Congregation Data |
Name: |
Cardiff Hebrew Congregation |
Alternative
Names: |
Cathedral Road Synagogue
(Was at one time referred to as the "Englisher
Shul" to distinguish it from the
Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation, which was founded in 1889 by then
recent immigrants and therefore known as the "Foreigners' Shul", or "Furriners'
Shul").(i) |
Last
Address: |
Cathedral Road, Cardiff, consecrated on 11 May 1897
by Chief Rabbi
Adler(ii) (and which
continued in use until 1989(iii)) |
Previous Addresses: |
1858 - 1897 East Terrace, Bute Street, Cardiff (redeveloped
1888).(iv)
Had seat accomodation for
120 persons.(v)
(In 1949, the building was being used as a
factory.(vi))
The exact situation prior to 1858, is not totally
clear. It is understood by some that, until 1958, the congregation used
a premises in Bute Street as a synagogue, having moved there from
smaller premises, a room in Trinity Street, which it had used as a
permanent synagogue from shortly after 1841.(vii)
However, East Terrace is in Bute Street, and it is possible that the
synagogue used immediately prior to 1858 was the Tinity Street premises.
According to Cecil Roth, a synagogue was already
established by 1847.(viii) |
Current Status: |
In 1942, became one of the constituents of
Cardiff United
Synagogue.(ix)
The Synagogue in Cathedral Road continued to be used as one of the
synagogues of the Cardiff United Synagogue until its closure and sale in
1989. |
When Founded: |
The traditional date for the establishment of the
Congregation is
1840(x)(the
community received the grant of a plot of land for a cemetery in 1841),
although this was probably a predecessor congregation.
1853 is a date also given,
which could be the date the synagogue prior to East Terrace (in Trinity
Street? Bute Street?) was established(xi),
but again this may still have been a predecessor congregation.
It would
appear that it was not until 1858, with the opening of the synagogue in
East Terrace, that we see the establishment of a congregation under name
"Cardiff Hebrew Congregation", which has been descibed as the "first
formal synagogue".(xii) |
Incorporated Congregation: |
Talmud Torah Congregation in
June 1904(xiii) |
Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Ministers: |
Rev. Natham Jacobs - from about
1858, the first minister appointed.(xiv)
Rev. I. Lewis -
in 1878.(xv)
Rev. J.H. Landau -
from 1887.(xvi)
Rev. Harris Jerevitch - 1908 to
1953.(xvii)
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Congregation Numbers: |
1847 - 3 full subscribing members out of a
popolation of 9 (adult male?) Jews (C.
Roth - Provincial Jewry) 1852 -
13 seatholders (Board of Deputies returns) 1860 -
29 seatholders (Board of Deputies returns) 1870 -
32 seatholders (Board of Deputies returns) 1880 -
45 seatholders (Board of Deputies returns) 1890 -
63 seatholders (Board of Deputies returns) (1896 -
163 seatholders (Board of Deputies returns))
1900 - 93 seatholders (Board of Deputies returns) or 75 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1900/01)
1938 - 350 members (The Jewish Year Book 1939) |
Cemetery Information:
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The Orthodox Community has two Jewish cemeteries -
the Old Jewish Cemetery and the New Jewish Cemetery (for details, see
Cardiff Cemetery
Information) |
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