A letter from Harold E. Stuminger, the Honorary Secretary of CAJEX, the Cardiff branch of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women, to the Secretary of the Cardiff New Synagogue. The letter is an invitation to attend a literary luncheon that was to take place on 19th October 1958 with guest speaker Mr. Abraham Carmel.

The Association of Jewish Ex-servicemen and Women (AJEX) is dedicated to the remembrance of Jewish men and women who died while serving with the armed forces of the Crown. It was founded in 1929 to serve the needs of Jewish veterans of the First World War (1914-18).

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:
Jewish Legacy (https://www.jewishlegacy.org.uk/charities/ajex/);
'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.