Cardiff Reform Synagogue

Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Welsh: Synagog Ddiwygiedig Caerdydd
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Status	Active
Location
Location	Moira Terrace, Adamsdown, Cardiff, Wales CF24 0EJ
Country	United Kingdom
Location of the synagogue in Wales
Geographic coordinates	51°28′58″N 3°09′52″W
Architecture
Type	Chapel
Date established	1948 (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) 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.

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.

Services were initially held in Cardiff's Temple of Peace and Health, a non-religious civic building in Cathays Park.

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.

Building

In 1952, the community purchased Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel in Moira Terrace, Adamsdown, Cardiff, which it converted for use of a synagogue. The chapel was built in 1861 and was modified in 1877 and 1919.

See also

• List of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom
• History of the Jews in Wales

External links

• Official website
• "Official website". The Movement for Reform Judaism.
• "Cardiff Reform Synagogue". Jewish Small Communities Network. 15 July 2023.