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Cardiff Reform Synagogue ( cy, Synagog Ddiwygiedig Caerdydd; formerly Cardiff New Synagogue; cy, Synagog Newydd Caerdydd, links=no) is a synagogue in
Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
, Wales. It is a member of the
Movement for Reform Judaism Reform Judaism (formally the Movement for Reform Judaism and known as Reform Synagogues of Great Britain until 2005) is one of the two World Union for Progressive Judaism–affiliated denominations in the United Kingdom. Reform is relatively ...
.


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''. Services were initially held in Cardiff's Temple of Peace and Health, a non-religious civic building in
Cathays Park Cathays Park ( cy, Parc Cathays) or Cardiff Civic Centre is a civic centre area in the city centre of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, consisting of a number of early 20th century buildings and a central park area, Alexandra Gardens. It in ...
. In 2010, the synagogue was awarded over £33,000 by the
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for a project showing how Reform Jews, some of whom had fled from central Europe, had adapted to life in Wales.


Building

In 1952, the community purchased Salem
Welsh Baptist The Baptist Union of Wales (Undeb Bedyddwyr Cymru) is a fellowship of Baptist churches in Wales. History The General Baptist minister Hugh Evans was one of the first Baptists to preach in Wales around 1646, in the parishes of Llan-hir, Cefnllys, ...
Chapel in Moira Terrace,
Adamsdown Adamsdown ( cy, Waunadda or ) is an inner city area and community in the south of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Adamsdown is generally located between Newport Road, to the north and the mainline railway to the south. The area includes C ...
, Cardiff, which it converted for use of a synagogue. The chapel was built in 1861 and was modified in 1877 and 1919.


See also

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List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom This is a list of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom, including synagogues, yeshivotA yeshiva (Hebrew: ישיבה) is a centre for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism. and Hebrew schools. For a list of buildings which we ...
*
Movement for Reform Judaism Reform Judaism (formally the Movement for Reform Judaism and known as Reform Synagogues of Great Britain until 2005) is one of the two World Union for Progressive Judaism–affiliated denominations in the United Kingdom. Reform is relatively ...
* Cardiff United Synagogue


References


External links


Official website

The Movement for Reform Judaism


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''Jewish Communities and Records – UK''
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Jewish Small Communities Network: Cardiff Reform Synagogue
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