Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Cardiff Reform Synagogue | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Reform Judaism |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Moira Terrace, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom CF24 0EJ |
Geographic coordinates | 51°28′58″N 3°09′52″W / 51.4827°N 3.1644°WCoordinates: 51°28′58″N 3°09′52″W / 51.4827°N 3.1644°W |
Website | |
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Cardiff Reform Synagogue (formerly Cardiff New Synagogue)[1] is a synagogue in Cardiff, Wales. It 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.[5]
See also[]
- List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
- Movement for Reform Judaism
- Cardiff United Synagogue
References[]
- ^ "Cardiff Reform Synagogue". JCR-UK. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Welcome". Cardiff Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "About Us". Cardiff Reform Synagogue. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Cardiff Reform Jewish memories in Hineni exhibition". BBC News. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel, Moira Terrace, Cardiff". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
External links[]
- 1948 establishments in Wales
- Adamsdown
- Austrian-Jewish diaspora
- Culture in Cardiff
- Czech-Jewish diaspora
- Former churches in Cardiff
- German-Jewish culture in the United Kingdom
- Reform synagogues in the United Kingdom
- Religious buildings and structures in Cardiff
- Synagogues in Wales