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Francine Wolfisz
Francine Wolfisz is the Features Editor for Jewish News.
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November 24, 2020, 10:58 am
Head of Jewish domestic abuse charity features in BBC’s ‘100 Women of 2020’
Naomi Dickson of JWA named on the BBC’s prestigious list of 100 Women of 2020, which also includes Finland's PM Sanna Marin, climate activist Jane Fonda and scientist Sarah Gilbert
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Francine Wolfisz
November 20, 2020, 11:41 am
In-depth biography of Rabbi Louis Jacobs’ explores his genius and controversy
Author Harry Freedman looks at how Jacobs went from being respected to being exiled and forbidden from returning as rabbi to his former synagogue
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Francine Wolfisz
November 20, 2020, 11:28 am
Dame Maureen Lipman stars in digital revival of one-woman production, Rose
Corrie actress plays a feisty Jewish woman who journeys from the devastation of Nazi-ruled Europe to conquering the American dream
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Francine Wolfisz
November 20, 2020, 11:27 am
Return of Grounded with Louis Theroux BBC podcast includes Ruby Wax
Series line-up also includes candid chats with Michaela Coel, Sia, Rylan Clark-Neal, Frankie Boyle, Oliver Stone and FKA Twigs.
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Francine Wolfisz
November 19, 2020, 3:48 pm
I’m A Celebrity’s Gwyrch Castle was once home for Kindertransport refugees
The estate in Abergele, north Wales, features in the new series of the ITV reality show, but in 1939 it was also a safe haven for 96-year-old Henry Glanz and 200 other children
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Francine Wolfisz
November 19, 2020, 3:05 pm
Your face is a picture! Budding artists design masks for Israel
Youngsters across the country take part in JNF competition to increase their connection to the Jewish state during the pandemic
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Francine Wolfisz
November 19, 2020, 11:14 am
Jewish Women’s Aid sets up emergency welfare fund
With more than 500 domestic abuse victims having sought JWA's help during the pandemic so far, it has set up a welfare grant and launched its #AMaskWontProtectHer campaign
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Francine Wolfisz
November 13, 2020, 6:26 pm
Jewish artists feature in online auction for breast cancer charity Future Dreams
Gideon Rubin and Chantal Joffe will put up works to raise money for the cause, alongside Rankin, David Yarrow and Gary James McQueen
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Francine Wolfisz
November 13, 2020, 11:47 am
Faces of survival
Photographer Matt Writtle commemorates 101 Holocaust survivors in his new book, Portraits For Posterity
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Francine Wolfisz
November 6, 2020, 9:32 am
Scarlett Johansson to star in new sci-fi drama Bride, by Disobedience director
'Working alongside Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum, Sebastian and I are extremely excited to emancipate this classic anti-heroine and reanimate her story'
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Francine Wolfisz
November 6, 2020, 9:27 am
Shtisel and Unorthodox star Shira Haas in new Israeli drama Esau
Modern spin on the Biblical story of sibling rivalry between Jacob and Esau and has been adapted from Israeli author Meir Shalev’s novel of the same name.
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Francine Wolfisz
November 5, 2020, 1:26 pm
Robert Rinder traces ‘unimaginable trauma’ of Holocaust survivors for BBC series
Two-part documentary My Family, The Holocaust And Me, explores the impact of the Shoah on second and third generations
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Francine Wolfisz
November 3, 2020, 6:45 pm
Juliet Stevenson plays American-Jewish writer Lillian Hellman in Little Wars
Truly, Madly, Deeply actress stands up against Nazism in online play featuring Sophie Thompson, Linda Bassett, Catherine Russell, Debbie Chazen and Sarah Solemani
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Francine Wolfisz
October 28, 2020, 6:26 pm
Adam Sandler stars in new Netflix drama The Spaceman of Bohemia
The 54-year-old Unuct Gems and Murder Mystery actor leads the cast in a screen adaptation of Jaroslav Kalfar’s novel
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Francine Wolfisz
October 28, 2020, 6:12 pm
Jewish director at helm of BBC documentary The Trials of Oscar Pistorious
Four-part documentary tells the rise and fall of ‘Blade Runner’, the South African Paralympian convicted of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in 2013
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Francine Wolfisz
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