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A correspondence between the Association of Synagogues in Great Britain and the Cardiff New Synagogue.
The first letter, dated 5 April 1955, is an appeal to the Synagogue to take action against the Private Member's Bill that was to be presented for debate before Parliament which would affect the religious slaughter of animals for food.
The second letter, dated 1 May 1955, is a Synagogue's response asking for further advice on how to proceed in protesting against the Bill.
A third letter of 3 May 1955 from the Association of the Synagogues refers the Cardiff New Synagogue to a statement issued by the Board of Deputies.
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.
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