Cardiff Reform Synagogue

Cardiff Reform Synagogue (Welsh: Synagog Ddiwygiedig Caerdydd; formerly Cardiff New Synagogue; Welsh: Synagog Newydd Caerdydd)^[1] is a synagogue in Cardiff, Wales. It is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.^[2]

Congregation

Cardiff New Synagogue was founded in 1948 to provide Jewish religious services in a less traditional style than those previously available in Cardiff. This attracted newly arrived immigrants from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria and elsewhere. The synagogue's name was later changed to Cardiff Reform Synagogue.^[3]

Services were initially held in Cardiff's Temple of Peace and Health, a non-religious civic building in Cathays Park.^[3]

In 2010, the synagogue was awarded over £33,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project showing how Reform Jews, some of whom had fled from central Europe, had adapted to life in Wales.^[4]

Building

In 1952, the community purchased Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel in Moira Terrace, Adamsdown, Cardiff, which it converted for use of a synagogue.^[3] The chapel was built in 1861 and was modified in 1877 and 1919.^[5]

See also

• List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
• Movement for Reform Judaism
• Cardiff United Synagogue

References

External links

• Official website
• The Movement for Reform Judaism
• Cardiff Reform Synagogue on Jewish Communities and Records – UK (hosted by jewishgen.org)
• Jewish Small Communities Network: Cardiff Reform Synagogue