Minutes from the first meeting of the Cardiff New Synagogue Consecration Committee, Cardiff, 26 June 1952

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These are the minutes from the first meeting of the Cardiff New (later Reform) Synagogue Consecration Committee that was held on 26 June 1952.

The minutes include discussion regarding the date and details (invited guests, choir, reception after the ceremony) of the new synagogue's Consecration Ceremony. A tentative date of 10 September 1952 was agreed upon.

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 services were initially held in the Temple of Peace. The congregation now 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.