Jews arrived in Merthyr Tydfil in about 1830. They most likely came because of the freedom of worship in non-conformist Wales. The first rabbi appears in about 1851. In 1870 a cemetery was opened at Cefn Coed, prior to this most burials took place in Cardiff or Swansea. The New Synagogue was built in 1872.
The Cambrian Index: The Cambrian was the first English-language newspaper to be published in Wales, running from 1804 - 1930. Swansea Library Service has a computerised index to the contents of a large number of the newspaper's issues.
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