Cardiff Reform Synagogue Explained

Building Name:Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Native Name:Welsh: Synagog Ddiwygiedig Caerdydd
Image Upright:1.4
Map Type:Wales
Map Size:250
Map Relief:1
Location:Moira Terrace, Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales CF24 0EJ
Coordinates:51.4827°N -3.1644°W
Religious Affiliation:Reform Judaism
Status:Synagogue
Functional Status:Active
Architecture Type:Chapel
Established:1948

Cardiff Reform Synagogue (Welsh: Synagog Ddiwygiedig Caerdydd; formerly Cardiff New Synagogue; Welsh: Synagog Newydd Caerdydd|links=no)[1] is a Reform Jewish synagogue, located on Moira Terrace, Adamsdown, in Cardiff, Wales, in the United Kingdom. The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism.[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 whom 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cardiff Reform Synagogue . . 8 January 2020 . 16 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Welcome . Cardiff Reform Synagogue . 16 August 2015.
  3. Web site: About Us. Cardiff Reform Synagogue. 4 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905004402/http://cardiffreformsynagogue.uk/about-us/. 5 September 2017. dead.
  4. News: Cardiff Reform Jewish memories in Hineni exhibition . . 11 September 2012 . 16 August 2015.