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Cardiff Jewish Community

Cardiff (in Welsh - Caerdydd), a unitary authority, is the largest city and capital of Wales, with a population of about 300,000.  From 1974 to 1996, it formed the district of Cardiff in the county of South Glamorgan and, prior thereto, it was a county borough in the old county of Glamorganshire.  It lies on the Bristol Channel at the mouth of the river Taff.

Congregations

The following congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the Cardiff Community:

Beth Hemedresh
Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Cardiff United Synagogue
Marlborough Road Synagogue
New Congregation (orthodox)
Talmud Torah Congregation
Windsor Place Synagogue

The following are former or alternative names of the above congregations:
 

Bute Street Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue
Cardiff New Synagogue - see Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Cathedral Road Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue
Clare Road Congregation - see Beth Hemedresh
Cyncoed Gardens Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue
East Terrace Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue
Edwards Place Synagogue - see New Congregation (orthodox)
Merches Place Synagogue - see New Congregation (orthodox)
New Hebrew Congregation - see Windsor Place Synagogue
Old Hebrew Congregation - see Cardiff United Synagogue
Penylan Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue
Trinity Street Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue

Other Jewish institutions that exist, or existed, in the Community include the following:
 

Penylan House, Jewish Residential and Nursing Home
Hillel House
Jewish Club and Institute

Articles on the Cardiff Community

There is a short reference to Cardiff, in the section on Swansea, in "The Rise of Provincial Jewry" by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

How 'Greeners' Came to the Valley by Michael Wallach, Jewish Chronicle Colour Magazine, 1975 (posted on JCR-UK).

Jewish Population Data

1787
1840
1934
1946
1990
2004



2,225
2,500
1,400
941

First Jewish settlement.
Founding of present community
(The Jewish Year Book 1935)

(The Jewish Year Book 1947)
(The Jewish Year Book 1991)
(The Jewish Year Book 2005)

Other Cardiff Information

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest

Bibliography, Local Research Libraries and other sources

Naturalised Citizens

Cardiff Jewish Cemeteries - IAJGS Cemetery Project

 

 


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