'1' H E Z I 0 N I B T RE 0 0 R D. 48
YOUNG ISRAEL COLUMNS.
" THE JU DEAN."
The Magazine of Yeung Jewry of South Africa.
In our la t issue ·we called attention to the appear- ance of the fir. t. number of the aboYe quarterly maaa- zine, which is publishe<l by the J udean Central ExecutiYe of the 'np ProYince, but which aims at C'atcrina for ~ om1g J ewr. throughout the sub-cont~rn:nt.,
'Ihe magazine js e:xrellentl:y produced,. and foll of int~resting nrnterial, and all Young Israelite nncl all
intere~ted jn youncr Israel are warmlv recommended to beeome sub crib l'S, ancl in the 11lea~1time to purchase the firt number.
In order to a "1st The J udcan, the South .\friC'an Zioni t Federation ha. taken over a larg , uppl,Y of copies, which it i. p1·epnrecl to supply either , ingl,v or in quantities to. irnfoi<lunls or ·,ocieties at L. per ·opy.
Orcler , which must he accompanied by remittance nt the rat of 1 . per copy, shonlcl he s nt immediately to the South African Zionist Federation, P.O. Box 1 , Johanne burg.
Boksburg North.
The local Yoillw Israel i... ocietY hu. for ~om time pa t been doing a considerable" amount of ·work, although iL name has not appeared in these column for a bout. two months.
On 'Ye<lne. dav, the 20th December, 1922, th . ociety' emi-annU'al general meeting took plac , nnd there was quite a large attendance, including ReY. 8.
\Vainman and Mr. P. J. l\.IcCrystal. Th meeting \\'as eonducted in the usual manner, whilst the report of the pre ident (:'.\Ii F. 'wil) and the treasurer (Mr. J.
Blumbera) "·ere atisfactorv.
The ca;rnmittee fo1 the· new e sion was elected a.·
follows:- upervisor, ~fr. A. J. Snretzk:v; president, l\lr. '. Loui ; Yice-president, Mi s F. S-wi1; treasUl·er, l\lr. J. Blumberg; joint hon. secretarie , :'.\Iis es :N"ellie Isserow and Tilly Blumberg· committee, l\.lis,es Esther I>enn and Leah \\Teitzman, Messrs. ,J. and 1\.1. I\.otzen, .T. J·1coby ancl :\I. Bloom.
:'.\IoreoY ,r, the above society ha .. combined with the oth ,1· East Rund Young Israel ocieties, who are holding a gmnd dance on the 7th of Februar;y in aid of the Keien Haye od.
Thanks to ReY. Wainman and :Mr. :McCrystal for . piritual and material support, the society will oon open a library, which will, it i" hoped, remain as a permanent landmark in the annal of the society. ~\
large selection of hooks has alrend_y been acquired.
Johannesburg Young Israel Society.
ow thu.t the school vacation is drawing to an end it is hoped that the . ociety' acth·ities will be con- tinued with increas d energy. The \York during the present es ion bu been r_,tarded by Yarious cau e. , chieflv the December examinations and th holidav , yet s~veral sue •e sful function hav" b 'en held. The chairman and uommitt e wish all their members who took examinations eYer;y ~ucee 8, and hope that the. T will return from their holidav~ with the determination to a sociate intimateh- \Yith' the ocietv': "·ork.
On December 14th an Oriental eYening and dance vrn held at the Berkeley Rooms. In spite of the bad weather th re was a large attendance, ancl the fm1ction
\Vas a great oeial ucces.. Thanks are due to all the arti te who . o ably performed, ancl to all other to whose assistance the enjoyment o·f the evening was due.
~\n interesting debate on th subject, '' Is it within the power of the Jews to stamp out nti emit.ism?'·
was held on Sunday. the 7th January, 1923. J\Ir. 8.
Sapire moYed, uncl ::\fr. :'.\Ieyerson opposed. Th paucity of the attendance ·was clue to the absence of many active members on ho1ida~· trip . The motion
\\"GS \YOD.
)._ precedent, "·hich it is hoped will be follmrnd by all other Young farael ~ocieties, has been created by that of Bok burg Torth, in inYiting om· society to an interdebate \Yith their societY. This wa:- held at th Boksburg .i.~orth synagogu: on unclay, the 14th January. Some tweh-e memberp. travelled from .Johannesburg to Bokshurg. Om societ.;\ took up the oppo it.ion \Yi.th our <:hainnan, llfr. _ . Kretzmer, a.
our Jeader, a11cl our vice-clrni1rnan, :;\Ir. G. aron, a.
. econder on the clehate '' That Antisemiti m timu-
lates Zionism." ~Iiss F. Swil, secou<lecl by l\Ir.
Le,vis, led the motion for Boksburg. The subject was very well thra hed out, many of the auclience taking part in the discussion. The motion wa won, and we eongratulate Mis~ F. S"'il on the able mnnner in which she conducted her part of the debate. An enjoyable ,ocial evening \Vas spent at the residence of i\Ii . I sermL The Johannesburg Young Lrael ociety thank Boksburg for their cordial reception, and anti- cipates the time in the nea1 future when they in their turn will entertam the Boksburg society.
The committee is making trenuou ffort to fulfil the promise of the donation made by our society to the Keren Hayesocl. For this purpo e a . ocial will be held at the residence of :\Ir. A. Couzin, 4.2, Berea Road, Bertrams, on Wedne day, the 7th March, at 8 p.rn. There \Vill be a concert progrnmrne, dancing, aJso ping-pong and other amusement. . The admi ion wi11 be 2s. 6d., and tickets are obtainable from all eommittee members.
Paarl.
The second annual generai meeting mce the rc-esta bli "hmeut of the ·Paarl Young :\Iaccnbean So iet;v took place on December 10th. i\Ir . • J. Jowell.
the retiring presid nt, being in the chair. The annual report was Yery sa i. fac·tory. whH t the balanee Rheet
THE ZIONIST RECORD. .fon uar;v ;n. rn20.
r Y al d a verv 'Ucc..:e .Jul ·ear. The election of office bear l' for th~ 8llt'Uing y ur resulted a follow : Pre- sident :Mr. Ai. Yan Gelderen; vice-pre ident, ~Iiss J.
:\I ill r; tr nsur 'l', ::.\Ir. • f. Minitzer; hon. ecretary, :\Ir. F. Rabinowitz: eommittee, :VIi e ~I. Berman, B.
I ahinowitz, :\I. 1Iinitzer, D. J.Telson, 1fe r . I. ilbert, .J. Jowell, H . .Jowell, H. J avitz; auditor , l\Ir. I. 'ilb rt nnd l\li ' P. Ziman. On the ub equ nt aturday the :::-oci ty held a ~ocial evening to celebrate the clo e of their second year.
Piete1•maritzburg.
The cYent enth , emi-annua] meeting of the local Young Zionist.·' l'ociety wa: held on .i. ~ ov mber 26th, in the Hebrew schoolroom. Mr. B. Benjamin pre ided oYer a very large att nclane and expre~ eel his plea ure at this sicm of k nnes .
I ev .. J. Levin then kindly gave a brief but very int re ting explanation of the Zioni t movement. and c·onar<-lh1lntPd the l\Im'itzbur,cr jtmioi. on th keen interest they hawed.
In thankina Mr. Levine, the chairman , fated that the oci
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during the pat
ix month had kept up it ww1l aoocl work. Mone1 had been sent to the Keren Hay od and the Yariou ·J wi, h charitabl institution . rrhe 111 mb rship had increa ed durina the period from fil to 'O. For this r ~ult. as well , for th sound financial position of th . ocietv they were indebted to tI1 ir trea nrer, Ma ter ~ . Blumenfeld. The entertain- ment committee had ablv orcrani ed a number of suce · ful ocial. . •'rl1ank having been , ccorded to the trea urer, s cretur;v and committee, the followinO' 'Were elected for the n uing six months :-Hon. pr ident, Rev . . J.
LeYine; pre ic1ent, l\Ir. B. Benjamin; vice-pr ident, Mr. . Mai t r; hon . . 'ecretai·v, ~Ii D. Blumenfeld:
hon. trea urer, ~Ir. ~\.. Blumenfeld; librarian, Ma ter ,J. Blumenfeld; auditor, :vfr. B. Benjamin; committee, Ma ·ter
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Alle on, H. Kukl y and I. Kirkel; Mis. e ,J, Kirlrnl and L. and R. Maister.A vote of thank. to the chair and the inging of
" God ave the King " nnd " Hatikvah " concluded the meetincr.
Potchefstroom.
The Youugt Isrnd • oeicty helJ a ~u ·cesi:;ful :oirec in th_. 8cout Hall on ~ ..-oY mher 25th, in aid of the Pctle 'tine ~, a.tional Re ton ti n Fund and the Ukrainian .J wish Rel icf Fund
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nfort una tely, on account of the>near approach of the chool 'Xamination , the ociet;v 's ticli:e seller were not in their u, ual form, and th
"ociet, 1 had to' be . atisfiecl with the nett profit 0£ £10 L:. 7<L 'the concert prn°ramme, which la t d from H.15 to 0.30 p.m., was quitP succe.sful. R fre hments were ·old, an~l dancin()' w·as indulged in until midnight, when ne of the mo ·t .nere s£ul function· ever held by the .-o iet;v closed with the • inging of the ~ T ational Anth m and '' Hatiknh. '· The . cietv de. ire thank all tho e wh so kindl:v heJpeJ to make thi. little function a , ucce~ .
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What is the Keren Kajemeth lejisrael?
'fweuty years ago an Instit.ution wa, created for Ge11lnth lluu r '::-retlempbon of the land- which, like non> other, has ;von the sympathw of the .J 1wi ·h people.
The objt ·t of the KC'l'l'Il Kajcmeth LPj:. ra 11 (.Te\,i.h National Fund) j to purcha e land in Eretz Yisrad as the perpetual inalieuabl11 pro- pt1rtr of the .J <'Wl ·h pt1ople. On i~ land J wi ·h coloni ·ts are .·dtled on an lwr •d1tary. lease.
What have the Jewish People done up till now for the Keren Kajemetb Lejisrael
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How deeply tlw idea of th Yer n Kajem •th ha taken root in the heart· o our peopl' i,' o bP seen from its annually incru1.-i 11() rt'ceipt.-.
The ·e amount to:
1902-1906 60,900
}:n:}~U 1:~:~gg Pounds aterlinir.
1917-1921 571.700 In Twenty Years ... 887.200
What bas the Keren Kajemeth lejisrael done in Eretz Yisrael up to 1914?
ln th year 190i, the Keren Kaj m th began ils practieal "ork in Eretz Yi. rael, and, during the fil-.'t ' •\'I'll year , i.e., till th outbreak of the war, it ha::
(11) Purc:ha Pd agricultural and urban land.
(b) Erect <l and rnana r <l farm·.
(c) AfforestC"d the country by means of the plantation of tr c1s antl fore 't .
(d) Built workm n's dwelling-hon •s.
( e Promott•d In titution of general and cul- tural utility (Bezalc>l. Hebrew Gymna iurn in Jaffo an<l Jeru alem, ,Jewish lJniversitY, .Jeru alem, Jewi. h Technical chool, Haifa).
(/) Gi v n loan · for var ions purpo. es, e.
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for the fir. t builtlings in Tel Aviv, tht:; founda- tions for a, fiouri hing town bcmg thu · created.What Tasks now await the Keren Kajemeth lejisrael ? The new era. of J wi. h · ttlem nt work in
l•~retz Y1 ra 1, which commenced aft r th \rar, ha clearly cll'monstra.ted what a central po. ition the
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ren Kajeml'th occupie in th work of l"l'constrnction in the Jewish horn land. .A the oraon of the .Teu;ish Zan I policy in to1 ·n and ro1111try, the Fereu Kajmneth i called npon to l rocur the greater part of the Pale tinian land ,\s the common propert,\· of the Jewish pc>ople.1 n the one ~·ear 1921, it ha. greatly augm •ntlCl it landed property. In :n colonies and farm it at pn~sent po.'. e e. abont 13,000 acre of agricul- tural land, antl in Jerusal m Jaffa and Haifa mor than 600,000 , quart> var<ls of urban land.
N" cw agricultural and urban . ttlements a re
: lreacly rising on the,'e estatP '·
For th' a ffor0:tation of the country, "·hich
~erves on the one hand to clra in the 'WUlllP an<l
<·on. c>qu ntl:- to remove harmful fever-beds, and on th~ otlwr is economicallv- of the gr •at ·t imp rtance, thl' K0ren
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ajPll1°l th ha' done much good work cluring the la. t two :n·~ r ·. 'pveu lnmclrecl and 1iftv thou:an<l for<' t tn l'S have been planted in Yarioi.1 · place in Eretz Yi rael.What can every Jew do for Keren Kajemeth Lejisrael ?
The capital of the Yercn Kaj nwth i raised b.Y donations from the gen ml public, 10,000
Yolnntar~· \York 1rs bPing oc·enpic d in all countric ..
The nnmbl'r of .Tc"' who mal·e u of tlw
\'l'l',\' popular <'Ollecting-mcnn. of the Kt>rcu :Kaj - me th ( o1h dinµ; Boxt>:, Golden Book. 'fre Donation, Donation Book, etc.) become larger and larg r, also tho c "·ho l'ontribntp 011 yariou.
occasions (wNlclings, engagcmc•nts, Rar-,;\lizwoth, Jcwi·h holidays, etc.).
lt i · to be hoped that the time is not for di. taut when erery rl eu: will contribut his mitl to\ ard assuring the holy land of Eretz "i rad for t]w .fo"-i"h people.
