Cardiff is an incredibly diverse city. It has the highest percentage of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, and Jewish residents in all of Wales and although Wales is less ethnically diverse than England the Welsh capital has more of a mixture of ethnicities than the rest of the nation.
As part of this picture of diversity a Jewish community continues to survive – somewhat against the odds. Areas of Wales with once-thriving Jewish populations have found themselves with only a tiny number of Jewish families left.
Take Merthyr Tydfil for instance – one of the many areas in south Wales where a striking synagogue building has been left disused with the area's Jewish people upping sticks and leaving. The synagogue will become a museum but its congregation is gone – only five people in Merthyr identified as Jewish in the 2021 census.
