Zionist Youth Activities

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Forthcoming Events.

ZIONIS'.l' CONVERSAZIONE.

The i1exl fo1folghtly Zio11i:-:;t om·er ·a- zione \\ill take plal' • at the ZioniBt Hall 011

'l1ucsday :2nd April at 8 .1.3 p. ni.

.\.ch. l3eitha Solv111011, .:.\I.l). "ill .peuk on " Some Parliarnentar~ J mpres:;ions."

All welc·om "'.

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ZIONIST SOCIALIST PARTY.

A 8pec.:iul "At Home " in ho11um 0£ the Cape 1¹0\\·ll d>legatcs \\110 lrn\e ju:-;l returned from the first t:ioulh .Afric·un Couforern.:c

or

the Zionist 8oeinli::;t 1.>arty, will be given at the Zjon ist Hall ⁰¹¹Bnrnlny e\'euing the iJhL inst. ut 8.15. prn. i\Ir. Z. Avin will be in t}le Chair mid l\lessn;. E. Kluk, Ch.

Ac hron m1cl (}. Tel em will report on the cleliberatio1rn and impressimrn of Conference.

Hefret:ihrnents will be served and all mem- beni and 8.)'lllpatliisern nrc cordially invited to attend.

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ZIONIST YOU'l'H MEBTING.

An important iu 'etiug for ZionibL Youth .Member· will be held at the Zioui ·t (MiDor) Hall on Sunday night 3ht :i\Iareh at 8.15 p.m. l\Ir. Da,'e Dunsky will be the principal peaker. All wek:ome.

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CLAREMONT JEWISH LADIES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

,\ Danc.:e \\-'ill be held nL Uie rrulmud Torah Hall, Grove .. h e., Claremont on Surnla)' 3lt:it ~Jarell in nid of t}l l\Iayors' K atio11al Fund.

Blue Four Or~bet:tru. J>anciug from .15 p.m. Donation 1/6. HefrPi->hrnents free.

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.T. SEWl 'G C'IIlCIJl~ 1~

on

POJ;ISH R LU~I•'.

The 11 >. t 111 •eting will t akc place at th·

residence of Mrs. J .. J \\Tilk, 18 Hiddi1wh Ave. ⁰¹¹ Tuesday. April ~11d nt :3.30 p.111.

All wekornc.

CAPE JEWISH ORPHANAGE .

This Splendid New Orphanage Home will be officially opened on

THURSDAY, 4t h APRIL, 1940, at 3 p.m.

by tho

Hon . J . H. HOFMEYR, M.P.,

Minister of Finance.

Invitations to this interesting function are being postecl to all Orphanage friend and syropttthisersJ. bl•t the _Se.cretary will l)e glad to respond to reque ts for official inYitations.

PHONE 2-6876.

E. H. KLOOT, Organising Secretary.

Every Shekel helps the " Jewish State on the Way' ' -

Shekel Day, March 3 1st.

THE. S.A. Ji3.WISH CHRONICLE~

Zionist Youth Activities.

EXECUTIYE.

During lai:it \\·eek llic Exeeuti \'C dsitccl ::\Ial niesbur,v and \\' ellingt011 Zionist Youth 8ocietie::;.

'Jlalmcsbury - 1\h. B. Goldin aecom- pm1ied ::\Ir . . J. Weimich to 1\1ahne8bury

"·here a iwtss 111eeti11g oI 8eniors and Ziouist Youth wu:-; hel<l ul ll1e local Tali11uc1 'fortd1 Hull.

I Velli11yl 011 .-"'jlr. b. .:.\I. Lev ill, ~ lr. D.

.:\ll',vernwitz awl ~lr. 8lwl1-;e 8ive \'lHited this t)oeiety on \\' cflncsday night last.

Shcltel.-~'..11 those able to help jn t1w sale of the 'h 'kel . liouM meet in the Zion- ii:it Hull, Hope 8tn:d, nt 0 o'dock on 8un- clny 111omi11g, ~n~t .\lurvh 1940.

011cg 8/zablwt Fu11dio11. - Luc;t Fricle1y nigh ).fr. Da\'e Dm1:sky, a member of tho H.A.Z.Y. 'ou11eil \\a· the guest uncl principal speaker at n most enjoy~ble Oneg Slrnbbut. Ur. Da\c' l\foyerO\\ilz, chuinnnn of the /Executive presided over n gathering of 1~5 Zionist youtlt mernl> 'rs. ::\Ir. Dun- Hky'ti mngnifieent iufol'lnnti\'e Rpeech was

1 ecei\ eel \vith llllll'h L'llthusiat:illl. 1\fr. Levin t·undudecl the lin·l, eonununit,.) tii11°iug which vrni:; n feature of the evenina'..; pro- ceeding·. ".:\fo,s 1.1. l\:eyber \Veit> the co11Ye11or.

II ebrew Classes - The Execn1 ive is pl 'Hasccl to m1110rn1t'.e that those m 'mbcrs desiring to take l •-:t;oll~ in Hebrew, t'Hll att 'll<l 011 ~\loJJda,v (7.:30 - 8.80 p.n1.) un<l Thm. dtt.)S (H }l.11). . !) p.1t1.) at th. rraltnwl Tornh llnll, llopt~ Htr ·d. The f ·e is 5/- p •r lllonth. ~loutlu '::; vla:;se · ar ·for bcgi11- 11en; a11cl th ^l rr1n1rsdtt,\ s chisi-;es are for lllt!

rnore achaul'cd. 1f a suilic-ieut 1nn11ber ar' prepared lo take ncl rnntnge of this offer oth r nrrn11gements c:olll<l be made if the above Limes and cltt,\ s nr · nol :·rnilnbl "

Mr. Dave Dunsky.- rr11, following c: ·ntre~

lttt\ e been 'isite<l tlurillg this week hJ .:.\Ir.

Dun sky: Paarl, :\1 uiz ·n bt~rg, Sea l)oiut ancl Htellenbo1:ich. W ^Ol'l''8ter will be vii-;ifrd to- rnorl'O\\ (l:fatunle1;v 11ighl) and Ir. Du1rnky

·onclucl 'b his tom '' ith <1 niru;s 111,eting on Hundny i1igl1t :llst \l:ll'l·lt at tlll' Zionist llnll.

l1Hj10l'ta1tl ,\[cci111y. -A11 i1npurhmi meet.

ing for Zionist Youlh n1emberi:l will be held at the Zionist (~Iinor) Hall ou 8u11c1ay i1ight Bl..·t :\forch al R.1.1 p.rn. ::\fr. Di1Yc Duusky will be the priu ·ipal speaker.

:.\ICIZE~BEIW Y.T. HOCIE'rJ.".

After lhe liighl~· in ·piriu(l' eYents of the '' ,ek-enrl Hal1,v at Pnurl th' atternbnce at the rralnrncl Tornh Hall, .i\Iuizeuberg, when :Jfr. Dunsky acl<ln: ";eel a combined 111eet- ing of tbe local Claremont· \'Vynberg Y. I.

Society. was very c1isnppointing. l\Ir. Dun- sky \vas ,welcornerl L~ the clrninnnn :\fl'.

(<'ullfinurd 011 />age 2l:J).

M1tl-ch-·29th, 1940.

Worcester Study Circle.

An interesting study circle meeting was held at the re::;idence of Mr. and Mr . Simon Heller r ceutly.

Rev. Stein r •ad the news sel'vice.

Dr. I. ~' agor in his defence of '' conserva·

tism'' said that lhe con·ervative attitude of rniud t:ould be traced in various aspects of life, religious and political, in literature and in art. Broadly speaking cons rvafonn is ''the di 'poi:;ition to maintain the old order

r :-;tat us quo.''

Con.·errntism likP u Jiving orguniHm pro- gre:-;si,·el,\ aclnpt:-; iti->elf by change::; of condition:; and ern·iro11111ent, but any conserva- ti,·e moclifiurttiont> \Yere always withi11 the houncli::; of orthodox priuciplei::; .

Con 'errntive J uduism always observed re,·erenc.:e for the pa ·t, though it had never Leen n l'E'lio'ion of changelessnes . It had persisted but "11ot so liberal Judaism.

Libernl judait:im broke with tradition and history nncl mu:-;t inevitably lead to as imi- lation. Tbe era of emancipation had been followed Ly ::;piritual decline; to-day there wns a gradual comi11g buck to the fold, due lo the rcnlizution, tlwt the Jew could not ei:;cape hi· dei->tiny.

:\Ii s R. Ginsbercr supporting Dr. Sagor elaborated on the positive values of con- servatism.

Mr. D. 8hranc1 ⁱ¹¹ defence of Lib rnlisrn outlineti the cle' elopment of t.be liberal cluetriu with special reference to its prac- t icni uchi ·ve1m•11i8. Liberafonn, he said, was the keyi;ton uf clemocrnc . lt stood for reforn18, for the improvement of social int:ititutiom; aucl accepted as an integral part, of rts philosophy, the vulue of human persounlity. Libernlii->m, he concluded had al ways upli ·id the tights 0£ minoritie' nncl hac1 remninecl faithful to its basic principles.

nr.

Ll'V~' in support of Liberalism, poin eel out that c.:cmsernttism irnpli •cl stug-

1rn tinu while T~ib •ndii-;m stood fur progress.

II, sir ssed th· point that nrnn 'rus rnmle tu neco111plisli progr 'Ss in tJw world by w-;i11g those fore ·s whieh nature hncl bestow- ed on him.

AM i11teresli1 ig discussion follo\ved in

\\ liieh :\f e8clatne8 L. J3roudic aud S. lleller

H}l(l .\Iei-.sr ·. He\. E. Htein, :\:I. Httbinowitz, .:\I. tkhol'lmi and '. Hitch ·tein participated.

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THE NK 'T FORTNIGHTJJY

Zionist Conversazione

will tal ~ place at the

ZIONIST HALL, HOPE ST.

on

T:U~~I?A

Y , 2n4 APRIL, 1949. ' at

8.15 p.,m.

JJ~cturer: Adv. BERTHA SOI10MON, M.P.

Subject:

SOME P.ARLJAl\IENTARY DIPRESSIONS.

All Welcome.

DEATH.

FRANKS.-Mrs. Sarah Franks, late Matron, Cape Jewish Aged Home, passed away peacefully on 26th inst. in England (by cable). Deeply mourned by Executive and Committe , Cape Jewish Aged Home.

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Our Children's Circle

"Do nol unto others, whai you would nol have otheri do unto you."

"A liiile child Jhall lead them." - Isaiah xi., 6.

fy Dear Little Cousins,

I am sure that most of you belong to the S.P.C.A. (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and I hope all of you are kind to animals and would not do them any hnrm.

The Rabbis considered kindness to animals most important. "He who does not have pity on animals will have the henv nly punishment meted out to him,"

said one Rabbi. It is forbidden to taste food until one has first fed his animals.

In order to relieve snff ering in an animal even the Rabbinical laws are to be proken if need b .

Speci::tl consideration was to be shown to clogs on account of their great attachment, to their master. Many beautiful stories are told about animnls. One t lls us that Moses was worthy of being Israel's rnler by }fr:;

kiudn sB to the flock which he iended when n sh phercl. He once fonncl a 'veary lamb Rtrnyr.d frorn t,he fol<1, nncl taking it in his urms h cnrri cl it linc'k g ntly. Then :1

voi e ca11ec1 from Hl'!lY ~n: "Mos s, mun of mercifnl h rut, 1 hon shnll 1 ad rny flock."

Rnbhi .Judnh th Prine had a warm corner in his henrt for nninrnls and he wonlcl often be mov d to tears at their suffering. Once a; cnlf which was being led to the slaughtering block ran to him as if seeking protection. ''Go,'' said the Rabbi, ''for thou hnst be n created for this pm·

poRe. A fterwanls, nc u. ing himself of want of mercy for the suffering animal, he attributed to this his years of illness, whirh he bore with great resignation. Once, when his daughter was about to kill a small animal which was in her way, he said:

"Let it live child," for it is written 'The Lord is good to all,' and his tender mercies nre O'\er all his works." The Rabbi's grati- tude to God for his own life appears in the bles:ing which he said when eating meat or eggs: "Blessed be the Lord who haR created many things in order 1.0 support by them every living being."

Your loving,

COUSIN HELEN.

Jewish National Service- Take and Sell the Shekel

on March 31st.

THE S.A. JEWISH CHRONICLE.

Zionist Y nuth Activities.

E. Tucker antl by i\lr. Davidowitz on behalf of the Senior community who were fairly represented. .i\fr. Dunsky dealt ·with the numerou.' irnperficial attempts at com- bating nnt,i-semiti. m und .'hO\ved that the basi causes of this eYil were so firmly rooted that we were powerless to remove them. The speaker pointed to Zionism as the one peaceable nnd encouraging factor in the redemption of the Jewish race.

1:\ umeronR questions from the floor were dealt with nnd the Re1Ting of refreRhments concluded the evening's programme.

OBSERYATORY-1\IOWBRA Y.

The firnt Rtudy circle meeting of the Society took place on \Vednesray, the 20th instant at Dr. Alts~hul's office. l\lr. M.

Isaacson, the cultural convenor, pl'esided over a fair attendance of about thirteen m mberf;. After the minutes and corres- pondence hnd been rend by Mr. B. Jaffe, in th ubsenc of the Secretary, Miss H.

Hodes d livered the n ws service, which was fo11owerl by di .. rns. ion.

l\Ii:-;R H. Keyser of the 'ape Executive then jntroduced the RLncl,v syllahu, to he adoptecl by the Roeiety, by mrnlysing "The .T e\\·ish Problem'', firstly in 1 elat.ionship to onr:-;PkeR, nnd then in r lation to our Gentile neighbours. l\lnch discussion took plnce and this ^wa:-; follo\•;ed L~· n short Hebrew sing-song.

'I'Jw society is r.ombining the local Bnol·h Zion in nn effol'f to nrnkf' the forthcoming HlH·lrnl Da,v n rPc:or<l onP fo1· lliis m·cn. A

!-lltt•c>essful i\Iennnd1 l 1mn-n.'s \\'HR hchl on

Hnndn~· the l 7th inst.

Paarl Rally.

The P~rnrl Zionist Youth Society acted n.

hosts at the mngnific ntly Ruccessful Rally helcl in that centre during the last week- encl. Over 100 del gnteR representing dis- tricts as far afielcl nR Oudt. hoorn, Beaufort

\Y eRt, G orge nnd \Vorce ·ter atl nded the Rnll,v. Througbo11t the proceeclingR the attendances were weH maintained nncl at t itneH reached as nrnn~r as 17fi.

On Saturday night, 23rd l\farch, Mr. Bli Shapiro,Chairman of the Paarl Z.Y. Society pre ided over a crowded hall, when the pro- ceedings of the Rally commenced. Rev.

Strelitz referred to the importance of sucb a gathering at Pmim and l\Ir. E. J. Hor- witz, chairman of the congregation wel- c·omed the delegnteR 011 bebu1£ of the Paarl J wish Community. Dr. Max Cohen, chair-

man of the Pnarl Lemaan Society n- couragecl the delegates to continue th good work for the upbuilding of Eretz Israel.

Mr. Dave Meyerowitz, chairman of the Cape Zionist Youth Executive responded lo the speeches of welcome and tpanked the various speakers after which Mr. 1Eli Shapiro in a few w 11-choRen \rords introduced Mr.

Dave Dunsky, t h0 principal speRker and gue. t of honour.

:M:arch 29th, 1940.

:\Ir. Dunsky stirred the audience when lte dealt ,,·ith the <iifficultie ... of

nm

^{Jew all}

over the "ol'1cl, arnl nwck n plea to stre11gthe11 the Zionist Organi ation by re- doubling our efforts for the upbuilding of our national Home

:\fr. Jacob LeYini=<olm proposed n vote of thanks. :\fusical items were rendered during the evening by members of the Paarl Zionist Societ.y.

After the meeting most of the delegates proceeded to the home of l\Ir. and l\frs.

Jacob Levinsolm where a lively Hebrew sing-song vrns helcl until the early hours of the morning.

C'ouncil Jfrcting . - At the Council meeting on Sundn;v morning 24th March Mr.

Dnve 1\Ieyerowit7. presided and offcially weleom d the delegate. on behalf of the Executive.

The following rE:ports were submitted:

fr. B. Goldin, Organisation nnd Propa- ganda; l\Ir. H. Rabinowitz, Cultural; l\1iss H. Hodes, Kofer Hayishuv and .T.N.F. and Menorah.

1\f nch cfownssion fo11m-ved C'a<' h report and many constrnctfre suggestions wer put for- wm·cl l>. · delegatPH.

After the ('omwiJ meeting w liic·h wa~

eontinued in the afternoon an jnter0sting

<lebai e waB lwl<l het we n Town Yl4. Country . 1\fr. H. Rabinowit7. introcl ucecl th , motion

" Tlw t this wur \\ill t nrl to u11eviat the .T wi. h Probl m. '· H wn:-; supported by :\fr. Limwl TiorlC's for the ¹ountry and opposed hy .Ir.

l ·r.

Snacks (i\Juizenberg) snpportecl by l Iiss Z. C'ohen for th Town. Animated cliRrussion followed with th r - sult :1 <l11cich¹d "clmw. ''

On Hnnclny 11ight U1e Pnurl Z.Y. Society waR "At 11 orne" to delegates,

Ow

it friends and visitors at the 'l1almud Torah Hall and n mnRt P.njoynble ev ning ended at 12.30 n.m.

On l\fonclay 25i li Iarcb a pi ·nic in honour of the delegntes wns held at u nearby farm.

Games \\ere held nncl the air \Yas flll d \Yith

U1e ·inging of Hehr~\· songs. t the con-

ehrnion of i he J>icnic ~fr. Dav l\fey rowitz tlurnked the Pnnrl Society and t}1 Jewish Community for theil' grent hoRpitality ancl

1. he fin nunmer in which they made each clelegate f el so much at home. ThiR spirit hnH always b en a tradition with the Paarl J ewi ·}1 Community. :;.\fr. Eli Shapiro re- Rponded.

The Bally which wa voted the finest yet held end c1 with the , inging of Haiikv~h.

At the eo1wl11s1on of t,he cl bnte Mr. S.

M. L vin. Orgnni er-Recrctary of the Zionist Youth Executive of the Cape Province gave a striking speech in which he Yividly described the condition under which Jews of the world found th m elves in the present world crisis and he described how the Zion- ist Youth should conduct themselves in the present situation and their duty towardR Zioni rn. His speech was greeted on its eonclusion with loud nncl prolonged applause.