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A building to house a social club and a people’s university, to be known as the Ohel Shem, tent of Shem, was dedicated here yesterday in the presence of many Tel Avivians.
The site for the structure was provided by the Jewish National Fund, while the building expense, amounting to £5,000, was donated by an American Jew, Samuel Bloom, formerly of Philadelphia and now a manufacturer of artificial teeth in Tel Aviv.
The plan was originally conceived to provide permanent quarters for the Oneg Sabbath, a social club of writers and scholars which sprung up recently in Tel Aviv and meets every Saturday afternoon, following an old Jewish tradition, to “enjoy the Sabbath” by an interchange of views and opinions in a social atmosphere.
The club originally met in the home of Chaim Nachman Bialik, Hebrew poet. Later it became the custom to change the meeting place every Saturday. Mr. Bloom then offered the erection of a permanent headquarters for the club, which is expected to be utilized for educational and social purposes by the residents of Tel Aviv. A board of trustees, headed by Chaim Nachman Bialik, has been formed.
Speakers at the exercises were Mr. Bialik, Mr. Bloom, Mayor Dizengoff, and others.
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