Programme of meetings for the Cardiff New Synagogue's Literary Section, 1955-1956

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A programme of meetings organised by the Literary Section of the Cardiff New Synagogue (now known as the Cardiff Reform Synagogue). The meetings were to take place once a month from October 1955 until May 1956 and include the discussions, talks, and a musical evening. The programme also provides times for the religious services and dates for the festivals.

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:
'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.