Receipted invoice from Koppels Ltd, 57 Frederick Street, Cardiff, dated 16 December 1953

Description

Receipt for items supplied by Koppels Ltd, Wholesale and Export, to Cardiff New Synagogue Youth Association for a dance. The directors of Koppels were Philip and Arran Lermon. Arran was the brother of Morris Lermon who founded and built up a business which included over 30 department stores throughout England and Wales, including Lermons in Hayes Bridge Road.

The Cardiff Reform Synagogue was founded in 1948 as the Cardiff New Synagogue. The following year, it became a constituent member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. Born in reaction against the more restrictive traditions of the Orthodox Judaism of Cardiff Hebrew Congregation, such as the prohibition of driving on the Sabbath and the ban on interfaith marriages, the new Synagogue appealed to the immigrants who had fled the war-torn Europe, where the Reform movement was already well-established. The congregation worships in a converted Methodist Chapel on Moira Terrace they acquired in 1952.

Sources:
JHASW. Cardiff Trail, Bridge Street (forthcoming)
Parry-Jones, Cai., ‘The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales’ (doctoral thesis, Bangor University, 2014) [accessed 24 February 2021]
JCR-UK/JewishGen. Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Cardiff, Wales (2020). [accessed 24 February 2021]

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.