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Zionist Youth Activities .
'FiXRCUTIVE.
Town ancl Cowztry llally.-'rb Exe('u- tiv wish s to draw tlte at lention of all Hocieties, to tbe fact thnt a town and coun- try rally will be held at Stellenbosch from Haturday, August 31·d, to Monday, August 5th. DetRils will be ci1·c·ulnrised nt nn earl~
date.
Leaders' Trai11ing Oourse15.-Intensifiecl training courses for lender , ·will be held during August. As entries close soon, tho e nnxiow~ to participate shonlcl c>ommunic: tc wi1. h th office without rlela;\.
CAPE 'fO\VN Y<H'~G ~IIZHACHI.
'l'o celebrate the .1. ille Hundredth Ce11- tennry of the birth of that illustrious com- mentator Rasbi, an Oneg ,·'babbdt ·wa held at the residence o.f _jJr. and MrR. \Yilk. Dr.
S. Kahn, himself n thorough student oi the comment.aries of Ha~}1i, delivered an address on his life and \\'Ol'kt->. His address wa.
marked by a ver) iutirnate knowledge of th<>
subjec>t \\•hich ably equipped the speaker to dPnl with this topit.
The excellent trowel whieh wa · presrn1
·njo,Yed Hebrew songs. Th , Haphtornh
\\ n. rearl in Hebl'C~\\ :rnc1 English and eom- rnented upon by .i\Ir L. Sandler. 1\Iis8
[i'r cla Habinowitz delivered a very iuterest-
ing News 8ervice. A vote of thanks \Y:1s prnpose<1 b.\ l\I r. f Hucl:i t.
Ta l nu1<l i. 'i w pliji ed .-'11h , fasciua tion of rralmudiual lore is happily gaining a firm "l"
grip on Zioni.·l .routh. .\s the study pro- eoe<ls it h •t·o1nc' · rnm·e •nc1ru sing. We Ul\' greutly incl >bfetl to Hnbbi I r. Kirzner fot the ti111e It · is d •\ i>t i110 to the 'irde :111 l would e11t!olll'ug • ;dl .J ewisli .) outh to iakl' advantage oJ the uniqu facilities offer=d for deepening their knowledge of J wish
l'Ult ure.
'I1he next m "tiug will take place as usual at the Hoehm<l Street S~nagogue at 3.15 p.m.
'.'11• BA~O.AH HA2'1IZHA HI.
so ial was held on 8aturclay night, .June Wth. 'rhi. was the first social t hz Hociety has held, ancl because of its great success, many more of i:mch functions will be held.
Thel'e were a few dance items which were rend red very well by Belle Y oloshen and Hae Kantor. Jack Isuac::;on excelled in hi~
impersonation"', which aroused }learty applause from the large nudience. Another popular it m \Va· thnt of Harold Levetan and Solly res ler who hurmonized many well-known song::;. 2\lillie Ulassman wui,;
y t ano her arti t wlJo :mg two songs ex- tr ·rnely well.
A Her the vuriou · item , dancing followed uncl tltC' social conclurled \vith th singing of 11 nti h.'nh.
OR8E.1.' & SEA I>(Jl:\T .TEWISH GUILJ 'I1h above So i t:y was gr atly p1·ivileged
011 ~\Ionday v uing, Jun 24th, when Rabbi Lsra ·I ,\bra Imm. Wrtf' tlw gue ·t sp aker at
THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.
;i 1111•t>I iug lu·lcl :d 1 lw C'ltth rnurn~. Hi.
~u hj1·cl wns '' Yo11i Ii f o-dn 1 and ln-11101'1'.".
The H1d1hi 'tl>ly <t11:tly.-e'cl the war issue~
Pm l'gi11g froJll l'l'c..: ·11t clevclopments, c.1rnw- i11g a compurison betwe n the rea ons givei1 by ::.\I arshal l)etain for the sun1encler of France and the abilit,\ of J e'.ny to with- ::;tancl di integrating fore s. His thought-
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Yoking survey \\fll:l ver,\ impr ~ iY"' and wns greatly apprc•ciutcd b) nll present.After tea l1nc1 be 111 served, members of the audience put questions to which Rabbi .\brubams compPtent ly replied. A vote of thank Wfl'< propm~ecl by :\1iR. H. Bladen.
.:\IAITLAND ,J l'.NIOH ZT01 IRT ROCIRTY.
A Camp .Fil'e Ewni11g was held at th Communal Hall on Hunday, .June 30th.
Tl1is live]~ meeting started off with some
<'Om1mmity Hingillg i11 llebre-\\·, English and Afrjkaaus. This was followed by a play,
·'Th l)roselyte, '' prod need by 1fiss aack . l\fr. ,J. Hnnson of the 1HJ>P Executive then 8poke on Present-clay .Jewish Affairs. A hot-flog feed rounded off a plea ant evPn- ing.
'rhere was a good at ten<lance of members at a meeting held at the Zionist Hall on 8unday evening, June 00th, when an in- ter-debate took place \\ ith the C.'r. Herzlia.
The subJect was "'I1hat 8.A. You11g Jewry has clone its duty to i ti::i people. ' l\liss H.
Keys r and Mr. t::l. :\l. Levin moved on behalf of the visitors, while Messrs. D.
.Mey rowitz and .-\l. l' atovsk) opposed for the ho.-ts. When put to th vote, the motion was declured lost.
Mr.
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La:wrow abl) c-omluded th }Jl'O-. ('eedingH from t.he chair.
'L'.10 ~ OF
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.\.Her a ) ear ol gr·1dual but clefiuitc nc.:Lievenwu t· the Ziou1st Association of
~tuJeuts hel<l iL le11eml J~lectious 011
ThursJuy nigM, .J uue ~1th, at H.osecourt, Cape Town.
'Ihe meeting wus w 11 attended despite Lhe fact that many of the members bad returned already to their homes and the atmosphere wa8 a most congenial an<l pleasant one for there wus not a student present who hu<l not written off the so- caHed June Tests.
.\fter a News-8ervice and a delightful
\'iolin solo by Miss Hoseuberg the ~.A.ti.
prepared itself ior the sulllllllllg-up. '!'his record of the work o[ the ) ear was pre- sented by the chairman, Mr. V. Hesneko . 'l'nbute \Vas paid to the energy of i'v1r. B.
M. Levin which was direetly the cause of Lhe formation of the Z.A.B. some fourteen months baek and uiso to the work of two of Lhe eommittee meml.Jers·-.1\liss Lulu Lurie and .Mr. Claude Heit8tein-who, due to 'urious cireum~turn.:e ·, had not beeu in a position to earry on their good work in the Association. 'l'here had been a regular s ri 8 of meetings during the past twelve mouths, a successful Btudy Cirele had been luunehed under the direction of Miss Zion<t iohen, and £50 had been contributed to the Keren Hayesod.
l\fr. S. M. Levin, Chairman of the Cape
~ionist Youth ExecJtive, then addressed
.Tu!. 5lh, HHO Ll1e meetiug. H' pointed out that studenlr-., lta ving mol'e lcism·e th mi others, should I ake advuutuge of U1i8 nu<l reflect upon their position in order to be able to do their best for the community in whose midst they were living. They should realise tlw need for a cruicling philosophy in a changing world-a need more than adequately fille<l by Zionism. He wi heel the Associat:c•:1 evei·y success.
After thanking l\Ir. L. Mendelsohn and :\Iiss R. Sive for helping the Committee with their services as vice-chairman and secretary re pectively and expressing regret ut the necessity that they £elt for retiring, the election were held and resulted as fol- lows: Chairman, ~lr. A. Walt; Vice-chair- man, Mr. V. Re nekov; Secretary, Miss Leiln Arens; Tren Ul'er, Miss Pauline A.
Hackner; additional members, Miss Ziona Cohen, .Mr. R., ymond Rabinowitz, Mr.
< 'laude I itstein.
The incoming Chairman, .Mr. Alex Walt, in a witty little speech told the members that with the help of his strong committee he hoped to pull his weight. Those mem- bers and others who know Mr. Walt and his phy ·ique will appreciate the significance of that last remark.
The meeting conelucled with the showing of a film deuling with maritime progress in J>alestine. 'l'lie future of the Zionist Asso- eiation of t;tuclents will be watched witn interest. It rests with the Committee to m ke it a success.
Union of Jewish Women.
The 11ext niet•l,iug will take place at the
/..ioui L I lull on 'ru ·scluy, July 0, at 3 p.m.
lh Lbi I~. \\". J"inm i· will peak 011
"Ei lies hnil- t h<' \ ornan of Wor h."
\11 w lcome.
THE LATE PROF. RABBI S. KLEIN.
(Conli1111ed from. Previous Page).
look tours twice a year to make their re- searnh of ruol'e value. As a result of thefr research his i:>eholars wrote tlleses an<l artieles which showed how successiul they lrncl beeu in their \Vork. His success was due to his personal contact with his ::;tudeuts, and every month be arranged gu.thermgs at his horue where he and .his students cliseussed their individual work.
In adclitio11 to ills \\ ork at the University he' interested himself in all the scientiti.c i:>ocieties, and took an active part in every branch of Jewish life in the country. lie delivere<l public lectures at ditlerent place8 on behalf of tile University. He also lec- tured on behalf of the · · 8ociety for He- arch in the liistory of bretz-lsrael, '·
beiug ehairman of the society durmg the la t few years of his life.
Prof. Klein encouraged his pupils to un- dertake research.. Both in· his daily con- tacts and his spiritual work he showed the same energy. He was very sensitive when be beard anything detrimental to the J wish nation, and remained to the end a defender of everything Jewish. His stud- ents and the whole country mourn his loss a11c1 re ere his memory.