
Six month “Heritage Season” of Events (Ceremonial, Concerts, Lectures, Meal, Performances, Talks, Tours, and Walks) to mark the 150th Anniversary of Princes Road Synagogue.
Themes:
September 2024 – People & Place;
October 2024 – Charity & Philanthropy and Rituals;
November 2024 – Civil life; December 2024 – Education & Learning;
January 2025 – Trade & Occupations; February 2025 – Art & Culture
The program is evolving.
Click here to see the program as events are confirmed.
NOTE: Tickets for all events must be reserved in advance.
To apply for tickets, please complete the application for tickets form here.

To celebrate Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for Trees, an event to explore the tree-shaded grounds of the Willesden Jewish Cemetery. It has trees that are 150 years old and some that were planted just last year, as well as a few that are represented in stone.
Choose:
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
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Explore the Heritage Centre: learn about trees and nature in our stunning heritage centre
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Join a nature walk: enjoy the outdoors while identifying trees in winter and making tree bark rubbings
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
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Arts and crafts for all ages in the Heritage Centre. Get creative with our arts and crafts session! Make your own tree with natural materials exploring vibrant colours of nature.
The workshops are aimed at primary school children but are suitable and enjoyable for all ages.
Anyone under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets: £5.00 per family.
Booking is essential.
Kindly follow Jewish customs – do not eat, drink, play music, ride bikes or scooters, or walk dogs in the Cemetery grounds.

The conference is dedicated to various tangible and intangible manifestations of Jewish cultural heritage, which will be discussed from the perspective of Critical Heritage Studies. The field of Critical Heritage Studies reconceptualizes heritage by paying attention to themes such as power, identity, economic development, and conflict, and by engaging with wide areas of critical inquiry. It is further concerned with locating heritage in the present and not the past, as it is in the present that people assume responsibility for the safeguarding of Jewish heritage; in the present, different groups of stakeholders interpret the meaning of Jewish heritage and associate it with particular meanings, values, and even identities. Jewish heritage is thus both a cultural asset and a social and political instrument for (re-)defining Jewish culture, Judaism, and Jewishness.
Conference objectives
The objective of the conference is to facilitate a more profound comprehension of the intricacies of Jewish cultural heritage and to identify novel avenues for both academic inquiry and cultural policy, in light of Critical Heritage Studies. The conference aims to challenge dominant narratives and to expand the discourses and horizon of Jewish cultural heritage in a fast-paced, almost daily changing world. Comparative perspectives on Jewish heritage are welcome.
JHE’s Ruth Ellen Gruber will take part in a Keynote panel on March 4, along with Helise Lieberman, Victor Sorenssen, and Francesco Spagnolo.
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