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A letter from Cyril B. Rivlin and Isador Rapport to the members of the Cardiff New Synagogue (now known as the Cardiff Reform Synagogue), inviting them to attend a meeting concerning the creation of a Jewish Social Club in Cardiff. The convenors suggest that it is something that has been needed for years. A Public Meeting was to take place at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff on Sunday, 15 March 1953, to discuss the matter.
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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