Our volunteers have been monitoring the insect population of Willesden Jewish Cemetery and found quite a range of little creatures who made their home here
Creativity Unwrapped - David Shilling at Willesden Jewish Cemetery on Sunday, 10th September, as parts of Heritage Open Days
AJEX Annual Service of Remembrance took place at the Willesden Jewish Cemetery on Sunday, 16th July
On Sunday, 4th June 2023 the United Synagogue celebrated the 150th Anniversary of Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Staff and volunteers of House of Life, Willesden Jewish Cemetery, visit “Country Houses, Jewish Homes” Exhibition in Gunnersbury Park
The Heritage team at Willesden Jewish Cemetery are delighted to announce the installation of new entry gates, made possible thanks to the support of Brent Council, the Ironmongers' Company, and the United Synagogue.
As the country was celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years’ rule, the United Synagogue’s Willesden Jewish Cemetery had its own special commemoration.
In March, Willesden Jewish Cemetery ran a series of digital events. These included Losing Loved Ones Keeping Rituals, Jewish Funerals in Victorian Times, and Written out of History? Getting to know the women of Willesden Cemetery .
Between the 8-31 January, visitors to Willesden Jewish Cemetery can immerse themselves in an evocative soundscape as they explore 21 acres of tranquil memorial landscape thanks to the sound installation, Invisible City, produced by artists FOR NOW.
Laurie Kay, gardening volunteer, shares with us about the plants that the team have planted that complement the historic settings of the site.
Hester Abrams, project leader, joined Ben Newman from Cliveden Conservation to share the stories of the graves that have been conserved and the people beneath them.
Hester Abrams, project leader, joined the Economist’s Babbage podcast to discuss Rosalind Franklin’s continuing impact.
Catch up on Willesden Jewish Cemetery’s press coverage to mark the opening of the cemetery to heritage visiting.
The seven events of the series, five panels and two workshops, gave space for people to delve into wider questions of identity, memory and space, and to reflect on the rich source of discovery provided by cemeteries, and Willesden in particular.
Willesden Cemetery is looking for a young person to be part of “Invisible Cities”, a sound piece they have commissioned from artists as part of the Brent Biennial art extravaganza of the London Borough of Culture 2020. You need to have an older relative buried at the cemetery and we want to record you chatting with a grandparent or carer.
Prize-winning authors from around the world and writers polishing their first creations will meet on Zoom for Life Lines from 7 to 13 September, staged by the “House of Life” heritage project of London’s most surprising Jewish cemetery.
More than 170 people from around the world zoomed into a webinar this week by a House of Life volunteer about the Jews who died in the South African campaign.
Young historian Molly Maslen researched the background to two memorial boards that have been sitting quietly at Willesden Jewish Cemetery for the last 60 years. They name 114 Jewish men who died on service for Britain in the war from 1899 to 1902.