Maccabi football chairman honoured at 50th anniversary dinner
David Wolff has described the past 50 years of being chairman of the Maccabi Sunday Football League as “a pleasure”.
Wolff’s half-century of service to Jewish football was recognised at an anniversary dinner on Monday evening at Redbridge Jewish Care’s Sinclair House.
Presented with awards of recognition from the MGBSFL, Masters and Jewish News Maccabi Junior Football League, Wolff was also honoured by Maccabi GB and the London Football Association.
Addressing an audience of 100 people which included former players, managers, referees and League officials, he said: “It’s been a great pleasure in the main, there have been times when it hasn’t been as good as one may hop, but in the main it’s been a great pleasure.
“It means I’ve done something correct over the past 50 years to see so many people here and it proves what we’re doing is the right thing as a football league and that’s what it boils down to.
“Maccabi GB is the anchor, the body that we are affiliated to. It’s the body which projects Jewish sport in the community, it plays such an important part in our football – and for our people.
“I’m proud to be vice-president of this league and I will try and do my best in the future, while my health allows me to and as long as you want me here!”
And looking back on the past 50 years, he says: “My biggest achievement has been seeing the league grow, seeing it grow to 65 teams, sadly it’s gone back in recent years, but that was my greatest achievement of all.
“I’d like to see more teams come into the League and hopefully that will be what happens in the future.”
Thank you for helping to make Jewish News the leading source of news and opinion for the UK Jewish community. Today we're asking for your invaluable help to continue putting our community first in everything we do.
For as little as £5 a month you can help sustain the vital work we do in celebrating and standing up for Jewish life in Britain.
Jewish News holds our community together and keeps us connected. Like a synagogue, it’s where people turn to feel part of something bigger. It also proudly shows the rest of Britain the vibrancy and rich culture of modern Jewish life.
You can make a quick and easy one-off or monthly contribution of £5, £10, £20 or any other sum you’re comfortable with.
100% of your donation will help us continue celebrating our community, in all its dynamic diversity...
Engaging
Being a community platform means so much more than producing a newspaper and website. One of our proudest roles is media partnering with our invaluable charities to amplify the outstanding work they do to help us all.
Celebrating
There’s no shortage of oys in the world but Jewish News takes every opportunity to celebrate the joys too, through projects like Night of Heroes, 40 Under 40 and other compelling countdowns that make the community kvell with pride.
Pioneering
In the first collaboration between media outlets from different faiths, Jewish News worked with British Muslim TV and Church Times to produce a list of young activists leading the way on interfaith understanding.
Campaigning
Royal Mail issued a stamp honouring Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton after a Jewish News campaign attracted more than 100,000 backers. Jewish Newsalso produces special editions of the paper highlighting pressing issues including mental health and Holocaust remembrance.
Easy access
In an age when news is readily accessible, Jewish News provides high-quality content free online and offline, removing any financial barriers to connecting people.
Voice of our community to wider society
The Jewish News team regularly appears on TV, radio and on the pages of the national press to comment on stories about the Jewish community. Easy access to the paper on the streets of London also means Jewish News provides an invaluable window into the community for the country at large.
We hope you agree all this is worth preserving.
