Minutes of the meeting of the Synagogue Council of Cardiff New Synagogue, Cardiff, held on 17 October 1991

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Minutes of the meeting of the Synagogue Council of Cardiff New (now Reform) Synagogue, Cardiff, held on 17 October 1991. Professor A. Moritz is listed as being in the chair. The meeting discusses correspondence with Mrs Rothman, Rabbi Silverman and Hineini. The meeting also welcomes new members.

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:

JCR-UK: Jewish Communities & Records, Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Cardiff, Wales (2020) https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/card1/index.htm [accessed 14 March 2024]

Parry-Jones, Cai, The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales (doctoral thesis, Bangor University, 2014)
https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/files/20579001/null [14 March 2024]

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.

• http://cardiffreformsynagogue.uk/ (link opens in new window)