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JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND CONGREGATIONS IN WALES
listed alphabetically according to current unitary authorities

(since 1 April 1996 Wales has been divided into 22 unitary authorities)

 

Welsh Jewish communities

Map of Wales, showing unitary authority borders and the name of every town that
ever had a Jewish community and congregation.
 

List of Jewish Communities and Congregations
listed according to unitary authority
(see below for listings alphabetically or by county)

The following are the Jewish communities and congregations that exist, or existed, in Wales:
 

Blaenau Gwent Communities# (register office website)

Abertillery Hebrew Congregation(3,6,7)#
Brynmawr Hebrew Congregation(3,5,6,7)#
Ebbw Vale Hebrew Congregation(3,5,6,7)#
Llanhilloth (see Newbridge Hebrew Congregation)
Tredegar - Montefiore Centenary Synagogue(3,5,6,7)#

Bridgend (register office website)

Bridgend Synagogue(3)
Porthcawl Hebrew Congregation

Caerphilly Communities (register office website)

Abercarn (see Newbridge Hebrew Congregation)
Bargoed Hebrew Congregation(3)
Blackwood & District Hebrew Congregation
Crosskeys (see Newbridge Hebrew Congregation)
Crumlin (see Newbridge Hebrew Congregation)
Newbridge Hebrew Congregation(3,5)
New Tredegar Hebrew Congregation(3)

Cardiff Community(1,2,5,6)# (register office website)

Cardiff Beth Hamedrash(7)#
Cardiff Hebrew Congregation(4,6,7)#
Cardiff New Hebrew Congregation(6,7)#
Cardiff Reform Synagogue*(4,7)#
Cardiff United Synagogue*(4,6,7)#
Roath Park Minyan(7)#

Carmarthenshire Communities (register office website)

Ammanford Hebrew Congregation(3)
Carmarthen Jewish Community(1)#
Llanelli Synagogue(1,3,4)

Conwy Communities# (registration office website)

Colwyn Bay Hebrew Congregation(7)#

Llandudno & Colwyn Bay Hebrew Congregation (formerly Llandudno Hebrew Congregation)*(3,4,5,7)#

Llandudno second (WWII) congregation#

Denbighshire (register office website)

Rhyl & District Hebrew Congregation(3,5,7)#
Rhyl Hebrew Congregation (from WWII)(3,7)#

Flintshire (register office website)

Synagogue at RAF Sealand(7)#

Gwynedd (register office website)

Bangor Hebrew Congregation(1,3,4,5,7)#

Merthyr Tydfil (register office website)

Merthyr Tydfil Hebrew Congregation(1,2,3,4,5,6)

Monmouthshire (registry office website)

Abertgavenny Jewish Community(1)#

Neath Port Talbot Communities (register office website)

Aberavon and Port Talbot Synagogue(3)
Neath Synagogue(1,5)
Ystalyfera Synagogue

Newport (registry office website)

Newport Synagogue(1,3)

Pembrokeshire (register office website)

Haverfordwest Jewish Community(1)#

Powys (register office website)

Welshpool Jewish Group*#

Rhondda Cynon Taf Communities (registrar's office website)

Aberdare Synagogue(3)
Penrhiwceiber Synagogue
Pontypridd Synagogue(3,5)
Tonypandy Synagogue(5)
Treorchy Jewish Community

Swansea Community(1,2,3,5,6)# (register office website)

Swansea Beth Hamedrash(7)#
Swansea Hebrew Congregation*(2,3,4,5,6,7)#

Torfaen (register office website)

Pontypool Synagogue(1,5)

Vale of Glamorgan (register office website)

Barry Dock Hebrew Congregation(3)

Wrexham Community(3,5)# (register office website)

Wrexham Old Congregation(3,5,7)#
Wrexham Synagogue(3,5,7)# 

 

*  An active congregation

#  Congregation pages recently fully reformatted, with expanded data.

(1) Community records (as listed) in All-UK Database

(2) Pages with their own searchable databases.

(3) Pages with press reports on the community.

(4) Pages with photographs.

(5) Pages with articles and other contributed material. 

(6) Pages with browsable lists.

(7) Pages listing ministers and/or officers.

 

 


Alternative Listings

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Jewish Communities & Congregation of Wales home page

Page created by David Shulman: 1 May 2006
Page redesigned by Louise Messik: 9 November 2011

Page most recently amended: 18 November 2024

   

 

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