There are two synagogues in Cardiff - the last of their kind in south Wales. If you aren’t familiar with the Jewish community, you’d be forgiven for not knowing either of them were there.
Up in Cyncoed, there’s Cardiff United Synagogue (the older, more orthodox of the two). But in the 1940s, a second community was created - one which welcomed Jewish refugees from Europe into its congregation, and was part of a movement which transformed what it meant to be Jewish.
One man - just one - has been around for long enough to remember the birth of Cardiff Reform Synagogue. His name is Michael Bogod, and at 94, he tells the story of the genesis of a new community, and of how it fits into a wider history of Judaism prevailing against the odds.
