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Letter to the members of the Cardiff New Synagogue regarding a Remembrance Day Service, Cardiff, 1950

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An invitation from the Honorary Secretary of the Cardiff New Synagogue, Philip Simon, to the members of the congregation inviting them to attend the Remembrance Day Service that was to take place on the 10th November 1950 at the Temple of Peace in Cathays.

The Cardiff Reform Synagogue was founded in 1948 as the Cardiff New Synagogue. The following year, it became a constituent member of the Movement for Reform Judaism. Born in reaction against the more restrictive traditions of the Orthodox Judaism of Cardiff Hebrew Congregation, such as the prohibition of driving on the Sabbath and the ban on interfaith marriages, the new Synagogue appealed to the immigrants who had fled the war-torn Europe, where the Reform movement was already well-established. The congregation worships in a converted Methodist Chapel on Moira Terrace they acquired in 1952.

Sources:
'The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales' by Cai Parry-Jones (http://e.bangor.ac.uk/4987);
JCR-UK/JewishGen (https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/card1/index.htm).

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.

Owner:
Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Crëwr:
Philip Simon
Gwybodaeth drwydded
Copyright Details:
Eitem wedi’i llwytho:
30/9/2019
Date originally created:
7/11/1950
Gwelediadau:
505
Ffefrynnau:
0

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