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SONS, Established 1850),

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Telegraphic Address: "ZUCK.ER," Cape Town. ---Telephone 3000. - - - -

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(By Our Own Correspondent.)

All communications relating to this page should be addressed to

" Hasofer," ~7, Hope Street, Capetown.

The last fortnight has produced quite a crop of minor events, which have been of interest to one or other ection of the community-more particularly the young people-in both the social and cultural spheres.

The true index to the vitality of a community is not to be judged by SOJ?le hectic effort occurring spasmodically but by .the wa~ time and energy are utilised by smail gr?ups m the mtervals .between community-wide enter- i;>nses. Exct:;pt for war-like purposes, it is impractiC'able for large bodies of people constantly to come together if the effort demanded be a continuous one. One has, therefore to lQok at the mall clusters of people who naturally gravi- tate to each other for one or other object.

The Students' Jewish Association provided another pleasant evening on aturday, 23rd August; this time cal- ling upon its own members to provide the fare. Under the style of a Literary ymposium, four students: Miss Berelowitz and Messrs. Fortes, Aronowitz anrl Lewint.. each gave a short paper on "Aspects of J wi h Life." While ome papers dealt with the ubject generally, others con- fined themselves to certain types of Jews with which thev hatl 'apparently come into contact. If • criticism may

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attemptetl, it might be said that thero was a tendency to turn the individual into a type, and to draw general con- clu ions, of a more or le sweeping nature, from particular

~-periences. Wider reading should prove a useful correc- t1ve.

· For the past seven years or so, nnolJtrusively, yet diligently. much u eful work has been put in by the Cape- town Jewi h Girl Guides, under the leadership of l\Iiss F.

Chama. . Be ides them hre being tho beneficiaries of a u dul training, the girl have become indisp n able a.ids in mo t communal affairs. The companv h:is been spendina a.

busy time lately. ~ ⁰

On l\fon<lay, 25th, they were delighted to welcome Miss Sa.llv Ku ~⁰1, who returned from the l~Jmpire meeting of Guines held at Wembley. Miss Ku. sel is captain of thP ,fo~>ish troop at Oudtsboorn, and had the di. tinction of 1lPmg one of about 30 rcpre entative l!Uide · . ent from .A.

he was naturally full of her experiences. and found a rea·lv audienC'e for her views in the local .Jewish troop which gatherf'd to hear her leC'ture the following evening. Much Yalnable information which she glenned at the sPmi-inter- national meeting was imparted, and no doubt will lead to

<'lrnnges and improvements in local methoflc:;. An int<'r<"st- inP' point sbf't mPntionE'd was that on th<' Friday night the half dozen J E>wish girls of the 12.000 in camn, repair d to the h•nt of tlH• Palestininn contingent (four in nmn her), whN thPv snt {lnwn to a Sabbath repast, with Kiddush :rnd rn.ndles complete.

ThP orE>vious evening tne Guides held a sma11 dance at the Old 8~nagog-nP. nt which the vic;itor was thf' g\1Pc;t of honour. Tne ~m::ill charCYe m::ine nroviclcd a useful addi- tion, one understands, to troop funds.

On the S:rlurday evening previous, the Guides paid kindly attention to the ch'lrtrf>n of th<' Orph'ln:tge. Thev tnrnPd UP in forcf> and regaled the children, with song and chorus, dance and story, in a way which Guidrs have.

There can be no doubt of their audiPnr<''s apnreciation.

On Sunday, August 31st, the Zionist Ha11 was well aft.ended when 1\ir. "Baruch Coben, who came from Pale - tine a couple of years ago, gave an interPc;ting lecture in Yiddish on " Young Hebrew Poetry." The lectur was held under the auspices of the Dorshei Zion Asi:;ociation.

The lectnrer confined himself to the three outstanding figures, Bialik, 'fchernirhowsky fln<l Z'llman Sr·hnair, fin 1 clPalt mainly with the first two. He ably brought out their differPnce<;-the Nationa.lic;m of Bi:ilil{, who clrm'· hie; mattC'r and inspiration from ancient .Jewish ources, history and legend, and the Naturism of Tchernichowsky, who sought beauty, and took his subjects from any source possessing

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that quality. Keen literary appreciation, as well !lfor'1nrd ll'<lge of the subject were displayed, and one Joo ·s to oth r such lcctm·cs froin :Mr. Cohen. rll'i It~

The Capetown Young Israel Socieb•, one l~jjfict1ltb lately pa se<l through a time of tribulation. . u t h::i.d arisen, and los of interest threatene.<l t~ ca of tb disappearance of the Society. In orrrnmzatlo~⁵e\'it11bl~

kind periodic troubles of this natur: s elll ¹¹\ eitb.j~

The leaders grow too ol<l for the ociecy and leave ¹; «ll¹1 to join senior soci ties or to dri t away altogeth~j'

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the younger members are not ripe enough. or tre p .d.¹

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over. It st:;ei is, hm:ever, that the . emors

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m nme, and with the mnate vitality of the ~s glnd -talwarts all ob. tacl s were overcome and one ¹

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hear that excellent progress is being fnade. , _11,, I l s·

After a spell of debates and lecture , the 1°

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in lighter vein, held an "At Horne" at the ·ncJt101 11r gogue. An excellent attendance was attract<'d, ¹ _ru111°1 many !riends. The re ult i mo. t gratifyiug, n~!i:r fo~

ays, m answer to the President's ap_peal, ⁰ ₅ new boy and ~irls have igncd applicat10n foJ'Jll • ·5'J

trength to tf1e1r n.dearnurs ! . . . of Je"¹1 The Jewish Gmld, a socrnl orgamzat1on

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young, men and women, held a. well-attende? and d:i"·

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Book-Tea and dance at the snme hall on "ednC· .. ·e1t11,$

:\fany ingenious titles were ferreted out, and thcf1 Jl111trr\.

tion and discussion evidently provided plenty ⁰ Guild ~ r i for conYersation to the dancing couple» The o"'

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tninly seems determined not to let the gra s gr ₁₁fortb ce it f~et, a it has alr~a.dy blo somed out. into co~t. 1 d·

furm. hed club-rooms, ituated in Corporat10n Strc nol rer~

are open on three nights in the week, when the '\uch \1e ing . matt.er is pr.ovided, and ping-pong and ·nJlltlpb0 pa .times mdulged m. A couple of weeks ago a f!l• ₀ recital attracted many members. . Capetown Zioni t~ were to be seen nt the Jr· poe~⁵

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"friday, the 29th to b1d good-bye to ~fr. ^T. IpP· 0 -r: , 1s one of the most devoted workers local Zion1~!¹¹/Itl1 ¹~ He h~s represent d the Dorsbei Zion, of wh¹

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1'Jlell"' eo~1m1ttee memb.er, at a previous conference. ni~ll ~

wh~c?- he put mto the Keren H:;i.ye .. od ca¹¹¹P.cl::i~·: '1 pn1 hcnlarh- aopare!1t, ~rnd 1t w~ m it. inter c:hork 1 fr nncforstands. that lns fnC'nds rece1vecl the nn'>tY' r,urnPt' er hi ~ight had completelv failed him. He kft for 1 ,"·ill ¹¹¹ mechcal trentment, which it is incerelv hopcc with the fullest success. n1i11J¹t f p

Cn.petoW"n, last week, pn sed throurrh wbat· ctio11, n.lmost ter~ie.d-the t~roes of a :Municipal rle ,et'f tB mrn ual artint.Y nrevailC'd in what i gen<'ffl 111 ll> (•if

(•ontP!"!t. The noll would eem to be a rerord otlF<'· nk· d~

'.fhrPe .Tf'wish rrentlernpn <::toort: fr .. Tncnb '.£n (W¹ rD Pres1dPnt of the Dor. h<'i Zion, for Kloof ~ ~fr. 'fr. G for Park, and Mr. 8. A lhow for )faitlnnd. Onl1 • ~pnt·

ner wns nccesc;ful. and he r<'turn to his forrncr₀ · i#~' The strenuous time ahove rPcnrd cl

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^{fltintt tf}11t nbatina. hut the writer wonlcl onlv be :i.nticiPfl left

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th y can safely become material for bistor1c:il ofP1

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YOUNG ISRAEL SOCIETY· cro

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plea ant evemna w:i<; sn0nt nt the o ⁰ "rfir11tl G:irdPns, on Sunday, th 3ht ult., when the .Cod 111c1l1f thP CnnPto"<Vn Young Isrnel So,,ietv t"ntertn1nrf rf11 ~ and their frie.ndi;; to an " . .\t llomP,, in the

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d:rnce. The hnlJ was tnc;tefnllv dernr:i+ d. :ifl brill¹¹ C'olmire-d drP Sf'S of the young lncliPs adc1Pd to the ~

of thf' ew•nii:ig. hC' c~

. The Chn1rmn_n, J

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w1th an ad~lress 1!1 which he referred to the grenJe'1'6·

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redcmpt10n of that pric<'less jewel which ha"

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our ancc'. tors for so m:rny centuries namely Pa c C cxtende<l a. he~rty welcome to all. ' · . p. (Y r· The qomm1ttee members, ::\Ir. nitcher, )fl ·11

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~ (\ 1ce-Cha1rman). Mr. A. Anplf'ton ( ecrPtnr\) • GW loff, Mr. . Cohm, Mis. Berclowitz and M¹

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all acted as l\1.0.' . )Iusic wn supplied by ..

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Velk, l\!r. Cecil Rabinowitz, Ir. J. Jowell, )fr.

finkel and by several other!. -