Issue No. 6 of CeNeS: The Magazine of Cardiff New (later Reform) Synagogue, September 1995

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The sixth issue of CeNeS: The Magazine of Cardiff New (later Reform) Synagogue that came out in September 1995.

Noteworthy features:

1) In her piece Rabbi Elaina Rothman discussed how Reform Judaism has three volumes of Mahzor. She highlights how Mahzor means 'cycle' and it is a reference to the passages and prayers that are recited at the most important events during the cycle of the year.

The Mazhor is a festival prayer book which contains the important texts for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur; source: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/mahzor/.

2) This issue contains an advertisement for an organisation: 'Jewish Women's Network'. The network aims: 'to create a framework within which all Jewish women can enga[g]e [sp] in dialogue - to support endeavours among women across the spectrum to improve their status in Jewish life'.

The 'Jewish Women's Network' was founded in 1993 and encourages Jewish women to improve their lives through action, dialogue and learning; source: http://www.jwn.org.uk/.

3) This issue also contains an advertisement for the organisation: 'Children of Holocaust Survivors and Refugees Group'. It is a support group for people who share a similar past.

4) The Community Research Unit of The Board of Deputies of British Jews are reported to be undertaking a study of social attitudes of British Jews.

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.

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.