Cardiff Reform Synagogue

Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Basic information
Location Moira Terrace, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom CF24 0EJ
Geographic coordinates 51°28′58″N 3°09′52″W / 51.4827°N 3.1644°W / 51.4827; -3.1644Coordinates: 51°28′58″N 3°09′52″W / 51.4827°N 3.1644°W / 51.4827; -3.1644
Affiliation Reform Judaism
Country United Kingdom
Status Active
Website cardiffreformsynagogue.uk

Cardiff Reform Synagogue (formerly Cardiff New Synagogue),[1] a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism, is a Reform Judaism congregation in Cardiff, Wales. It was founded in 1948.[2]

Congregation

Cardiff New Synagogue was founded in 1948 to provide Jewish religious services in a less traditional style than those previously available in Cardiff. This attracted newly-arrived immigrants from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria and elsewhere. The synagogue's name was later changed to Cardiff Reform Synagogue.[3]

Services were initially held in Cardiff's Temple of Peace and Health, a non-religious civic building in Cathays Park.[3]

In 2010 the synagogue was awarded over £33,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project showing how Reform Jews, some of who had fled from central Europe, had adapted to life in Wales.[4]

Building

In 1952 the community purchased Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel in Moira Terrace, Adamsdown, Cardiff, which it converted for use of a synagogue.[3] The chapel was built in 1861 and was modified in 1877 and 1919.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cardiff Reform Synagogue". Congregation Data. JCR-UK. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Welcome". Cardiff Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "About Us". Cardiff Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Cardiff Reform Jewish memories in Hineni exhibition". BBC News. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel, Moira Terrace, Cardiff". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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