Invitation to the members of the Cardiff New Synagogue, for the funeral of Myer Cohen, 1997

Description

A letter to the members of the Cardiff Reform (New) Synagogue sent by Cyril Cohen, the Funeral Secretary, concerning the death of Myer Cohen, one of the Synagogue's founding members. The letter states the time and pace of the funeral, Thursday 3 July 1997 at the Western Cemetery, Ely, Cardiff.

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:
'The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales' by Cai Parry-Jones (http://e.bangor.ac.uk/4987);
JCR-UK/JewishGen (https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/card1/index.htm).


Depository: Glamorgan Archives.