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Francine Wolfisz
Francine Wolfisz
Francine Wolfisz is the Features Editor for Jewish News.
Sylvan (left) with fans proudly displaying the Israeli flag
July 26, 2024, 5:15 pm
Our cyclists are ready to step onto the Olympic podium, says billionaire Israel team patron Sylvan Adams
The owner of Israel's Premier Tech cycling team believes they're a serious contender at the 2024 global sports competition
By Francine Wolfisz
Pic: My Voice, Facebook
July 19, 2024, 10:50 am
‘Where Was God In Auschwitz?’: Yad Vashem UK and The Fed bring Holocaust testimony books project to London
JW3 hosts launch for initiative enabling survivors and refugees to tell their stories
By Francine Wolfisz
Amit Rahav as Jacob
July 17, 2024, 4:21 pm
Amit Rahav, Michael Aloni and Lior Ashkenazi star in Holocaust series on Disney+
Bestselling book telling extraordinary story of family's survival comes to the screen
By Francine Wolfisz
June 25, 2024, 7:17 pm
Jews spat at and punched in sickening scenes outside LA shul
President Joe Biden said: “Intimidating Jewish congregants is dangerous, unconscionable, antisemitic, and un-American."
By Francine Wolfisz
Charedi Jews being targeted with water cannons in Jerusalem during a protest
June 25, 2024, 1:05 pm
Ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted into army, rules Israel’s Supreme Court
Judges ruled 9-0 that Haredi men can no longer be exempted from IDF service
By Francine Wolfisz
Among the participants was Lord John Mann, the UK Government's independent advisor on antisemitism, who described the fans as “quite stunned” by their visit to Bergen-Belsen.
June 18, 2024, 6:25 pm
England football fans in ‘sobering’ visit to Bergen Belsen
The visit was co-organised by the World Jewish Congress and group What Matters, which works to combat antisemitism and racism in sport
By Francine Wolfisz
Melvyn Hartog. Pic: Courtesy of family
June 18, 2024, 1:22 pm
Tributes to United Synagogue’s head of burial Melvyn Hartog, who has died aged 76
Community stalwart who spent more than 23 years advising bereaved families and wider society on Jewish burial, died on Sunday following a short illness.
By Francine Wolfisz
May 20, 2024, 7:53 pm
Fauda actor says he can relate to children whose parents were killed on October 7
Yaakov Zada Daniel says life continues on and right now these children need our help
By Francine Wolfisz
May 2, 2024, 1:19 pm
‘I converted to Judaism when my son got cancer’
Touching new film tells the story of a father's spiritual journey in search of a deeper connection
By Francine Wolfisz
Hertsmere Jewish Primary School
April 12, 2024, 4:32 pm
HJPS head ‘delighted’ after school leaps up Ofsted rankings from Inadequate to Good
In a report published today, Hertsmere Jewish Primary School was praised for providing “a happy and inclusive culture”, as well as placing “the safety and well-being of staff and pupils.”
By Francine Wolfisz
March 19, 2024, 1:08 pm
Wingate prizewinner’s mother didn’t want to be featured in her daughter’s books
Elizabeth McCracken found a way to write about her mum while adhering to her wishes
By Francine Wolfisz
Photo credit: Grainge Photography Ltd
March 13, 2024, 4:24 pm
Fauda star pays tribute to Jewish Child’s Day
Zada Daniel was in London for the first time to support a fundraising dinner for the leading UK grant giving charity on Tuesday night, which raised £275,000.
By Francine Wolfisz
September 21, 2023, 4:02 pm
As Adam Sandler brings the bat mitzvah to Netflix, we focus on the real-life version
Is it all about the mojoto bar - or is it still a meaningful rite-of-passage?
By Francine Wolfisz
The Greenpark Hotel
June 15, 2022, 12:29 pm
The Bourne identity: A celebration of the south coast’s finest Jewish hotels
Francine Wolfisz gets stuck in to a new book about the Jewish hotels of Bournemouth
By Francine Wolfisz
Football pundit and former footballer Alex Scott, pictured at Sandys Row Synagogue - the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in London - discovers her Jewish roots in the new series of Who Do You Think You Are?
October 26, 2021, 3:59 pm
Alex Scott ‘proud’ of her Cable Street relative in Who Do You Think You Are?
The 37-year-old presenter discovers how her Jewish great-grandfather Philip Gittleson was caught up in the events of 4 October 1936
By Francine Wolfisz
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