Minutes of the meeting of the Synagogue Council of Cardiff New (now Reform) Synagogue, Cardiff, held on 18 October 1990. The chairman is recorded as Dr H. Cairns. The meeting discussed the records at Cathedral Road which had been destroyed by the floods and whether an archivist should be appointed. The meeting also discusses the Anne Frank Exhibition and the use of the synagogue hall on the 23 October for the League of Jewish Women. The meeting also discusses the stained glass window and providing hospitality for Mrs Elaina Rothman.

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:

JCR-UK: Jewish Communities & Records, Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Cardiff, Wales (2020) https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/card1/index.htm [accessed 14 March 2024]

Parry-Jones, Cai, The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales (doctoral thesis, Bangor University, 2014)
https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/files/20579001/null [14 March 2024]

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.