Announcement notice for the congregation of Cardiff New Synagogue, 1950

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This notice for the congregation of Cardiff New Synagogue contains three items: the unavailability of the Temple of Peace in Cathays Park, Cardiff for services on 17 and 18 March 1950; details of the First Anniversary Ball of the Cardiff New Synagogue Youth Association at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff on 21 March; a Youth Association Joint Debate at the Royal Hotel Cardiff on 26 March.

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:
Parry-Jones, Cai., ‘The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales’ (doctoral thesis, Bangor University, 2014) [accessed 24 February 2021]
JCR-UK/JewishGen. Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Cardiff, Wales (2020). [accessed 24 February 2021]

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.