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9th. 1927.1 liE · .A.
JEWIH
ORPH \ AGE.th·l n;n from th Bulletin L ued by
1 1u~y formation that the n w
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011Unittee is now berrinninrr to rr t
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ti it 'lrides. A_ a light indica- of 0
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the man. pha~e of th work' Orphanage Committee that
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rp elected at the fir. t meeting of\ft , ne\., onunittee for Finance,
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JU r-car . Emplovment, Hou e, Pro-
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I a. port • Gift and Education.
l r n 1· connection th rewith it i • in- Co l~rr to note that the Propaganda
Ol011Lt . ee 1 · an mnovat10n. t ' • h e r·\ id. It) for \\hi ch ha made i I elf f
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nt. 'P cially of late. and it ij that
.con~tant
and wide publicity titur tial in the" day for an in-tlp0 10
n ' hich is 1 ly dependent n
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o-eneral public for it vitalUp 1t1 • and that if the ne e ary f
rtb
ort~rom
that public i to be t ntl 0mino- the latter mu t b con-nd
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pt informed of iL activitie0 lL ..:tri ing for b lterment.
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HERZIY
AHRZEIT.THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
J OHANNE SBURG
DAY B Y DAY
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trem ndou progre s, finall. culminat- inrr in the opportunity being g-i en, under the Briti h Mandate, for a Je\\i h national homeland to he e~tab
li hed in Palestine. It wa nee "' ary for Zioni t to re-dedicate them elve to id al o nobly inaugurated by Th odor Herzl. .
RECO . TR CTIO T WORK.
The ladie apparently have got into their tride b cau e at a meeting held thi week at th Carlton Hotel, the ele tion of officer took place with th following re ult: Mr . Woolf Hil Iman chairwoman; Mr . . I.
Sive and Mr . ~. chnei r, vice- chairwomen; :Mr . ach , Mr . B.
Goudvi , :\Ii L. uzman, Mr . Joffe, Mr . Mallinick, Mr . E akov and Ir . Kallenbach, women delegate to th rreneral or<Tani ation; b Mis L.
uzman ecretary. Dr. Bram on who ;a pr ent, e pre ed hi plea ure at the exceptionally good att ndanc and at th fact that th ladie who had been elected a officer wer o e perien ed in communal work. Mr. . RaphaeJly pre ided and Mr. Lipworth addres ed the rneet- ing in the cour e of which h empha ised the nee ity for reHting fir~t an atmo phere of enthlLia m and obtaininO' the promi.e of 1arge don al ion . He u~·~e~ tcd 1 hat some large function, ~u ~h as a hnnquet, hould h held, at 'vliu·h ·l•,n:ition
"·otilrt be annomwPd. nnd p<'rhaps . uffi ·ient enthu iasm arou:cd to e -- tra 't donation from tho"e pre (•nl who had not alreadv given. HP adYocated a -tore an'd ~ ffic-e < olJe - tion at the beginning of the camp3ign rather than a hou e·to-hou e olle · tion. They were not faced, Mr. Lip-
.,·orth <'Ontinued, "' ith an ordinary charitahle movement, hut with an hi torical one. Th y wer trying to
Te:.:011 truct the economic liff' of the J '" i h rac on a cale which had hi thcrto not been attempted. The e ·tent of the f'nthu ia m rou-ed by them in Johanne_burc: would deter- mine the amount of mon \r the would get. Th ir immediate (on.,iderati~n mu!'t therefore be, n<"'t how to raLe moncv. hut how to cre.1te the atmo · phen"'. that wnnJ<l brPPcl monev.
THE PALE TI E E .THQUAKE.
I am inform d that in re pon~e to telegraphic enqume... the • outh African Zioni t Federation h:-i. re-
ceived the fol lo'' in!! :m s ... !!e per beam wirele from ~the head offi e of th World Zioni t Organi ·ation:
The ca ualtie cau ed bv the earth~
quake were about 100 dead and 320 injured in Pale tine, and 60 dead and 100 injured in Tran jordania. In
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ru_aJem th fi rrure were two dead (on of whom wa a Jewe_ ) and 12 injured. rious damage was done to the Hebrew Univer itv huildinrr , the An<Tlo-Pale_tine Bank; the Bagdad vnagobgue. the uburb of Talpioth ai1d Beth L rael, Rachel' Tomb, th E,·clina d Rothschild chool, and Gov rnment Hou e. The ~reate tdamage was done in ablus, Lvdda, Raml h, :\azareth and Tran jordania.
The Zioni t headquarter in London
ha received a rea urmrr t leJrram from Jerusalem which di~count·
alarmi.ots report . Jaffa Tel-Avi , Haifa. Tiberi a_ and all the J ewi h colonies were pared. It i of in- tere t to not that the previou o ·currence of an earthquake in Pale · tine i recorded about thr e thouLand year ago in the Book of the Prophet, Amo . It wa thi proph t who pre- dicted an earthquake whi h o curred two year after hi prophet announcement.
CH TGE OF ADDRE
Owing to the commencement of the building operation of Johanne burg' new tation, the Yiddi h Literary
ociety ha be n for d to give up it old premi ~ in ~ -o rd tr t. A reciprocal arranrrement ha now been entered into with the J wi h Guild, whereby the Yiddi h Literar ociety, which remain independent. ha taken up iL headquarter in th ba ement of the J wi h Guild Building , where it library, ommitte room, and lec- ture hall "ill now he ituated.
The twelfth , rie of literarv even-
in~ wa held on Thur day, when Dr.
Leon Bramson lectur d on " Dr.
Chaim Zhitlow kv and the Je\\i h Economic Outlook.'' Thi was the fir t cultural leclur ' hi h the di - tingui h d Jewi h communal worker from Europ ha deliver d fo outh frica and it drew a larg audi n c.
xt Thur day vening Mr. Ch. Gers- hater will l cture on " DaYid Fri h- n1an. ·'
OBITUARY.
C"\.<:eedingly r !IT t to hm e to record the d ath of 'Jr. Israel Levi·
on' ho pa ed may on .Monday la t.
Only taken ill on th pre,·iou 'riday Ir. Le\ isou · death came a~ a gr at shock and hi los is keen] y felt in many circle . Ori!!'inally , tarting h1Lines in Johanneshurg some tw nlv·three vear arro a_ an auc- tioneer, it j~ a'hout fifteen v ar ince he op 11cd hi '\ell-kn~w11 retail
e~tablishment at the orner of Eloff and ]f'PP" • lr<>et!3. He was a keen bu~in<>s- man and the interest h took in hi~ fellow bu in ~ men wa r -
co~mi.ed hy his rce<'nt appointment a. ('hairrnan of th Retail SP.clion of th Chamber of Commerr.<'. Th est em in which he wa held in civic circle. wa te~tificd hv the pre. nc at th fun ral f the 1 foyor of Johan- ne_ hnrg, Mr. A. Law Palmer, Mr. W.
. :Martin ( r·crelarv of th Johan- ne'-'hurp: hambcr of· omrncr e). and
• Ir. John Orr. and manv other lead- ing public and commercial m n. Th Ancient Order of For "'ter·. of '"'hich
Ir. Levison had h en 011 of the
tru_tee~. wa al o r pre ented.
Th , en ice wa onductcd b the Rev. B. I. Beckman, a siHed h)r the Re,. G. Gro berg, of th nitcd H brew C ngrcgation.
DR BRAM 0 AT BE ONI.
Th r i no doubt a, to the n rcr · 'lnd activity of Dr. Leon Bram on.
ot content with working cnerg tic- ally in Johann bur~, he is aLo tour- ing th Re f and rec ntly a m etinrr of r presentative of all the Jewish
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institution in
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noni wa called by the pre_ident of th United Hebrew Im:titution~ for the purpo e of form- ino- a branch of the r construction campaign which i beinrr organi"'ed.It 1\ a.· unanimou Iv decided lo form a l ranch in B noiii, and all pre nt pl dg- <l them elve to upport and to mak the mo> ement a ucce" . Th followinrr officers were electc>d: Mr.
M. Rai en, pre~ident: • Ir. A. J. L vy,
·ice-pre id nt~ \fr. L. Coben, trea~ ur r; i Ir. B. Ah ram, ohn, hon.
Sf"cretary; and th fo llo"' ing a a committee, Ii es R. Ahram ohn and E. £p,.tein: fe dame . Kelmowitz and H. ilb rman, and Me~ r_. I.
Fanaroff. T. 1. ir, hner. A. Kclmo- witz. I. Kushlfrk,
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L vy. H. Levy,"\1. O"chrv. H. ilberman. Max Toker and Dr. . B. ha )iro. Thee ecuti e of th nited Hebrew In titution of BP-noni ( 1e-~r . 11 . ._ rgal, :'.\1. Jacob , and \T. Kahano,·itz) are to he ex- o/Jicio member of th ommitt e.
FOR WEDDI
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'\Ve all rem mber Punch' advice Lo tho. e about to get married and · how little Ifect it had upon both men and women. We, howev r, offer om advice to tho- who havinrr derided to marry and havin()' :fi ed the date and time' of the we<ldhtrr ~nd ar now con~idering the mean.
wherehy they may roe ed to and from the ynagogu . Mr. Bertie Goucrh, proprietor f the HilJbrow Gara0e. lrn ju t r entl instaJI d
t\ o n w car e p ·ially for weddin<Y parties. Th e con ist of a ~even~
eatrr Studebaker edan with a B r- 1 in bodv, and a five- at r Hud on
cdan qually and lahoratelv fitted.
e\ eral of our friend hin. tried the::-e car and h<we found them ju t th' '' hu .... "'., for wedding parti !',
combining a Lh y do comfort with elet!·arn· . Jn addition to th e particular ars, ;\Jr. Gou!!h ha sewn: l "mart car . J oth op n and
·los d, for theatre and , hopping as well as for touring the country di - tr ict. . Hi t nns are moderate, and as he ~uarantee::; efficient . ervic com- bined with cnnrt v and. ci ilitv a 'phone me "'age• lo 266 Y m:ille is a wh~ action upon the part of hos de, irino- motor sen ice.
BREVJTE .
1\Tr. Adolph HallL, the w ll-kno, n .. outh Africa11 Jewi. h piani~t i · pn)int: a return vLit to Johannes- hurg and •,;ill gi · a re ital on Angu 't 2ird to h followed hy two other recital· in eptemb r.
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On Th1uLdnv of thi_ we k Dr.
B rnard Friedinan le ·tured to the m mheL of the Women',- Zioni t League at the
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i h Guild.* *
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* *On undav eveninrr fr. H rtz Gro~shart ga~c his fin~l recital in Johanne. hurg to a fair ndience at th
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wish Guild. Inclurl d in his J rogramme wa_ the first act of Ansky' famou_ play" Th Dvhbuk."* * * *
* On Frida_ e · ninrr Mr. A. Conzin broadca~ted a lecture in Yiddi h on the life and work of ahum .. okolow.TBI:.
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