The Cardiff United Synagogue is an

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synagogue in the

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suburb of

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. The synagogue maintains daily prayer services, led by Rabbi Michoel Rose. The synagogue also provides educational classes, youth and festivals programming and is instrumental in interfaith work in South Wales.

History

A Jewish community existed in Cardiff by 1841, when the

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donated land at Highfield for a Jewish Cemetery. The congregation, which is the result of the merger of several historic congregations, traces its roots to the Old Hebrew Congregation, which erected a synagogue building on Trinity Street in 1853, and to the Bute Street synagogue of 1858. Bute Street was the centre of the Jewish community in the nineteenth century. Former locations and ancestral congregations in Cardiff include the following: :Original (Old Hebrew) congregation, ::Trinity Street, Cardiff (1853–1858) ::East Terrace, Bute Street, Cardiff (1858–1897; redeveloped 1888) :: Cathedral Road, Cardiff (1897–1989) :New (Orthodox) congregation, ::Edwards Place, Cardiff (1889–1900) ::Merches Place, Cardiff (1900–?) :Windsor Place congregation, Windsor Place, Cardiff (1918–1955) :Penylan congregation, Ty Gwyn Road,

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(1955–2003) The most architecturally distinguished of the several historic synagogue buildings was the classical/eclectic synagogue in Windsor Place. One of the congregation's former buildings was purchased in 1979 and converted into a

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. With the diminution of the Cardiff Jewish community and a drift away from the older neighborhoods, these congregations consolidated in the present, modern building in Cyncoed Gardens, Cyncoed, dedicated by Chief Rabbi

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in 2003.

Notable members

Joe Jacobson Joseph Mark Jacobson (born 17 November 1986) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a left back for Wycombe Wanderers.

(born 1986), footballer

References

External links

Official website in English

Official website in Hebrew

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Article relating to the (old) Cathedral Road Synagogue Times of Israel August 15,2021
{{United Synagogue Orthodox synagogues in the United Kingdom Synagogues in Wales Religious buildings and structures in Cardiff

History

Notable members

See also

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