The letter, addressed to Bill, presents the events occurring during February 1953, including ‘An Evening at the Opera’, evening services, ‘Knock Out’ quiz and the Annual Ball.

The beginning of the letter details a match making between two Association member, Marcel Golen and Judy Zeidman and congratulates their marriage.

The letter is signed Lillian Stanley.

The Youth Association was formed by the Cardiff New Synagogue, later known as Cardiff Reform Synagogue.

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:
Parry-Jones, Cai., ‘The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales’ (doctoral thesis, Bangor University, 2014) [accessed 24 February 2021]
JCR-UK/JewishGen. Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Cardiff, Wales (2020). [accessed 24 February 2021]

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.