Cardiff Beth Hamedrash

Name:

Cardiff Beth Hamedrash

Alternative Names:

Talmud Torah and Holy Law Congregation⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Cardiff Beth Hamedrash Synagogue^(iv)

Beth Hamedrash and Talmud Torah^(v)

Formation:

In 1896, the Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation, Edward Place, founded a Talmud Torah school, which (amicably) established itself as the immigrant-inspired Beth Hamedrash congregation.^(vi)

Address:

Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff.

In 1900, the congregation built a synagogue and school on this site, which had been acquired from the Marquis of Bute the previous year.^(ix)

Closure:

In June 1904, the Beth Hamedrash amalgamated with the Cardiff Hebrew Congregation, Cathedral Road.^(x)

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

The congregation was an unaffiliated congregation, but probably under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi.

Spiritual Leaders: (To view a short profile of a person whose name appears in blue - hold the cursor over the name.)

Rev. Hayman Caminetsky - acted as reader in late 1890s.^(xiii)

Rev. S. Katz - "elected rabbi" in about 1900.^(xiv)

Rev. B. Cohen - reader from about 1903 until 1904.^(xv)

Rev. S. Gaist - shochet from about 1903 until 1904.^(xvi)

Lay Officers:^(xix)

Presidents

Charles Abrahamson (c.1903)

G. Levy (c.1904)

Treasurers

Jacob Levy (c.1903)

Joe Abrahamson (c.1904)

Hon. Secretaries

Joe Abrahamson (c.1903)

H. Hauser (c.1904)

Reemergence:

In 1936, the Beth Hamedrash, of Merches Place, Clare Road, reappeared as a separate congregation, "dependent on the Cathedral Road Congregation".^(xx) The wardens were D. Danovitch and Henry Silver and the beadle was S. Alderman.^(xxi)