6th F ebi-uary, 1948.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH CHRONICLE.
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Jewish Appeal-Women's Cam·
paign,
An excellent audience att nded the eoncert given last Saturday njght in the City Rall by Mr. Issy Boan. up- ported by othC'r arti ts and the Muni- eipal Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Walter Swanson. :Much of the :mcces of thi,· function was due to the pcn;onal efforts of Mr. and Mr . L. ·Frank, the organisers, and the funds of the .A. Jewi h .Appeal will benefit considerably.
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During the week Mr. L. Feldman addressed a meeting of the combined committees of the Union of Jewish ''omen and th ·women's Section of the .A. Ort-Oze on the work of ~he J.D.C.-J.A. and the Ort-Oze in Europe. Mr. Feldman based his talk on personal observations and experi- ences during a recent visit tu Europe.
Mr. I~'eJdman answerc<l tht: numerous questions put to him by an iriterested audience.
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Mrs. heila Sacks and membcn of her gronp organic ed a ,·ery successful dance at tlw residence of lru Liff, while a similar function arranged by th Rondcbosch group took place at tlw re idrnce of Mrs. Hothschild.
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Mr . 'i<lel ky's group, of which Mrs. lyra , 'ago'' i now th convener, organise<l a \er.· uc essful OLick n na1 heC'U at Hout Bay on aturday, 31st January. v ry large numb .r of peopl•• nt M.! 1 this nornl function,
"hich 1 I"O\' cl moist njoyabl
Friends of Blro-BidJan.
A highly successful function was held lust 'unday night in the Talmud Torah Hall, luiz ·nherg.
f~Ir. L. Feldman, who is her on holiday from Johannesburg and who ha· n•rentl~· returned from a lengthy tour of Europe, was the principal ,peakc>r. He e:pres. ed thP- hope that thi · ~ociety would soon grow iuto a
ma,,. movement in South Africa. He
stressed the vital imp~rtan e of the Jewish lif now bei1Jg created amongst the post-war ruins in Europe, of tht3 new hope that is being given to our brethren in the variou new democra- cies. The Yiddish language flonrishes, cultural value. are being created on the stage, in li.terature, and so forth.
Mr. P. Barsky traced the history of Biro-Bidjan from the day of its pro- clamation as a Jewish auto:QomouB region to the pn~sent day.- Hn told the large audience of the inevitabl~
difficulties encountered by tho early pioneers and of the rich reward that was thein; in the end. The speaker made it quite clear that Biro-Bidjan was no competition to Palestine and that it wa. the· duty of every Jew -the world over to assist in the upbuilding of the Region, which abounds in mineral wealth, cal} easily aGcommo- date 4,000,000 settlers, has no native population pr0blem and has been given to th Jewish people free of charge.
The iprogran:rne included piano solos by Miss Rachel Rabinowitz and recitations by Mrs. R. Turok, Mrs.
D. Wilkin and Mr. S. Rubinstein.
The mu ica) items were highly appreciated and the recitations in Yiddish were e:qthusiastically received by the large audience.
Mr. I. chwalb was in the chair.
Hebrew Kindergarten Association.
The following Kindergartens, under the auspices of the Hebrew Kinder- garten Association, re-opened on Wed- nesday, 28th January, 1948: Herzlia Kindergarten, ·ralmud Torah School, Hope Street Cape Town; Sea Point Kindergarte:r{, Synagogue Hall, Marais Road, Sea Point; Muizenberg Kinder- garten, Talmud Torah Hall, Wherry Road, Muizenb&rg.
Kurland-Livland SOOiety.
The Kurland-Livland Society held a Concert at the Muizenberg Pavilion on 29th January which, through the com- bined efforts of all contributiug artis~s, wa. an unqualified success. The hall was we11 filled and the audie1}ce most re::;ponsive.
l\Ir. Derek B rnfi 1d rrnd<·red two piano soli of cla sic'.ll musk. Miss yhia Faktor rendered four rnngs, which were much applauded :\Ir.
Der >k Bernfield was an able and s~·m
path tic accompanist .
Masha An1enicva, famous 'onti- netal dancer. gave four delightfu I dances, accompanied by Boris Ig1 ff.
! Iiss Hedy Haas pre entcd song~
a.i1d sketches in her own inimitable :-;tyle, the humorous items provoking much merrimfnt.
Ir. Geo. Lad n read one of his own l111morous compositions.
\Valter ! forgan, "ho acC'om panied l\liss H. as, also rend re<l an item on the piano uc ordion.
During the interval an American Auction was held by the Chairman of tho Society, Mr.
'.J.
Talbergj of a ilver fox muff, kindly donated by Mr.Max Rutenberg (Arctic Fur Co.). The muff was finally knocked clown at
£31 10s. to Mr. ·D. Katzen, who sub- cqt ently donated it to t,he ociet · to he re-auctioned at the next big func-
Strand-Somerset West Zlonl t Asso·
elation.
A iep1 , n~ati ... ·e gath •t'ing of the .1 w1 h •.ommuniti, of th 'trand-
om r t W t ar a took plac at tlte l [otel Majestic, 'trand, on Thursda:
evening, 22nc1 January. Mr. W. Mil- ler, hairman of the trand- omer1:1et W c. t Zionist 'ociety, presided and we1comed a delegation con isting of Adv. Dave Cohen, Mr. and l\Irs. J. M.
Weinreich and !Mr. M. H. Goldschmidt, who made an appeal on behalf of th Emergency Ful}d. There was a gene- rous re ponse.
The Chairman thanked Mr. and Mrs. Jack Friedman for the tea and th use of their comfortable room. Mr.
Abe Friedman thanked the speakers for their interesting addresse .
Muizenberg·Kalk Bay Hebrew Con·
gregatlon.
At the Annual General Meeting held on 11th January the following members were elected to the Commit- tee of the above congregation: Mr. D.
L. D:widowitz (President); Adv. M.
Barnett (Vice-President); Mr. B. P.
Phillip· (Hon Treasurer); Mr. N.
Emdin (Hon. Life President).
Committee: Messrs. M. J. Pasvol-
·ky, 1M. Jankelowitz, R. M. Rifkin,
R. ShaskoL ky, E. Greenstein, A.
chneider, W. Satusky, H. L. Stern, L. Seftel, D. Borok. Mr. M. Wisen- berg, Secretary.
THE INCORPORATED ASSO- CIATION OF COST AND IN- DUSTRIAL ACCOUNT ANTS
Limited (By Guarantee).
THE COST ACCOUNT ANTS' ASSOCIATION.
EXAMINATIONS
will be held throughout the 'Gnion ancl Rhodesia. For Examination Syllabus
and further particulars write:
S. SANDAK-LEWIN,
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South Africa.n Repre entative:
P.O. Box 2624, Cape Town.
Issy Bonn at Cit
J sy Bonn, the famous London i:;tap;
and radio arti t, capti\~a ted a packed hou&e at tlw it.r Hall 011 Saturda:
night when he appeared at a cone rt in aid of th .A. J wi::h Appeal.
Billed as a C'omedian, it was not sur- prising that he k pt th audience hight· entertain 'cl with his :rnecdotes and witticisms. But it wa. a. a singe1 that Le cor d his greate t suC'ces · and his magnificent voice was heard to advantag in "Let Bygon Re By- gones," ", 'orr nto," "BeeausP," et<'.
It wa th J wi h ong , however, which appealed mo t to the nudiencc anc1 his singing of "Rozinkes uud llnndeln," "l\1y Yiddi ·her Momma,"
and alio\'e all "Eili, Eili," was re- cei,·ed with tremen<lou · applause to which fr. Tionn responded generously. Other artists who contributeJ to thP programme were Kathleen a\'e a·nd Irene Morgan, who gave several \.'Ocai number , an<l Harold Cobb, who pla ;ed a. group of jazz compo&itions.
Th Cap Town Orelie tra, con- ducted by 'Valter g, auson, rc'ndt•r d
"Raymond O\erture" (Thoma ), ''Blue Danuht> 'Yaltz" ( trauss), "Orphf'us in the l'n<l 'r"orld'' (Offenbach) . nd HungariatJ Hhap, ocly .1. o. 2 (Li~zt).
ACCOMODATION WANTED.
Lady urgentl. r rcquir aCC'Oll1lllOdation as paying gue t wi h Jl wii;h famih. W1 ite .r lrs. rc-'en, c/o tandard
n.
nl ,Adderley Street, Town.
Social & Personal.
Rabbi and )fr . I. Abrahams are spending n month'· holida~· at Her-
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Mr. I. J. Her ch, Yice-Prci:;idcnt of the S.A. Board of .!Pwish Education, ha· ani' ed from Johannc&burg aud is pcmding a holiday at the Rio Grande Hott>l1 ~1uize11bcrg.
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~11-. '. , 'nndak-1,Pwin has recefred
notitica~ion from- Loudon that he has been appointed , outh African Repre- . Pntati\'c of tl1e Tncoq>orated Associa- tio11 of l'ost and lnclu .. trial Account-
ai1t , Lunitod (B~· Guniantee).
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The 'ngagement i.- announced of
Tobia, (Toby) Kaufman, son of :\fr. A.
l aufman and the lat Mrs. Kaufman, of l\laitland, and Diana, daughter of
, fr . H. l'icl and the late l\fr. B.
KiPI, of Sea Point.
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Tht• engagement i · announced of . hi, , only daughter of l\lr. and )Ir ..
D. Goldman. of , 'en Point, and TI~·
man, <·id<"'r on of :;\Ir. ancl .i.lry, S.
Lid 1-y. of \Tredchoek.
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farrie<l at\Y ~ u berg 011 th L• l'ln·uary, 1 98, Doro- thy Gc•rirude Hollnir·l to Anron 1 lichiel
l 1atz, "Aarondor," "ellington Valk,
\\'. ·11bt rg. HPccption at Communal Hall, Pil'rs Road, Wynherg, on Sunv cla: f Ii l•'ebrnary, at p.m. o cnid . Helati,us anJ fiicmds aecept thi H th ouJ r int im, ti on.
