JOHANNESBURG

. Iay 27th, 1927.

U. ITED HEBREW.

CO\GREGATIO . .

H b. Th

annual report of the United

e iew

C . h .

Port ongregation tre ~e t e im- goo-uan.ce of the Federation of Syna- the ev of the Witwater rand, now on ll"re ~ of accompli hment.

The

con-

·en~~Ion will

be permanently repre- dele~a on the Federation by five

o. tes. The Beth Din a now con t1tut d ·11

tiye e WI be truly repre~enta- auth ~nd ^will po e . a greater

J .

^0nty. The findina of thi

ew1 h E . o

re· ~ ccle iasticnl Court will be r ~Pected throughout the Union. The

th~~r~

al o state : '' From the moment tion t econ ummation of the Federa-

·H r:f

peared probahle: your Coun-

of

th u ed to con ider further any to th ~an~ application for admission

<tid ~t _ew1sh Faith it had received, that ti !nformed all the applic.:mt

to

th ¹e¹

r

ca e

will

be handed over the e Federation for , ubmi ion to ha\·e n w Beth Din, which now

will

catio ole authority to deal with appli-

'Il'n of thi nature.

Parkne renovation and repairs of 0\erdue vna⁰og:ue which w re long

£3.0oo

. ~b~orbed more than the c:e

d

\vh1ch remained from the pro-

treet of the ale of the old Pre ident Ynagogue.

O\

an . . l . d

to re expenment ¹ Jerng ma e Yna:1edy th acoustic def eel. of the tnicr~otue, b the in tallation of 11

a P

one

and

loud peaker«. We

a

.r

~rat ~·ery

good re ults follo ved y~lllI ar In tallation in the Gardens Cou~g?gue of Cape Town. ~h

to cil

ha retained the foundation

Ile f

h

!!oo-u ⁰ t e Pre ident tre t Y?a-

<idj . and the

J " ish

choo1 ' l11ch ''o~oin d the old Park tation . vna-

" i::iUe

Wh . . ·

few c. n the e <:tone )\' re laid

the

bu?ul.d have reali ed ho' soon

hiak ildmg.

would be demoli bed to qui e

'1

room

for

th ne\ edifices re·

arn~

.

b

the rapid growth of thi 1)0 .zing city. Th do cm nt~ d ·

'-'lt

d be .

duced

neath th tone. "ere re-

<·oin ~o pulp, but th ts of Krug r

·n·t a, h n presentt>d to the th ¹ ed Hebrew Congregation. and

e \\

·11 h

- ^c

inrr

th

¹ placed in frame" bear·

t;n e name of tho. who laid the

\clni·

. and the date~.

The

Railwav

1n1 t · ,

<>\er

th

ration ha promi~~d ^tt) hand

Park "

foundation t ne of

th~

old i · 1,ull .. dna!!ogu wh~n the buil<lin1!

e do,\n.

PHE E TATIO . . .

ornc . 1 d

\\ ·r

ery ian me pr entation.

Con

'CT

rn:d~

to the ynagogue" of th includ ation durin~ the year. The c:o\ r d .a reading de k and pulpit

\\ho ' "'

¹Yen

hv

~1r . Dora Gould

1n"1110; 0

'' re ide in En~land. in

and l\I~·.

of her parents. tllP latt-

\Ir.

Hnd re · · Gutmacher. "ho "ere old g. lion. pe t

d

memb r of th congre-

1

le

sr

and tl . · and

L.

D. Mitchell

}('Ir . t

11 n

d

!r . 11

^{1~ <'r • 1 rs. .} :n·i<l: an ) t·ovilJ. Fren, ⁰a\e a fine oqran to thf'ir · ynagop;ue in mcnwr\' of ch

ll.

inother. the lat Ir. 1. _lit-

1~ ^r

L .

d1ild · ouis and Bernard Roths-

\:ille :.rave fifty pra · r book to Yeo- lnt · Ynagogu in memory of th ir

· mother.

' J/ I· .A. JEW/ H C/llW'VICLE.

JOHANNESBURG

DAY BY DAY

Mr . .Ylichael David . of Lon,Jon, ha promi ed ix mantl

for

crolls of the Law belonging to the cong1·e- o-ation in memory of her father, the late

Mr. L.

Frank .

Mr. W. Hillman ha· ~i' en to the Y eovill ynagogue a very handsome book-case.

1El\IBER

HIP

A

JD OTHER THL

G.

ixty-nine new member~ \\ re en- rolled during

the

year, and of these forty-three became _eat-holden: ~t Park nagogue. and twenty--1

b

long to Y eovill Syna~ogue. Re- ignation number eventeen. The congregation now numher 785 mem·

b r , of whom

218

art> ~eat-holders at

Y

eoville ynago(Tue.

The Council ha opened fre h negotiation with the Director of Education for the re umption of Hebre'" cla se al the Jewi h Gornrn- m nt chool in End treeL Once thi right (which lapsed during re·

c;ent vear ) i regained the control of the Hebrew cla ... e. ' ill b handed o\·er to the Board of the Pnited Talmud Torah_.

i-..,inety· even marriage \Vere olem- nized in the h\O ~ uago!!11e durinO' the year under revif'w.'

The r venue of the ongre~ation

for

the vear und r review '" 1s £J 1.016 05.

3d. ,

being £1,076 lO . 9d. ahov the expenditure for th ,am period.

THE EW

COU

-CJL.

At th annual m €"ting of the nited Hebrew Congreµ:ation.

whirh

took place in the Ye tihulc of Park yna- gogue. on unda} mornin~. ther

\\ere a fcv,· change jn the Council.

The n w pre ident is Mr. L aac Broude. who ha filled the office in former year , and Mr. Jo eph Ratz- ker. who ha. done uch excf'llent work during hi term of office as pre·

ident, i no" vice-pre ·idenl. :\ir.

M. Reuvid. another greatlv e_ tePmed official. i!-i t rPa. ur r.. \1c~ r~. I. H.

L

\\.On, .

H

mum. • . ,in..;berg.

Henr. Tceger. C. ~r. Rehrman and Gusta' Frankel form the committ of Park ynagogue. and i\lr. . ~-

in• ( enior warden).

Mr. M.

Gittel-

_011 (junior warden). \le~ rs.

B.

P.

\fork .• P. 'lichael and R. \lichael-

·on form the eon millee of Y eoville ynago!!:lle. The e two committee~, toO'ether with the ExecutiY form the

C~ncil

of th United Helm"'"' on- grcgation. and

'fr.

Barne Guinsherg ha· heen re-elected chairman.

RECEPTIO FOR

HERZ

GRO . BART.

The Jewi

h

Guild dining-lrnl

1

~rn­

filled with a repre~entative gathenng, including nearly all

th~ leader~

of th Rand Jewi h commumty, \\hen the reception to v.clcome Her~ G1 n!"~hart wa. held on unday evenrng. Th function had b n arran~ed by th Jewi h Guild and the Yiddii;;h Literary

ocietv. Dr. Bernard Friedman,

p1: -

sident. of the Guild wa5 in th chau, and with him on the dais "a the

gue t of the evening. Mr. Gro .. hart, th Chief Rabbi Dr. J. L. Landau, and

:\1e

r . Pin u and ewitz, pre-

ident and \i e-pre ident of

th

id- di h Literary oci ty.

Dr. Friedman. in an interf'sting -peech, traced

th

influence of Jewi

h

Art on ewi h life, and aiff that a famou::; critic had compared Herz Gro hart' interpretation of Yiddi. h dramati literature to a chazan ·. in- terpretation of the Hebrew spirit a.

re aled in the literature of the Bible.

Mr. Gro hart, who ha a remark- abl per onalit • kept the large audience very till and

ah

orbed while he xpounded

in

fluent Yiddi h the relation hip between Jc,\ i<:h life and art.

There ' a an excellent mu ical pro- gramme during the evening.

1.1r .

Karno'

ky

-ang German lieder with h r u ual charm, and "1i Wulfhart contributed ome violin solo , in- cluding a clever compo ition of her own. Mr. Lionel Lipkie ang _om popular number ' ith much ucce . Ther were ome fine piano olos and in trumental trio were contributed

b_

the talented pla er from th Amba. sador' afe.

ACTOR OF GE HJ .

un a ning e ~ ot

even tanding room to be found in th Guild embl Hall when l\Ir. Gro barl gave hi first recital.

Again ^L a background of dark cur- tain was a reading table \ ith a gr n haded lamp and a chair~ the e being the ole propertie . Gro sbart eated him If behind the table with the ~trong liCTht rev alinCT ver chancre of the wonderfully mobile face and eveq mo\ ement of hi. e ..

pre. he hand held the audien<'e from the moment he b gan until h fini hed.

Only once did

h

tand up and ihat

\\a

for

the final recitation " The habba -. Goi," })y P retz. Th pro,,.ramme con

i."

ted of xhacts, gra\e and gay, from that stor hou e of Yiddi ,h literature whi h L onl l coming known to the Western

J

^{w -}

through the medium of tranJation.

Li ·Lening to the modulations of Gros . hart·. voic and watchina th cfT ct of hi~ words upon an au cl i nu· that laun-hed or sadd nPd al his will, one realised that hen' wa an artor of gf'nius expoundin° \\1th that rare hi:- trionie art which clo·d . imulat nature. Lh ·r ative mt ·of ;moth r order of g niu . H gmc e. ampl s of the

'rnrk

of ~Ioi he KulhaJ.., '\adir, Joseph Tunkel, holom Aleicht"m. a·

\\ell a eretz, but Peretz

"a

^h t repre · ntcd

for

hi nam , pp<"ar d again on Lhe programme a· the author

of "The

Golden liain ., and '"Mm1i

h '

w.hich ga th actor opportunity for

h1.

greate't charact ri ation .

The larg audience !-' emed en- thralled, and ther can

be little

doubt of Gro -bart' ucce in Johanne . burg. B. the way, I notice that his

~a1~e .i now b ing ~P lt with a final t, m l ad of " d."'

HEREW ORDER OF DA ID.

At th time of writing. an irnpor ant conference f dele<Tat s from th _t

511

Lodge.' of th Hehr \

David

i

b

ing

held

in in. monCT the r ·olution · discus ed

w

re th Education Fund. the grant in2: of hur. arie · and -cholar hips and

th

ten ion of the activitie of th ord r hv mean.- of p.ropaganda and th j.., ue. of a maga- zm.

In vi w of thi~ important p:alhP.ring the

Dr.

Herzl Lodg

of

Johann . hurg decid d to po..:tpone the meeting \\hich was lo hav taken plac to-night {Monday) .

Another Lodge of the Order

will

be on ecrat

d

on Thur.

da.,

May

26th,

at

H

ilbron.

Thi

will b kno~ n a Lhe · Achu<l Ha'am Lodg ,

'o.

19.

H.O.D."

The Grand E cutiv

will pro e

d to Heilbron by road. and repre~rnta·

ti c from n arly all t H' minor ]oder are e peeled to atlend the elebra- tion.

ZIO'\I T

.A \fPATG . The oulh African Zioni t F dera- tion intend to make a tronl! appeal to

J

wry durin(T

th

month of

June.

A lett r ha

b

en nt to al1 oci~Lies containing the reminder

of

ahum akolow' dictum that e\erv

Jew

hould enrol a an orrrani ed 1~emb r of a Zioni t a oci lion. 1e letter conclude : " The uccess of our move- ment-both in the yes of Jewrv and in the eves of the world at la~cr- - i- judged by the c.lent to whi }~~(

can prove that it cmbodi · th uuil d will of th Jewi h p opl . The only, and at the same tim ob\'iou -. , ay to pro' thi i by heing abl to d . monstrate that an ov rwhclminp: pro- portion of our p opl i nrolled in th rank of the ZionLt mov mcnt."

The Federation urge. the re ival of dormanl oci ti -., and th forma- tion of n w in plac:e.· wher none nt pr s nt e. i t.

M~1E T.

Th Jolumne bur⁰ Grncral Ilospi- tal ha conf rred upon Dr. Rernard Friedman

th

honorar appointment to th ;taff a spc ·i:ilist for di ea, of thr ear, no' and throat.

* * * . * *

1

he

B

rtrams

Ht

br 'W Socit't

h Id

a ' n suc·c '~!Sful pin«-ponO' tourna- ment at the Jewish Guild la t \\ k, there being ov r a hundred ntri .

Ii

s

F.

Pafflin and ¹

Ir. toloff

\\'Cre the winners.

* * * * *

Advo at Herzl chlo h rg duced the Flao-

Ilill

at thr.

Parliament on unday vening. Th r wa a larrre attendant f per.tator hut the Gov nun nt and ppn ·ition

front benchc, were nearly empty.

Ther wa verv little controver , and the Gov r.nm nt ·arri

d th

m ^a~ur .

* * * * *

•

Ir.

Borodov ky. who hrnu:rht from Pale"tine the varied and beautiful

~ood whi h w r e hibit d and . old at

tl:c

Jewish uihl r centl ·• i re- turnmg lo the

J

wi-.;h Hom land. H j - ar~xiou, lo di p e of the balance of ~us lock and will ell thi. at th

mid hy public aucti JI on June 1 t and 2nd.

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