THE ZIONIST RECORD.
FROM TOWN AN D COUN TRY.
From Oar Oum CorrespondentADELAIDE.
The Zionist and Benevolent ociety ha forwarded. to th Zionist Federation the amount of £24 13s. 6d., berng th total of donation made to various funds during thP service helu at the recent High Festival.. l\lore. than half of this amount was given for Zioni t and Palestme funds.
The l\linyan wa a r-;ucces ful one and vra attended by vi itors from Seymour and 'Winterbe1:g, a. well as by mem- ber of the community from. more distant parts who were in the district during the holiday ear-;on.
BENO NI.
The Benoni J ewi ·h Ladies ociet:y held a dance O!l Wednesday, the 12th int., at the. H brew Hall, BeD:om, in aid of local di tre s. The funct10u was both fina~cially and ociallv a sue ·e s. The arrangements w re m the
~apablo hands of a most energetic committee : chairwoman, )fr. . LomPy; vice-chairwoman, ::Mrs.~ Shamel>.; treasurer, Mrs. I aac Cohen; and }Ie dame Kahanow1tz, Gordon, Potash Fine Golan ·ky, Mates, with 1\Ir . B. egal as hon. e~rctarj. Blum's orchestra -was in att~ndance, which greatly added to the enjoyment of the evenmg.
BETHLEHEM.
Th local Zioni. t 'ociety ha forwarded to thP Zioni. t Li ederation a further imitalment of £20 toward. the amount which th y have undertaken to . raise for the .Jcwi h National Fund, arnl. £5 as a donation to the fund. of thP .f Pwish National Librar~· in ,T cru. alem. .
The Bethlehem ,J ewi h community has at la t decided to build a ynagogue. The comnrnnit)~ consi t of about thirty familie , and they have always engaged the local Tow~ Hall for services on High Fe. ti val . Ab~ut 150 worsh~pp~rs
u. ually attend the servic s, many co~rnng_ from the ~IStnct . urrounding. Bethlehem congregation i about nmete<>n vear old and came into exi tence since th railway made 'it appear..ance. BethleJ:iem i ~ne of th~ most imp?rtant towns in the O.F . . . bemg considered t111rd ln.rge t m th
province. . . . .
The ynagogue will be built m .a centr~l. po it10n_, and the Committee ha. been succes ful m acqmnng a smtable stand. eparate ladi~s' and gentl~men. s cornrnitt es hll;ve been formed and a vigorous campaign 1. to be s~arted for the purpo. e of rai ing fund . 'Ihe ladies' comm1tte gave their fir t dance in the Town Hall on the 11th :r ovember- a function which was well supported and which reali. ed th sum -0f £30 net. Credit is due to the la.di s, who spared no effort to make the affair a .-ucce. The community
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cletermiiwd to mak very ffort to ee a ynagogue rn reality built in the near future.
BLOEMFONTEIN.
Event~ in .J ewrv hay been slack here latPly. A ball organi ed by the Bioemfontein .J ewi h Guild on· behal~ of the hevra Kaddta ancl the Ladie ' Bcnevol nt , ociety proved to be an unqualified succe . ocially it wa undoubtedly a memorable evening, while the financial re. ult i' practically on<' hundred pounds. 'peciul men- tion mu, t b made of the orclw. tra, compo, eel of local Jewish talent, which contributed jn no small measure to the happy vening.
A farewell ocial ,,-as gii: en last 'aturday night by th<' Committee of the Young IsraPl ~·ociety to :.\Ii.. Carmel Schwartz a past secretary of the Societ:v, on th E:>Ve of her departure with Jwr parents for Pale. tine. • 'lw \ra · pr<'- se11tcd with a manicun' SC't from the SoC'iety, as a n mem- brance from BloemfoutPin. It may be mentioned that here, too, the. illl~sical porbon of th · programnw 'lras snp- pli0d by the J Pw1sh students at the Grev College>, "'·ho, wt' hear it . aid, quite surpa. scd them.-eln's·.
Zionist activity displays it. elF in t]h continued can- va,. ing and collection. of~ Tational Fund boxe . The annual general meeting of the local Zionist Soci ty is tn take plac0 . hortlv \Ylien the Committe will rendt>r an account of tlwir . tewai·clship.
:.\fr. chlosb rg, an old resident of BloPmfontf'in, 1.-
eriou. ly ill, an~l ~Cr. P. Prade. had the mi fortune to bP run owr by a 1110~or car and is at pre. ent lying in ho. - pital. Our best w1she, for a . pf> d:v rec·ov ry go out to hoth the. e gentlemen. An old prnn<'er of Bloemfontein ::\fr.
::\fo le_y, pas ·eel a"·a~· on '1'11csday, ith in. t. Our sinc·t'r<'st :-.ympathies ar<:> offered to hi~ rPlntiYe .
'• • :r \YBF.CK.''
BOKSBURG.
Mr. Rori: :Melman. J.P.: ~x-mayor of Boksburg, wa.
hon01.1re<l by the Hon. the :\[mi ter of tbf' Interior b:v the appointment as a member of the local Liquor Licen. inp:
Court. Mr. Melnwn i ~ keen Zionist, and has <lone good work for the local Jewish community. He is th~ only Jew on the Liquor LicE>nsing Boards in thP Transvaal
BRANDFORT.
(Ill
'fhe local Y.I. '. held a gc'neral nweting here. cch·
'unday 15th ult. Mrs. L 'O Hoffman deli Yer d n sP~,.rn in which she wi hed th members of the Y.I. · t.01i1a ucce_s . , be e_·pre:ssed the hopt' that the r·il'tY jd do floun h. She tru ·ted that the younger membNs "oubuilt justice to the Communal Hall, which wa · recentlr :\fP~
Thereafter. )!rs. L. Hoffm~nn resigned and )fr. k~ tO
Immerman wa~ elected president. A vott• of th11n .Mrs. Hoffmann wn.. unan imou ly <'nrried. •
1re111·
The Rev. M. Batlan lectured on ~unda_v, ~nd • c' crt ber, in the Communal Hall, on "Pnl '. tinP." All pfl
enjoyed tlw lf'ctnre. . ritblc
The Zionist ociety of Brandfort. after a cons1de 1101(·
period of dormancy, has been reorganised 'vith the 13fotJ:ill·
ing officer and committ l :-President, Ilt'V. J. 11 tllr\•
Honorary 'I reasnrer, Mr. L. mitb ; Honorary ~ er~ :illd
:\-fr. Hellman; Committee, Ue ·srs. chatz and Ko!'AL the Misses Loviu. and R. Hoffmann.
GRAHAMSTOWN.
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Th Young .L rael 'ociety has forwurclf>d to tie ".j,h
Zio~ist Fed ration. the ·um of £.! .-1.s. fo~ the ·.Jddi111 Nat10nal Fund, wluc:h wa. collPrted nt tlw 1h·rr
,,e
of Mr. and ~Irs. S. Radom. ky.
HEIDELBERG (T.). .,11
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Th amrnal gen '1·al me0tmg of th loung I. ra iu11111 '"as held on the 2nd inst. at tlw re. illt'IH'f' of Re\. 1~ :iJld Report wen=- read by the Chairmau, , ·cr tar~ prw Treasurer, ~d1owing that the 'o("iety hafl made 1u1icl\n1n11j gress during the first year. The Chairman, Mr. H. ,~k 31111 thanked the outgoing Committee for their good. wo~ ~1pk tru ·ted that the new Committe • would follow their e:-;lJ
1c011f' 'Ihe Hon. Pre ident, )fr. I. Elia., also . aid a fo\\' etncti1 1' aging words, urging the members to take a more ' part in the ociety'. intere:t. thtl1
The following officer. and Commi tk •
,,."re
JJe11r~elected :- Pre idcnt, .)fr. I. Elia, ; Chairman. )Ir.
11rrf·
Zuhnan; Yite-Chairlady, }Jis . • Iiriam Siffman: _Trc;r'f1111·
.:\Iis Sarah Lovrenstein; joint Secretaries. Areh1h~
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1!1!1~nenbaum and Harry 'E>gal; Committe(>, ::'.\[icha l. '1\ 11 0
~Corri. Eissen, )Iis e Sylvia £'for, Bertha Sitt111[1T"tri11 ophie 1\T olfson ; Auditor and Coll ctor, )fosC' Lowrn·
Librarian, ".\fis Dora I.Jeiman.
KIMBERLEY.
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lu comrnon 'vith other centr '· , a meeting ~o!ff,.,1'h"
memorate tlic anniversary of the <lea.th of Da>id "~l jil't was held in the Zionist Hall on 'undav cv ning, fl 1 011r The Chairman, l\Ir. Slo. b rg, . aid that there wt>J~~rJ:it1 great pillars of Zionism namely, Herzl, )las ~. fof ~ Tchlcnow and
·w
olff. ohn.·w,..
olif. olm has lt,f t moue~l .Jewi. h National Library, and it wa.' our duty to ~~ P·d,,11•jRev. I aacs paid an eloquent tribute to t 1 ud' '\
lt=>adPr. Pale.-tine had provPcl tlw aviour of thotyn ctr•':i JE>ws. Thi in it elf \Ya. a living monumPnt to t JP ~
pioneers of Zionism. . ,eel h1
Mr. Genu ow .said that tl1e remit a~lue'.jctof) Zionism did not constitute chari y, but a poliucnl 'fcll'j~h
Several donation. n·ere mad<' towards th<> · National I .. ibrar .
KROONSTAD.
)lclh lt ha. beeomt.; a cu torn for ,Jpw1 h «ommuniti1,., to a -'imchas Torah func:tion aft0r the High F' ·tfrab. y111111!!
Kroon. tad ~·oung .JenTy, rt>pre. cntf'fl h~· . the :i c11111rr Tsrn l ,_'ociety, maintained the cu.tom bv hold1nµ '. J-{1111 on W dne. da·y vening, October :.?nnd, itl the Yic·t<~1~~ 11cr1'
ThP D.C'. \Ya. :\li:s Dorn Abrabnms, and the .\f. : ·t{:1rr :\lrs.
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Fretzmer, :l\lis.- Fanny "mulowitz an<l )1 1:, ,r~'k' F1:iNlman. The Committee, in addition to th'. :ibo~ 1 • .. hl d.\liss0s A. Gro. smark. A. :'.\latthc·ws. H. Zangw11l. .-.11 n11 and ))p.-f'.rs. R. ~·rnulowitz, D. Grn.-smark, H . .T:n 1
)I. :Hyer. tht'''
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HParn 's .Tazz Band wa in attcnclanc . and ,;ethC to h0 eoJl<Yratulnted ~n thPir finp plavinrr '' hich.
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\\'1th th0 splendid efforts of the Committee, mace t,io11"
a rN•ord social sm·r•1" s, in nddition to which the ' Vnndi-< haye b 11pfit cl. dnctt' 1 . Tlw f'lt'ara 11<'<' of "~ ational Fu nc1 boxes '' n. ~·oil 1-in<f
111 1~ugu. t by thP Zionist Society, )Ir. A. ~t~~g1 '.
Ji:;
mak111g tlif' r-learancP. The amount foulld ,,·as £_ i"' rt'1•
and. as onI,· PlC'\'l'TI box.e's \Yf'rP c·lear d the re nit
satisfnctory. '
1 rl£''1 1.
T11f' • 'ociPty offrrl'tl u .-mall prize for tlw forgebo" ro11:
an.ce, anll this wu won by Mr. I. Cohen. who. e
,riil
111tamed oyer £ . The detailed Ii. t uf !"11 a1·anl't"' found in nm· acknowledgm nt column ..
(ru11ti1111ed on 111·.T'f 1111u1•.)
<}\ lllhl l' :21, 1H24. THE Zl0Nl8T RECORJl.
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TOWN AND COUNTRY (Continued f ram previou page).MIDDELBURG, O.P.
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h rPc iYl'<l from ihe local tn10111. t u ·i ty th amount of f: l . 4d., collected from th of 'tnb r · for the planting of tre s rn ral tine, in the name of the late Mr . Annie All chwang, wife of the Pre ident 1'h the ociety, who lamented d ath we recc;ntly r J?Orted.t e amount of £10 O • 7d. ha al o been received, b mg the a ·dUlt of cl arance of local boxe by Me-. r . All chwang
ti egal.
On tober 26th, a Wolff ohn memorial m ding wa ld, at which contribution w re made for the J ewi h ntionaJ LibraD', amounting to £10 <.:S.
MOORREESBURG.
~I Th' annual election of the Young I. rael ociety took 01 c at , g neral meeting h Id on .ctober 12th, whe.n the
10w1ug were elected for th en umg year: -Pre 1dcnt r
r
J. Hen; Vice-Pre. id nt, Mi A. ~litzman; Hon. Sec- . ary, l\Ir. J. 1V. Fi. h; Trea urer, Miss M. Pokroy; Com-l "':• }Ji R. Loon, ~[ r . R. Loon and .Max Pokroy.
l · · ociety r port continued progr and is going trong.
annual ocial will be held in Decemb r.
OUDTSHOORN.
c· Under the au pice of the Herzl Ladies' Zionist
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1 ty, a flower al wa held here on Wedne. day, 5th
• "ember. The arrangem nt were in the hand of the
~Q~lllitte member . 'Ihe ale was a great success from all h llt. of vi w and · ali. d the um of eleven guineas. All
~adi worked.? 1defatigably, but p"rticularly so Mrs.
· u-oldberg, to w;1 e intere t and enrrgy the ucce wa h great part due. Thanks are also expressed to all those
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1gave flower and help d in th ale. The proceeds will a lotted for Zionist purpo e .
" r .... fax Berrn,tein left Oudtshoorn on )fonday, 8th hQzber, to proceed to Palestine, there to join the band of b r llfzim. A the first pioneer from Oudt hoorn Mr.
"h 11· tein was accorded a grand farewell. At the Hebrew e)JOol Hall on W dne day e'\'ening, the 26th ult., a fare-
" ning wa held in hi honour, at which there were Z1 ll.nt the member of th€' Committe of the Herzl La.die '
r
1 ·t ociety and of the 0 car l\Iarmorek Zionist As o-hon.
everal speeche were mad , all expre in~ thebi (\. te .m in which ~[r. Bernstein wa. h ld, and w1 bing
. odsp ed and ucces . The Chairman, Dr. L. H.
i~ti, .at the conclu ion of hi . . p<>ech, pre ented ::\fr. Bern- f"1th a ou>enir from the Committ e · of the ocietie . j r. Bern tein, in expre .. ing thank , aid he hoped to z oh· all • pectation and to be.> a credit to Oudtshoorn
••! t 'l' .
lld h p ech . were inter. p r. ed with musical item.
d red by .Ii A. ieff, Mi E. Eliason, Mi M. Hotz ft
~Ir. ·w.
olin. The management of the decorations, di ,llnent,, etc., was entirely in th able hands of theO committee, to whom great thanks are due.
n Monda afternoon a number of the Committe wer nt at th ·station to bid the Ghalutz a la t farewell.
Id~
he annual general meeting of the Hebr w chool wa 1a t month.tlr]r he r port wa very atisfactOQ' and how d that th
a i ll g nerally were making good progres . It i aLo n~~. to note that the public are ke nly interest d in .\ air of the chool.
t-inP~ the elections a new and enlarged Committe>e wa.
I\ .
~th annual g neral m<'eting of the CrPP'" ¥,..,i; hn
hool.lll of £50 wa. kindl;\' granted tmrnrd. th Hebrew
~t
ihe reception of the Bar Mitzvah o.f Leopold. c]de t df
r. and ~fr . D. Gellman, a collection of £1 5 . wa · div ~r th National Fund. Thi, . um Mrs. Gellman· 1ncr ased to £5.
.tt
th r<>ce>ption of the Bar J!itzvali of Abe, third son ion n1ncl ~fr . l\L Elia on, a collection was made for the a Fund, reali ing £1 1 ..
PARYS.
1 t1" I
Ill d oc·al Zioni. t A ociation, which wa. rec(.lntlv am
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~· h re ult of Dr. Olsvanger's vi. it to that town.lllit lah•d to the z:oni t Federation. The offir r. and
t taree nre a. follows:-Ch~irman, l\Jr R Rnrwein:
lllitf', ~fr. J. l\Ie'\' rowitz; Tr asurer, Mr . . Grinker;
It.ti,
rt\
l\fo. r .. Ch. 1aC'ks and A. Gold midt and l\fi . esOn ntz and Ro. ie Gold midt.
th ·
Unday, October 26th, a mem0rial . ervice wa. held I att · ·na.g0guP for th lat~ Davicl 1\~olff olm. which wa.. ll <'ttclPrl. Adore : . ,,·ere> deliverc.>d b:v )fr. R Bor- tlia.n ''· I.
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Cnhcn and fr. :Jrinker, and )fr. .ti rendered the Hazkarah. After the ervice a col- a.) \\·a mad for the Jewish ational Library in
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PA ULPIETERSBURG.
Th<' J ewi. h r·ommunitv here held c!·vieP for the first tim during the r c:ent High Fe tival . 'Ihe congregants
c·on~isted of fourt en male adult in all. During UH·
service off rings were made, which re ulted in £14!
being collected for the Johann burg J wi h Orphanage.
A further um of £15 wa collected, whi h will b u ed for the purpo. e of purchai;ing a 'epher Torah for thi town.
PIETERMARITZBURG.
The Young Zioni t ' 'oci ty ha for\\'ard d to the Zionist F tleration donation of £5 to the .fowi h ~:rational
Fund and £5 to the Keren Haye. od.
The Young Zioni t ' oci ty has forn a rd tl to the .A.
Zionist Federatio~ the un:i of £ 4-. 3d., being th pro- eeed, of an Amencan auct10n held at a )fock Parliament on unday, Octob r 26th. in aid of th ,J wi. h ational Library in Jeru alem .
PIETERSBURG.
A p ·ial m eting was held at the ommunal Hall 011
th 16th ult. for the purp? e of appointing Mi Kallmey r, )fe sr~. L. l\fal on,.. l\1<;> 1e .ohen and B. Lipman on the Com~1tt<- of the Z10m t oc1ety, to a i t in the J,it rary
ect10n.
~tr. ~lanasch witz gave a bri f outlin of the life of David '\\ olff ohn and made suitabl r ferences to the memory of our lat leader.
Mr .. L. )Jal. on read a pap r on i'n. a Volk. Thi. p~oved mterestmg and wa~, gr a~ly appr ciated. :\Ir. B.
L1pma°: read a paper on . Public pe>aking," whiC'h was responsible for a pleasant d1 cu. ion.
On ~he 23rd ult., unde1: th.fl' joint.auspice of th Jewi h Orphans Fun? and. the Z1om t oc1ety, a ~ 'imchas Torah
<lane~ wa g1v n m th.e Agricultural Hall, which was prettily ~ecorat. d and afforded very facility for dancing.
The ln1?-SIC provided by the .Empire Five gr atly added to
the er;iJoymen~ .of the evening. The amount of £20 19 3d. will be divided equally betwe n the ,J e" i. h Orphans;
Fund and the ~unds of the Zioni t . ociety.
. The Committee of both . ocieti de. ire to tender their
·mce_re tha~k to all the lad1e and gentl men who worked . o mdefatigably and who e untiring efforts \rere
o de ervedly rewarded by the sncce ach iev d.
PORT ELIZABETH.
'l'he . Zioni 't. Federation'. appeal for a collection for t~. J ew1sh N at10nal Fund in the ynagogues on Yorn K1ppur w~ responded to by the local Orthodox Hebr . Congregation. After tJ1e Kol . idre ervic , by permi i~:\
of l\lr. I. 1 I~erb l, cha1r?1an of the• Hehr w Congr gation.
:\lr. B. 1' emronk, pr 1dent of the local Zioni t ociety, made an app al from the Bema, and on th following dav
~ost of tho call d to the Law mad off ring ; whil t Iate·r m the day ~ number of. further p cial offerings were arinounced. Th Federatio_n ha o far r c ived £23 17 . 6d on ac ou.nt of the e offering . D."tail. will be found i~
our acknowl dgment columns.
On the occa. ion of hi engagenl('nt to Mi J. Weinronk l\!r. B. l\L ~artoon, of_ Parktown orth, Johanne burg:
made a donat10n of £5 b .. to the J wi. h National Fund . Th~ unbounded enthu ia m for our great natio~al ideal d1 played by our young m n and women of the ''Gold tein p_eriod" and the p~riod following immediately
~fter, ha given way to torpid apathy and gro ·s di·_
mte~e tedne , o that th~ young people of th pre. cut arc . eekmg to fill the emptm of their live with n w mtere t . Th young men cont mplat tbe formation of a club, and the youn~ worn.en have thrown them elves zealously and energetically mto the girl guide movement.
~ut the propo d club doe not , m to find fa"our in the . 1ght of those most able to lend financial as i tanc , and it success, therefore, <>em to b doomed at the outs t How long th Girl Guide "cult" will last i difficult t~
predict, but in th meantime it aff or l an outlet for the urplus energy of ome people when Zioni m ha become stale.
. Thi ociety of energetic and capable young women, which could do o much for our national cause at a time when all our for es ought to be directed toward. one O'Oal viz., .t~e trength<.>nin~ of the hand of our leader. and th' prov1dmg .of th~m witl~ the. means for the redemption of the land, is makmg a gigantic effort to organi e a so-called
".Limelight Dance,'' to raise. fund :for th purcha. of a cmematograph. In who mrncl tl11. freaki h notion wa~
conceived I am unable to state, but thi. is how our national energie are being frittered away by thos who "play in Zionism."
(Concluded on next page.)
CHANDLER'S Beer makes the Heart Joyful
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'1.' HE Z 1 0 N 1 S T R E 0 0 R D .FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY.-(Conduded from previous page.) QUEENSTOWN.
The .A. Zioni t Federation ha receive~ from the local Zionist Society the amount of £20,. bemg amount realised from a social function and collection held on the occasion of the marriage of Mr. Abraham Addle on~ the indefatigable honorary ecretary and treasure~ of. ~he ociety, to Mis F. Shapiro for the purpo.e of rn.cnbmg their namE> in th Golden Book.
ROBERTSON.
An enjoyable evening wa held on Sun~ay, the 2nd inst., in the local Bioscope Hall under the aUSJ?ice of the Young I rael ociety. Mr. K. Hoffmann presided. TJ;ie follow- ing contributed to the programme :.-N. Ho~z, piano solo;
Y. Lekoch, recitation; B. Drusmsky, piano solo; . D.
andler recitation· H. Dvortz, song; E. Goldberg, recita- tion; G: olomon, ~ecitation. A debate wa then 1;ield on the ubject "What is more useful: Education or Travelling?,•, The opener wa . Lekoch, and_ bi~ opponent D. Sandler. The opener won by a large :na30~1ty. After refreshments had been served the followmg items w:ere rendered :-Rev. Josefowitz, a reading; D. Pleh~, recita- tion; . Solomon, recitation; D. ~andle~, o_ng; hss E~t~er Josefowitz, piano solo; D. Chait, rcitati9n; ~· Mi~lm, piano olo; L. Sandler, recitation; R. Li~ clutz, piano
olo; A. Schachat piano ~lo; ~· Blus~er,_ piano solo; M.
Solomon, piano olo; F. L1psch1tz, recitabon; J. Blusger, violin solo.
A club meeting was held in the Ch eder on the 26th ult., Mr. R. Hoffmann pre iding. A paper of anecdo~es was read by Master David andler, followed by a brief parliamentary "session," which proved a great success_.
The library is making steady progre , there bemg many intne ted readers.
SALISBURY.
The ervice during the rncent High Fe tivals were well attended. These were conducted by the Rev.
J..
J.Ro in a si ted by Me sr . S. :Myer and H. Rosenberg.
Owing to in di position, .Mr. Ro in wa unable to preach. on Rosh Hashonah. He, however, conducted th.e s~rvice, a sisted by his choir, which was a ource of grat~fi.cat10n. to the congreg'lttion. On Yom Kippur, 1\Ir. Rosm_, havmg recovered from his illnes ably conducted the service. Mr.
Ro in preached a sermon 'during the Atonement on the sub- ject "God is my refuge," and made a strong appeal to par~nts to co-operate with him in hi effort on. behalf. of Hebrew education. The importance of Hebrew is growmg day by day, l\fr. Ro in remarked. Hebrew should not only be taught as a mean of prayer at the Synagogue, but hould be taught as a living language f~om th national point of view-the restoration of Palestrne.
The congregational Succah was very ta tefully decorated by the Mis s C. and M. Ro in, ablv assisted by Miss Joel on.
The annual general meeting of the local Hebrew Con- gregation took place on the 5th ult. at the Guild Hall, with Mr. B. I. Hoffman, the Pre ident, in the chair. There was a good attendance. Mr. Hoffman, in pre enting his report, read thE> minister's minute, in which all the branches of congregational and communal work were dealt with. The mini ter made several suggestion in the interest of Judai m which were appreciated and adopted,
'f he election of officers resulted a follows : -President .\fr. L. Braude; Vice-President, Mr. B. I. Hoffman;
Treasurer, Mr. M. tein; Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. M. Hoff- man; Committee, Me rs. S. Gruber, M. Comaroff, I.
Lasovsky, H. Hatchuel and G. Pichanick.
The examination of the Hebrew cla sec took place 011 unday, the 21 t ult., at the Guild Hall, in th presence of the Committee and parent . The ready answers by the ehildren to all questions put to them aroused entbu !asm.
The most plea ing feature of the examination wa the two top classe who learn Hebrew as a living language.
Anv. ),[. A1,ExA~DER, K.C., ~LL.A., oF CAPETow.·.
The alisbury J ewi h community has been verv for- tunate to have Advocate ~[. .AlE>xander for over two u week in its midst. The di tingui hed vi itor, who wa engaged on a local ca e, arrived on "Friday, October 17th, and spent the la t days of ; uccoth among us. Mr. Alexander's ,J ewi h national feeling. were demonstrated bv his readv
<·onsent to addre s the. local Zionist ociety. · ThC' local Pre gave much -prommenc to the lecture, which wa.
cl<'eply appreciated.
On unday, ~ oyember 2nd, a succ sful , imchas Torah dance wa held at the Guild Hall under the auspices of the local Jewi h Ladie ' ociety. l\Irs. Hatchuel the indefatigable worker, a Pre ident of the Ladies' ~cietv had charge of the successful arrangements. · '
TRIOHARDTS.
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A grand ball was held in the.
Tricha~dt.
Hot ·l e:ctio!l the 11th ult. in aid of the Jewi h Rehef, Recon. succe.and Orphans Fund. The function proved a grea\ being both socially and financially, over £75 net prof helped realised. The Committee i grateful to all tho, E' w 10 to make tbe affair so great a ucce . .
UMVUMA, RHODESIA. f on o The Bar Mitvvah of Simon, third and yom1gc.j ·nee of )fr. and Mrs. Ni en w·olffe, took place at the re 1 ~Jll}>t'l'~
his parents. There was a large attendance of the Jll Wolffe of the Umvuma Heb1' w Congregation when Master receP·
ably read a portion of_ the Law. In the. afternoon a tte!ld' tion was h ld, at which there wa. agam a large a
ance. tbt'
Mr. N. Wolffe, in a feeling peech, ref er~ed t~itude coming of maturity of his son, and expre sed hi gr\enlth to the many friends. :Mr. Isaac Wolffe propo ed thl d j!l 11
of the Bar Mitvvah, to which Master Wolffe re ponce
clever speech. gs·
Mr. E. . Cohen, Secretary to the Hebrew
Con~j~ed·
tion read the telegrams and congratulatory letters r 1ecn10risl
A
collection was made for the David Wolffsohn e Fund.VOLKSRUST. t
I titU The annual Jewi h ball h ld at the Railway n d the on Tuesday, the 4th inst., proved a great ucce ·• anwa 11
Committee re ponsible deserve every credit. T~ere are tO
large number of dancer and the ladie re~pon ible
u.r.C·
be congratulated on the succes of the affair. The t pro·
Band was in attendance and rendered an excelle~ 1 5uc·
gramme. The ball proved both a financial and oc1je'1j.Ji ce s. The amount rais d will be given to the
Orphan~' Fund.
WELLINGTON.
bO"°jJlg The ~e.wly-formed Young I rael , ociety i re, ~f much activity. 011 October 2nd Mr. . Turtledo it" Jll Capetown, addre·" ed a meeting of the l,1cal com~t~ll 'Mr·
the ynagogue for the special benefit of the J unioi · 'lfhO·
A. Polusky presided and introduced the speaker
d
left lladdress was mo t entertaining and enjoyable, an t1 -vote great impres ion upon his youthful hearers. A
her in thti
of thanks was accorded to the speaker on motion roedil'lg- chair, seconded by Mr. I. Solomon, and the proce nt tJie concluded with the inging of "Hatikvah." Later,
0cie0' residence of Mr. I. olomon, the member of the on tht' received much valuable advice from :\Ir. Turtledo'°e best methods for carrying on it work. Id i ·
On the evening of November 2nd the ocietr,
h?
iargefa ·t social in the Bioscope Hall. There wa a f 1rl)18
cw
attendance, including members of the Paarl Young ... ociet~··
bean ociety, and the Stellenbosch Young Israel di!lgs·
The chairman, .Mr. A. Polusky, opened the pro9e_e
P ·
The follm\•ing arti t contributed items :->11 ~lotlloll•
Friedman, l\J. Ep. tein, ·F. and E. Gold tein, · do 11d L· E. Gaffernowitz, yl. and ad. egal, D. Friedgoo .11 es~~·
arembock, and the following from tellenbo ch: l\ft~fis' JtJ.
and A. tern, Mr. L. Lewin on and Mr. P. Marcu · ;: cert I}
Goldstein accompanied at the piano. After th~ con:r.Jr. l·
ilver collection wa made. The ociety's sup rv1--or, \1-hic~
olomon, sold by auction a cake and chocolate.
0· 0ye reali ed a good , um. The function was thoroughly e l by all present.
WORCESTER. ws~
A
gene1·al. m~eting of the Junior Zionist oc1
ietbohC~held m the Z1omst Hall on the 2nd in t. l\fr. · f tht being in the chair. Mr. Jack Leader the 'delega t C~JJfef' .Junior Zionist Society to the recent Young I rael µea.def
PllCe held at Capetown rendered a report. ){r. d dealt
e~plained. the signific~nc~ of ~he recent conf erenc~
ad
f}1t>with vanous re olut10ns which had been ubmitte : t speaker implored his hearers to revive intere t 1arr fo' Zionist movement. The Chairman thanked Mr. Len the great services he had rendered the ociety. ,fr·
The local J ewi h community were the guest . 0
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ofand Mrs. Zurnamer on the occasion of the Bar Mitz\,rci11I their son, :Jack, on Sunday, 26th ult. The ColllJll11.ioJl·
Hall was kmdly lent by Mr. Volks for the hapPY. 0 'f\\"11
Mr. Rabinowitz acted as chairman of the funct1onb'f
l\fl°·
cakes were put up for auction. One wa purcbas d ·
3rjt ', Greenstein for £2, the money to be devoted t~ chlf for The other cake was bought by the Bal-Simcha h1n1· lJttiitl·
~4, the money to be devoted toward. the vnagogue
mg Fund. •
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