Golders Green Jewish Cemetery

Location

History

Notable burials

East Side

• Hakham Moses Gaster, Romanian, later British, scholar, the Hakham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation in London, and a Hebrew and Romanian linguist
• Philip Guedalla, English barrister, popular historical and travel writer, and biographer

  West Side

Musicians

• Jacqueline du Pré, internationally acclaimed cellist, who converted to Judaism in 1967 and died from multiple sclerosis, aged only 42
• Maurice Jacobson, noted pianist and composer
• Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist best known as a member of Free

  Philanthropists

• Sir Basil Henriques, philanthropist who wrote reforms to religious Jewish ceremonies and set up boys' clubs for deprived Jewish children
• Sir Sigmund Sternberg, philanthropist, interfaith campaigner, businessman and Labour Party donor

  Politicians

• Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, British Liberal politician
• Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading, British Conservative politician and barrister
• Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, British Liberal politician and barrister, buried at this cemetery after cremation
• Sir Philip Magnus, educational reformer and Liberal Unionist MP
• Sir Harry Samuel, Conservative Member of Parliament who campaigned against free trade during his political career
• Sir John Simon, British Liberal politician and barrister

  Rabbis and teachers

• Rabbi Dr Leo Baeck, rabbi, scholar and theologian, who led the Reform Judaism movement in Germany and, after settling in London, chaired the World Union for Progressive Judaism
• Rabbi Charles Berg, the first non-Orthodox rabbi to be ordained in England
• Rabbi Curtis Cassell, rabbi in Germany, Britain and Rhodesia
• Rabbi Hugo Gryn, rabbi, broadcaster and Auschwitz survivor
• Professor Hans Liebeschuetz, medieval historian best known for his study of John of Salisbury
• Rabbi Dr Arthur Löwenstamm, theologian, writer and rabbi in Berlin and in London
• Rabbi Ignaz Maybaum, rabbi and theologian
• Rabbi Dr Harold Reinhart , American-born rabbi who was senior minister at West London Synagogue and the founding rabbi of Westminster Synagogue
• Professor Ben Segal, Professor of Semitic Languages at SOAS University of London
• Rabbi Dr Werner van der Zyl, rabbi in Berlin and London

  Writers

• Sholem Asch, Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist and essayist in the Yiddish language
• Marjorie Proops, agony aunt, who wrote the column Dear Marje for the Daily Mirror newspaper
• Jack Rosenthal, playwright, who wrote early episodes of ITV's Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations

  Others

• Emanuel Raphael Belilios, a Hong Kong opium dealer and businessman
• Stirling Henry Nahum, known professionally as Baron, society and court photographer
• Sir Frederick Claude Stern, botanist and horticulturalist, known for developing Highdown Gardens near Worthing, West Sussex
• Dr Friedrich Weleminsky, physician, scientist and a privatdozent in Hygiene at the German University, Prague, who created a treatment for tuberculosis

  Gallery

War graves

Transport

• Bus: H2 passes the entrance; 13, 102 and 460 have stops nearby;
• Underground: Golders Green on the Northern line is a five-minute walk away from the cemetery.