Cardiff Reform Synagogue

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Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Welsh: Synagog Ddiwygiedig Caerdydd
Cardiff Reform Synagogue (former Salem Chapel).jpg
Religion
Affiliation Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Synagogue
StatusActive
Location
LocationMoira Terrace, Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales CF24 0EJ
Country United Kingdom
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Red pog.svg
Location of the synagogue in Wales
Geographic coordinates 51°28′58″N3°09′52″W / 51.4827°N 3.1644°W / 51.4827; -3.1644
Architecture
Type Chapel
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]

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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]

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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. 1 2 3 "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.