An invitation from Philip Simon, the Honorary Secretary of the Cardiff New Synagogue (now known as the Cardiff Reform Synagogue), to the members of the congregation inviting them to attend the services taking place during the Youth Association Weekend between 28 February and 1 March. The service on Saturday morning was in honour of the representatives of youth groups from other Reform congregations who were being hosted by the Cardiff New Synagogue. The year of the letter is unknown, but it was probably written in the 1950s.

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.