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JEWI SH RELIEF FUND MEETING.

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Public meeting of the Jewish Relief

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workers of

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^~d burg was held at the Jewish Guild Building on .Jtr ay evening last.

1d d · N. Kirschner, the President of the Fund, pre- 'l~h Upported by 1\lr. Richard Feldman, Vice-President.

to th e Chairman, in the course of his rei;i:iarks,. re.ferr~d

1 \\ of sinan attendance, which was very d1sappomtmg m

Otler. ~he fact that over 500 invitations to Relief Fund

l.l t tlie ¹~ Johannesburg had been sent out .. He poin~ed

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a1· a Uig ncy of the work before the Fund m the commg llI.d:,etllld reminded them that South African Jewry was , (Jl'lths to the commitments of the Fund. Only a few

outh .A a~o the Conference of Branches from all parts of Ut the frica had elected the Executive Committee to carry

~ ntis , _commitments of the Fund. To-day those commit-

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had

re still there: their Children's Colony in Pales-

d to b to be maintained, and the Jew in Eastern Europe

t It e helped.

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.~· Feldman a ked where was the sense of 1{rie:a bil~ty of those who had been so keen on South

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C:oui~a1ntaining the Children's Village in Palestine?

at th . tell them, a.'3 one who bad recently been there, t ⁰rk a eir Children's Village in Pale ·tine was a joy in its Jo 81!e t Well as in. its play. It :was _the work of the F.und r l\·rv,

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the village wa marntamed by South African

'<ln 'tr ~ had pledged themselves to do so, and that the

U t gouctive work of the Fund for their people in Russia 'fl on.

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following resolution was agreed to:-

Otkers hat this meeting of Johannesburg Relief Fund 1;:Unched, r~cognising that a large campaign will have to be J hCllti-v in Johannesburg, recommends to the Central

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1 al'lne e to call a meeting of repre entatives of the b d¹'t th sbu.rg branches at the earliest opportunity to con-

111'~ fore tml atter of organising a big function in Johannes- le Fund."

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SUBURBS BRANCH.

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eting of the Southern uburbs Branch of ., ii{ h wish Orphanage was held on Sunday, 1 th h lldan La Rochelle ynagogue. There was a good l a~tlad ce,, Pre ided over by l\frs. J. Broom berg, the

t1tll.ti~ of the Branch. The governing body of tl:~e

dll, fi<>ci~ Wa. repre. ented by Mes rs. B. Moss Morns ll r • ed tary), 1\¹1: Rose and . l\f. Gordon, each of. whom llP01'tin the meetmg and pomted out the necessity for bt 'l'h g the Orphai:{age which was in great need.

,J ~c:h tilection of bonora'.ry officers and committee of the Iir ¹·ooniben took place, with the ~ollo~.ing res_ults :-M~·s.

lar!'¹tnber erg, Chairlady; Mrs. Klem, ' ice-Chairlady; l\I1ss 1, • g,k Ron. Secretary. Committee: Mesdames

' ac · , Goldberg, l\1ori·is, Kaplan and i\fachoff.

'l'Jll b LADIES' BENEFIT SOCIETY.

I lo-fl1] soc· ⁰

1°rufontein Ladies' Benefit Society gav a suc- h •ls at~a and dance on Saturday, January 24th. This was J\, 1

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\1:\elve ~nded and attracted many dancers, who enjoyed of l ('_a ·ant ⁰ the strains of N omian' s Jazz Band. Orc~st_ra.

ta;\~1 'E fea~ure

of the s?cial waH the. charmmg , mgmg

~otinn .Pstem, accompamed at the piano by Professor

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\' • t 'YIDDISH LITERARY SOCIETY.

oe~t·<] . ~~.·day !3Vening a gramophone recital of Jewish

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given at th hall of the Yiddi h Literary

()t1 [. ew·t eath's Hotel Buildings. On February 5th, l\fr.

•11^l'btll::i,1 z will lecture on "Vulgarity in Literature."

ai·ru.~ ry u12th, an evening with 111~mor~us autl}ors has gp , and several members will give readmgs.

LECTURE BY MR. ISAAC GOODMAN.

On Sunday evening, January 25th, l\fr. Isaac Goodman delivered a lecture, under the auspice of the Jewish Guild, in the Jewish Memorial Hall on '· The Jews Under Czar Nicholas I." The Chief Rabbi, Dr. J. L. Landau, presided.

The lecturer gave a vivid and exhaustive account of the suffering of the Jews under Nicholas I., and recounted how boys of twelve were stolen away from their homes and deported to distant places in Russia, where they were kept for over 30 years in non-Jewish surroundings. ''Ihat was an attempt on the part of Nicholas to era.dicate Judaism.

That he had not succeeded was one of the most triumphant victories of the J wish spirit. The lecture called forth an interesting discussion.

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THE ZIONIST REOORlJ. j

anuary 30, 19' ..

J_O_HA _ _ _ E __ B_V_R_G-(Conlinued from page 29 .) HEBREW ORDER OF DAVID.

Tho half-annual general meeting of members of the Dr. Herzl Loclge wa held on Monday, January 19th. There was a crowded attendance, and a great deal of enthusiasm was displayed.

Bro. . J ossel, president of the Lodge, was in the chair, and Bro. L. Sheingold occupied the vice-chair. The balance sheet showed the revenue for the half-year of £ 39. 'fhe Lodge has fixed deposit totalling £1,142. 'l'here are 277 memb rs on the roll. Th election resulted a follow : - Bro. '. Jos el was re-elect d pr ident, Bro. B. 0.

chwartz, vice-pre ident; Bro. L. heingold, hon. trea urer;

Bro. H. J. Alexand r, ccr tary; Bro. . 11. Gold ·t in, inside guardian; Bro. J. H. Alexander, master of c re- monie ; Bro . J. Di rill r, . D. L vy and A. Dubiansky, tru tee ; Bro . A. Galbor, D. Ben on and M. Abrams, auditors; Bro . . Jo sel and I. Gold mith, del gates to the Jewish Board of Deputie .

. KOWNO SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY.

<The annu. 1 me ting of the Kowno ick Ben fit and B nevol nt 'o i ty took plac on unday, January 1 th, at tho J ewi h Guild Building. Bro. ~Ii hael I. Kam presid d and there wa a very good atten<lanc of memb r . s a mark of appreciation for tho nerg tic mann r in which Mr. amuel A. May, the hon. ecr tary, had carried out his work, a generou sum wa donated a an honorarium.

The election of officer result d a follow :-Chairman, Mr. A. Witkin; vice-chairman, Mr. L. lut'zkin; trea urer, Mr. L. finkinoff; trea urer of the Benevolent Fund, fr.

E. Goldman.

THE DEPUTIES.

A m ting of tho .A. J ewi h Iloard of Deputi s was held on unday at the J wi h Guild Building, Johannes- burg, . fr. B. Alexander, the president, pre. iding.

'atisfactiop. wa xpr s eel at the succ of the Board's representation to the Government on th subj ct of the aturali ation f , and r ciprocity ' ith regard to the pri- vileges njoyed by a Briti h subject in the Union, and by a 'outh African Briti h ubject when in Great Britain or other part of the Empire. With regard to the fe , the Board had been notified that the Mini tor had decided to r duce it from £5 to £2 10s., and on the question of reciprocity, the Department of the Interior had advi ed tho Board that the matter had been consider d by the Governm nt, and that a. 10gi lative mea. ure to bring that a.bout wa und r con ·id ration and would, it was hoped, be introduced during the en. ujng Parliamentary ses ion.

Th monthly r port on immigration presented by the Capetown immigration official of th Board, and by the head office of the Board in Johanne burg were consid red and adopt d.

A number of other matters of intere t to the outh African J ewi h community was di cus ed, after which the meeting terminat d with a vote of thank to the chair.

REV. LOUIS WOLK.

Rev. Louis Wolk left this week for Elizabethville, Belgian ongo, to begin his duties as minister

of

the J cwisb congregation there. For over eight years, Mr.

\Volk

ministered to the Kingwilliam town Hebrew congregation.

In

conversation in

J

ohannc burg, prior to his departure, with a representative

of

the

Zionist Record,

Hev. Wolk stated that he was going out to Belgian Congo in the spirit of a

'' mi sionary '' to

our brethren there, who formed a considerabl community. He hoped to bring to them more closely the inspiration

of J udai

m and

Zionism.

No ''Danger'' in Amalgamatioll·

From

'' A Member of the CommunitY

(Johannesburg).

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ZIONIST RECORD.

. m,-I read ~he letter publi h d in your la t "' h

I sue under the signature of Ur. amuels with a f of amazement. I happen to know ~Ir. 'a.muels and r Jl th~ _gentleman as one of our earn ·t and n rgetic pu i prr1ted communal worker , and wa more than urPd to see l\1r. Eamuels taking up such a wrong, 111

unpardonable, attitude towards a mo>ement which ought have our whole-hearted support.

Is Mr. amuels in earnest when he sa>

munities in the Diaspora ought not to

and moral forces in order to promot a. stroncr r "n- J ewi hne s among their member ? I Mr. am~l uu of the existence of old and famou communiti, ucbJt

\Var aw, Vilna, Krakow, L mberg, \ i€nna. and man ·.ot not to refer to ew York -with its united commu111t)' hundreds of thou ands of member ?

~ ~erely wish to draw hi attention to old Jew} h ct mumhes such as he must have learnt to know in }11 • n

country. fr. amuels' argum nt i. that peopl ar' Jll inclin d to devote thought and time to communnl ' when they are directly intere ted in th office they haJP to hold. W ll, I hav a better opinion of my fellow- e

ven in thi. country; and, apart from this fact, the

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the many little in titution o ·isting ide by ide, conlP.

with each other and n utralizing •ach oth r'. ffort · ~ manife t that it hardly needs to be pointed out to auY with a little communal x.perience. .

I do hope that not only )fr. Kirschn r will cont1nU work with might and main for th exc llent scheme "b

he ha befor him, but that th ·ample. althouizh by such a small community a Benoni, will b followed b larger community, such as Johanne burg. Th need of 11P

is sorely felt when one thinks of the diffi.cultie. with

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our Hebrew schools are faced at the pr . ent mom nt. t am well informed, our Talmud Torah in titutions arc

no

a position to pay the salaries of their teachers, who a.r

1^Vt men and working hard for a living and who de crve ¹ more consideration.

'The Orphanage and even an old in titntion lik⁰.

Chet ra Kadi ha in Johanne burg, and imilar institut¹ a.re faced with bankruptcy, and ha>e to knock at vcrY

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hat. in hand, in order ~o make ends me. t. _Ha not the P

arn>cd for the comm1tt e of tho e m btutions to ¹¹ their forces to place tho e in titutions on a saf r and Ill

atisfactory :financial ha is. t

ir, I do not wi. h to mako my remarks too 1 Ilg but I hope that Ir. amucl. ' lett r, in pit of th' ... t which its writer de orves, will not influence anV' off t public workers, and I hope to . in the , r • near u the present effort fraught with the ucce whi h it dC!:' r It is more than a pity that the Pre ·ident of tho Co11!!r t tions do not follow tho b tter example t to them b old communities of the old countrie on the Eur⁰P

continent.-Yours, etc.,

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