Newspaper article detailing Rabbi Levy's induction as minister of the Cardiff United Synagogue, Cardiff, 1996

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An article from the Jewish Chronicle detailing events of Rabbi Daniel Levy's induction as minister of the Penylan congregation of the Cardiff United Synagogue. The article also includes quotes from the induction ceremony as well as other details of the Rabbi's personal life.

Rabbi Daniel Levy was born in London in 1970. His semichah is from Gateshead and he has BA and MA degrees from Jews' College. Arriving in 1993, he spent 6 years with the Cardiff United Synagogue congregation.

The Cardiff United Synagogue was established in 1942 when the Cardiff Hebrew Congregation and the Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation were united into a single organisation. The early years of the Cardiff congregation remain shrouded in mystery, but it is known that a Jewish cemetery was founded in 1841 and a purpose-built synagogue was built for the Cardiff Hebrew Congregation in 1858 in East Terrace. As the congregation outgrew the premises, a new synagogue was opened on Cathedral Road in 1897. In 1889, a group of recent immigrants left the "Englisher shul" to form the "foreigners' shul" formally known as the Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation. Having initially worshipped at Edward Place and Clare Road, the New Congregation moved to purpose-built premises on Windsor Place in 1918. After the 1942 reunification, the Cardiff United Synagogue continued to use both the Windsor Place and the Cathedral Road synagogues until 1955 when the former was sold, and a new synagogue was built on Ty-Gwyn Road in Penylan. The Cathedral Road synagogue was eventually sold in 1988 and the Ty-Gwyn Road synagogue in 2003 with the congregation moving to its current premises in Cyncoed Gardens.


Sources:
'The History of the Jewish Diaspora in Wales' by Cai Parry-Jones (http://e.bangor.ac.uk/4987);
JCR-UK/JewishGen (https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/card/index.htm); JLE (https://jle.org.uk/showperson.php?id=243).

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.

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