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Page created: 1 May 2003
Latest revision or update: 10 May 2013
Congregation Data
Background Data Formed by the merger of two (or
possibly three) congregations, including the "Englisher Shul" (then in Cathedral
Road) and the "Foreigners' Shul" (then in Merches Place). Following the merger,
it continued, until recently, to comprise more than one congregation at
different locations, but forming one united (or, at times disunited)
organization.
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Name: |
Cardiff United Synagogue |
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Address: |
Cyncoed Gardens, Cyncoed Road, Penylan, Cardiff
CF23 5SL (from 2003) |
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Former Addresses: |
Original congregation (Old Hebrew Congregation):
1853 - 1858 Trinity Street, Cardiff
1858 - 1897 East Terrace, Bute Street, Cardiff (redeveloped 1888)
1897 - 1989 Cathedral Road, Cardiff
New (orthodox) Congregation:
1889 - 1900 Edwards Place, Cardiff
1900 - ???? Merches Place, Cardiff
Windsor Place congregation:
1918 - 1955 Windsor Place, Cardiff
Penylan congregation (synagogue consecrated 9 January 1955):
1955 - 2003 Peylan Ty Gwyn Road, Cardiff (moved to Cyncoed Gardens) |
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Current Status: |
Active |
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Date Founded: |
1840 |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Affiliation: |
A provincial synagogue under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi. |
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Marriage Certification: |
Group: BOD (Board of Deputies);
Appears in 1998 General Registrar Official List: Yes;
Worship Number: 64822;
Registration District: Cardiff |
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Website: |
http://www.cardiffshul.org |
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Congregation Numbers: |
1900 - 75 seatholders at Cathedral Road Synagogue and 31
seatholders at the Edwards Place Synagogue (The Jewish Year Book 1900/01)
1938 - 350 members at Cathedral Road Synagogue (in addition to 220
members at Windsor Place Synagogue) (The Jewish Year Book 1939)
1946 - 400 members at Cathedral Road Synagogue (in addition to 300 members
at Windsor Place Synagogue) (The Jewish Year Book 1947)
1999 - 230 (as reported by Board of Deputies) |
Other Congregation Information
- Records:
The
synagogue's archives are deposited with the Archivist, and are
located at Mid Glamorgan County Hall, Museum Avenue, Central
Cardiff. Contact: Alan Liss, Community Historian. c/o Cardiff United Synagogue,
Cyncoed Gardens.
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