Cardiff Reform Synagogue

Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Welsh: Synagog Ddiwygiedig Caerdydd
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusSynagogue
StatusActive
Location
LocationMoira Terrace, Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales CF24 0EJ
CountryUnited Kingdom
Cardiff Reform Synagogue is located in Wales
Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Location of the synagogue in Wales
Geographic coordinates51°28′58″N 3°09′52″W / 51.4827°N 3.1644°W / 51.4827; -3.1644
Architecture
TypeChapel
Date established1948 (as a congregation)
Completed
  • 1861 (as a chapel)
  • 1952 (as a synagogue)
Website
cardiffreformsynagogue.uk

Cardiff Reform Synagogue (Welsh: Synagog Ddiwygiedig Caerdydd; formerly Cardiff New Synagogue; Welsh: Synagog Newydd Caerdydd)[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.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cardiff Reform Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records – UK. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Welcome". Cardiff Reform Synagogue. Retrieved 16 August 2015.[self-published source?]
  3. ^ a b c "About Us". Cardiff Reform Synagogue. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.[self-published source?]
  4. ^ "Cardiff Reform Jewish memories in Hineni exhibition". BBC News. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel, Moira Terrace, Cardiff (9288)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 4 April 2017.