Letter from Israel Information Centre Wales and The West of England to Mrs Salamon, Cardiff New (Reform) Synagogue, Cardiff, 14 March 1989. The letters describes their membership, one half of whom are not Jewish. It goes on to discuss the sale of Cathedral Road Synagogue where previous meetings had been held and the non-charging for use of the hall. They are not able to use the hall in Penylan under the same terms and don't want to increase subscription prices. The letter asks if they have a hall that the council would be able to use once a month.

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]

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