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congregations throughout the British Isles and Gibraltar, both past and present.
NOTE: We are not the official website for this community.
City of Cardiff
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 northern coast of the Bristol Channel at the mouth of the river Taff.
The Cardiff Jewish Community
The date traditionally given for the first Jewish settlement in Cardiff is 1787. However, an organized community, with synagogue and Jewish burial grounds, was not fully established until approximately 1840 (Rise of Provincial Jewry, C. Roth).
Jewish Congregations The following are the Jewish congregations that existed in Cardiff:
* An active congregation. |
The following are former or alternative names of the above congregations:
Beth Hamedrash - this term can also refer to the Talmud Torah Congregation (1901 to 1904)
Bute Street Synagogue - see Cardiff Hebrew Congregation
Cardiff New Synagogue - see Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Cathedral Road Synagogue - see Cardiff Hebrew Congregation and Cardiff United Synagogue
Clare Road Congregation - see Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation or Beth Hemedresh
Cyncoed Gardens Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue
East Terrace Synagogue - see Cardiff Hebrew Congregation
Edwards Place Synagogue - see Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation
"Englisher Shul" - see Cardiff Hebrew Congregation
"Furriners Shul" - see Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation
Merches Place Synagogue - see Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation
Moira Terrace Synagogue - see Cardiff Reform Synagogue
Old Hebrew Congregation - see Cardiff Hebrew Congregation
Penylan Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue
Roath Park Synagogue - see Marlborough Road Synagogue
Windsor Place Synagogue - see Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation and Cardiff United Synagogue
Penylan Synagogue - see Cardiff United Synagogue
Trinity Street Synagogue - see Cardiff Hebrew Congregation
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Cardiff Jewish Cemeteries Information |
JCR-UK HOSTED DATABASES Search: Cardiff Highfield Road Orthodox Jewish Cemetery Database
and Cardiff Ely Orthodox Jewish Cemetery Database,
including burial records and photographs of the headstones,
as well as a description of the cemetery |
Basic Cemeteries Information Cardiff has three Jewish burial grounds (two Orthodox and one Reform), as listed below.:
Old Orthodox Jewish Cemetery, Highfield Road, Roath Park, Cardiff CF14 3RE. This is the original Orthodox Jewish cemetery, still in use, which was reputedly presented to the Community by the Marquis of Bute in about 1841. First burials 1852. The above hosted database includes nearly 1,800 records, with 1,470 headstone photographs from 1852 to July 2020. (JOWBR also includes 1,372 searchable record in respect of this cemetery.)
Ely Orthodox Jewish Cemetery, Greenfarm Road, Ely, Cardiff. The New Orthodox Jewish cemetery, also in use. The above hosted database includes nearly 970 records, with 820 headstone photographs from 1968 to November 2019.
Western Cemetery (Ely), Reform Jewish Section, Cowbridge Road West, Ely, Cardiff CF5 5ST. This is the burial ground of the Cardiff Reform Synagogue.
(For additional information, see IAJGS International Jewish Cemeteries Project - Cardiff) |
On-line Articles and Other Material
relating to the Cardiff Jewish Community on JCR-UK
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.
Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain - papers for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of England, prepared by Aubrey Newman - 6th July 1975:
How 'Greeners' Came to the Valley by Michael Wallach, Jewish Chronicle Colour Magazine, 1975.
Images of Memorial/Dedication Plaques in the Ohel (prayer hall) of the Cardiff Highfield Road Orthodox Jewish Cemetery.
Naturalised Citizens of Cardiff.
Jewish Heritage Sites in Wales
Bibliography
Cardiff - No. 7 in the "Small is Beautiful" series by Rabbi David Katanka, initially published by the Jewish Tribune, and subsequently included in the selection of Rabbi Katanka's writing, entitled Kol Dodi (2015), pp 105/106.
other Cardiff Bibliography
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Other Cardiff Jewish Institutions & Organisations
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Educational & Theological
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Other Institutions & Organisations
Formed by 1900*
Formed Later
Board of Shechita (see Into the Vortex, G. Alderman)
Hillel House
Jewish Club and Institute
Jewish Naturalisation and Political Association (from 1905, see Into the Vortex, G. Alderman)
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* As listed in the 1896/7 & 1900/01 |
Cardiff Jewish Population Data |
1858 |
about 150 |
estimate (Into the Vortex, G. Alderman) |
1900 |
about 1,500 |
estimate (Into the Vortex, G. Alderman) |
1934 |
2,225 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1935) |
1946 |
2,500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1947) |
1968 |
3,500 |
(Encyclopeadia Judaica, 1971 edition) |
1990 |
1,400 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
1990 |
941 |
(The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Jewish Congregations in the former county of Glamorganshire
Jewish Congregations in Wales, according to current unitary authorities
Jewish Communities in Wales home page
Page created: 21 August 2005
Page most recently: 29 March 2023
Research and formatting by David Shulman
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