech was attentively listened to,

%11g tly enjo~~

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t hornet's ne. t of criticism, which be AJ good h ^¥ no lc,s than anybody l e in the pre-

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of ent all, both f. . . .

th₀ a11d th r om the pomt of new of members tht1· (j tost su~ keenn~ss evinced, the meeting 1ras one

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.1 d %. ,¹c~Pants ~ forth hitherto hidden talent, and_ thu.

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seem.so txpress them ·elves before a public, while te is f the e <? have a more personal concern in the . 'l' \·ery i~dnmg. The. e benefits are so obvious. th.at

%r] ⁰~·_atds th ucement to make such meetings periodic.

£h1z~~£th the e thnd of. t~e month our .A. sociation com- Vl• i·e · . .As a ⁰ f er societH's in the holding of the Herzl

11 1 d in the Bull report of this gathering has already

h at1₁¹¹ the fi ecord no further mention is called for.

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a, ' a fair We~~ of the new month, despite stormy

~(\ ¹¹rit0t ~a.Per b au~ence as em bled in the Zionist Hall to

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lh , 111 Jew·Y f~'· • . Futeran on "An Umuitten

t 't _1.0 Upti₀₁₁ ~h H1sto~'Y·'.' This -cryptic title proved to

!, <!ti 1¹¹¹antic ⁰ a de npt10n of the Classidic 1\lonmcnt,

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I el I . V1~h h · t a crnatmg period in comparati~e Y ()11^{1 Iii} q¹¹1ll to

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^{ory. l\f1:. Futeran' entiment. certam~y}

tli( to a.d . a_ Cha s1d-and what is more, he wa n t l!J li 1·111a:ne1:;~t it. .An interesting discns ion foJlowed

• ,fJllcl! ⁰ ·. 0 ""'. values of Cha id ism.

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daJ. ¹11 the °{th lll a _new light, the Association held a ' Augu ·t ~~nquettmg hall of the Citv Hall on

· th. A charge was mad<', to· be dcvotC'Cl

~ANDLER'S DIQ BEER.

In the econd half of the .same month Prof•. sor Ede

A. \Valker contributed a paper on "The Historical , 'ettiug

of Early Old Tc tameut Hi tory."

Re. earch in the la t fifty .r ars ha<l thrown a flood of light on a p riod for .our kuowl dg of which w had hitherto only had the Bible to go UJJOU. Antiquarian dis- coveries, as well as contt•mporar · \\ ntiug all I in. c.:riptions had provided much inrnluable information. i cover· wa.~

~till proceeding, of "·hich the recent Tutankhamen xcavn-

6on were only an .-ample, though au important on . The 1 cturer dealt with his subj ct in prop r hi tori ·al fa hion, examining e,•idence aud yrobabiliti " an<l mcnt.iou . ing much t~iat wa new. .And "1thal th 'r wa. sympathetic undei: ta~dmg and a "'re~· •reuco too often lacking in an examma t10n of th cnp~ ur s . by o-caJled " mod rn . "

'The Profes or show~d 11<?w rntclJi~ nt r~ading of th Bible

gave us, after t~klllf? mto c011. 1derat1on th w akne. ·c inherent in any Jn toncal ae ·ouut, a pretty faithful pi ·tun' of c1ent..

.A fortnight. late~· :\Ir. II. J. :ui:i-ndelhrol , "ho j

emor Le t~rer rn I-!.i. ~ory at. ~he Umv r ity₁ kctured to a largo audi _nee ?,n , '.Ih Pc;iht1cal 01·gani1,;anon of ,Judc-a und r the 1 mgs. ~he su hJLCt n:as pre1,;cnLt'd j ₁₁ a most abso1_-bable form, t110 unportant pomt' pic.:ked out and t!m- pha. 1 ed. It wa. sh?'rn tlia.t 1. rael l~ad a normal d \'dop- ment fr~J?.1 the pntnarchal to th .tnbal s_\·.tc·m, and iht>n to th_e K!ngdom. Th~ h•<:tur.er porntl d out that th largP cof?brnat1on of .the tnbe· wluch the ,Jc~\'. eff<'ctpcJ, and th umty thus acJuerecl wns a .. tt•p much Ill ad,·nnce o tlll'ir neigh h~rnr , who were orgam 0<l ~or th gr at r pal't into tiny kmgdoms, the heac~. of ":Jnch, •. though en]] d king. , ,rnre probably on a par ,_,·1~h na 1ve clueftain .. l\Ir. Man<ld- brote adnt~ced the opm10n that the hreak-a" ay of thf' no~thern kingdom w~ due to. ~he fi <'~ that tl!i idt•a of un1t.v, as well a the idea of Dinn mty, wn.· m adv, nee of the time , and the people fell back from thi. hirrh standard. Be put it clo\\'n ns 011e of the cau. c. of th<' ul~i­

matc de truction of th' • tatc thnt .Tuel 'a foll in bPtwccn the two political syst!'ms ,f th<' age; it wn too hig to form a itv ..: tnfr, thongh th 're wa. n tend1 n y to con- centrate on· Jernsalei_n, and too sm~ll to h0 omf'

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Id1icJ1 .fowish <'X ·Ju, n·pne": al. n hrnclercd. Tts po ·ition in the highwa.> of marchina armies \\US, of coursP, too, ~

prf'carious one.

It will be . cC'n then that our As. o<'in tion has . r nt a pretty actfre time, and <'l"<'l',Y effort is ll{'ing madt' to maintain the standard. A socinl ew•nt of a rath<'r 110\"£>1

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follow on thi lertnre, au 1 a rc1Yort will app<'ar in due course.

In addition to having le htn'. from out. idc , 1wnker we attc>mpt to encourage our own mc>mlPr to rend nud . tudy, and give the rest tli b n0fit of their accumnlat (I

knowledge. On. un~Ja:v, ~4th · <',P~<'n!ber, Dr. l\firvisl1 gin·

a ver~' interestmg ' _RevH'W of ~tom t. " nt. of th pa. t vear." He dealt with th uh.wet under thn'c head : (1) xt rnal event., (2~ hnppcn_ings in th Zioni t rnow- ment and (3) progn'ss m Palt>.stnw, and V<'l'y ably g1 oup£>cl bis material to . how the gc•ncral progr0s. made in Zrnnjst actfritiC's rPcentl~ .

With the N cw Y ~ r. ~- look forward to Vt n gr<~a ter effort. and renew<'cl actrnties, nnd ho)~ that this suer .. ful

e sion will be foJlo\\·ed by many mor of tl1c . ame kind.