PRINCES ROAD SYNAGOGUE
Home to Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation since 1874
Heritage Season
Six months 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
All events will be by ticket only in advance. To apply for tickets, please complete the application for tickets form here.
Once your application has been successfully processed, a link to purchase tickets via Ticket Quarter will be sent by email. If there are any queries, please email customerservice@ticketquarter.co.uk
You can view the events as a PDF by clicking on the images below, or clicking here. Note: Events that have already taken place are now not shown in this listing.
December 2024
Saturday 07 December 2024 • Start at 19:30:
Chazanut concert.
Co-ordinated by Rabbi Natan Fagelman. Event in conjunction with Allerton Synagogue. (Princes Road Synagogue)
Sunday 08 December 2024 • Day event:
The choral tradition of Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation
With Naomi Hoyland, Cantor Edward Marks, Rabbi Shlomo Katanka (in memory of Rev. Morris Katanka) and a performance by the Choir of Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation. (Princes Road Synagogue)
Monday 09 December 2024 • Start at 14:15:
Education and learning
Illustrated talks on Liverpool social history with aspects of Jewish interest. (Princes Road Synagogue)
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Sunday 29 December 2024 • Chanukkah • Start at 14:15:
Teaching, Scholarship and Research
Jewish Education in Liverpool’ – Clive Lawton OBE
‘Tradition and innovation in Jewish Scholarship’ -Rabbi Herschel Gluck OBE
‘Professor Herbert Fröhlich and his remarkable student Mark Gurari (brother of Menachem Mendel Schneerson- the Lubavitcher Rebbe)’
Presented by those at the Liverpool Blue Coat School in the 1970s
‘The teacher’ by Nick Cowan
‘The student’ by Robin Makin
‘The researcher’ by Professor Simon Hands FLSW
Chanukah Candle Lighting and Q&A/discussion
(Princes Road Synagogue)
Monday 30 December 2024 • Chanukkah • Start at 14:15:
Education & Learning (Arts)
Including ‘Brian Epstein and the Beatles: A recurring historical pattern’ by Professor Les Lancaster; The Many Lives of Dora Yates, Daughter of Liverpool Jewry’ by Professor Eve Rosenhaft; and ‘The Samuel Dynasty’ by Clive Lawton OBE (Limmud co-founder & former Head Teacher of King David High School, Liverpool).
(Princes Road Synagogue)
Monday 30 December 2024 • Start at 10:15:
Tour of Princes Road Synagogue
(Princes Road Synagogue)
Monday 30 December 2024 • Start at 11:30:
Tour of Princes Road Synagogue
(Princes Road Synagogue)
January 2025
Sunday 12 January 2025 • Start at 15:00:
Klezmer concert by Klezmerish.
(Princes Road Synagogue)
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Monday 13 January 2025 • Start at 14:15:
Artisans
Illustrated talks on Liverpool social history with aspects of Jewish interest. (Princes Road Synagogue)
Sunday 19 January 2025 • Day event:
Watchmakers, Jewellers and Retailers
Rabbi Shaul Rosenblatt (and others). Event in conjunction with Tikun (Princes Road Synagogue)
Tuesday 21 January 2025 • Start at 18:00:
Glaziers, Glassmaking and stained-glass
Event in conjunction with Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. (Princes Road Synagogue)
Monday 27 January 2025 • Day event:
Holocaust Memorial Day
February 2025
Sunday 02 February 2025 • Day event:
Theatre & Literature
Co-ordinated by Dr Ros Merkin including a play reading, a drama, and a performance of Franchon Frohlich’s theoretical physics ballet ‘Matter and Anti Matter’. (Venue to be advised)
Sunday 09 February 2025 • Afternoon event:
Art, Architecture, monuments and sculpture
Co-ordinated by Dr Lee R Kendall including The Development of Synagogue Architecture in Liverpool by Ronnie Gonshaw, Dip Arch (Lpool) RIBA; Solomon J Solomon’s Samson and Delilah by Julian Treuherz (former Keeper of the Walker Art Gallery); and Faith in Sculpture by Stephen Broadbent (Sculptor). (Joe H Makin Drama Centre, Hope Place – formerly Liverpool Hebrew School )
Monday 10 February 2025 • Start at 14:15:
Art
Illustrated talks on Liverpool social history with aspects of Jewish interest. (Princes Road Synagogue)
Sunday 16 February 2025 • Day event:
Films with Liverpool Jewish connections
Co-ordinated by Dr Ruth Doughty and including Professor Nathan Abrams and Dr Julia Wagner with talks about and clips from The Ten Commandments (1923 and 1956); Let’s Make Love (1960); Hester Street (1975); Chariots of Fire (1981); and Yentl (1984). (Venue to be advised)
Sunday 23 February 2025 • Day event:
Classical music
Co-ordinated by Maestro Gerard Schwarz (former Musical Director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra) with performances by Julian Schwarz (cello) and Marika Bournaki (piano) and talks (including by Maestro Schwarz, Dr Malcolm Miller and Dr Simon Hochhauser). (Princes Road Synagogue)
Monday 24 February 2025 • Start at 14:15:
Architecture, monuments and sculpture
Illustrated talks on Liverpool social history with aspect of Jewish interest. (Princes Road Synagogue)
To be arranged:
Tour of Deane Road cemetery
(Deane Road Cemetery)
To be arranged:
Liverpool Jewish Walking tours
Starting location to be advised
Other events / activities being considered
To be arranged:
Friday Night Dinner(s)
(Venue to be advised)
To be arranged:
Shabbat Lunch(es)
(Venue to be advised)
Monday 24 February 2025 • Evening:
Celebration kosher dinner
(Venue to be advised)