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Gaby Koppel

Gaby Koppel

Gaby Koppel is an author and former BBC television producer.

Latest from Gaby Koppel

Arab-Jewish ensemble of the Israel Philharmonic strikes a chord in Britain

Shesh Besh, an offshoot of the main orchestra, will perform in London and Oxford next month

4 min read

Music to my ears: (from left) Gilad Rivkin, Boaz Meirovich, Sami Kheshaiboun, Uri Arbel, Michael Maroun and Aziz Naddaf

(l-r) Sara Barnett, research lead at Shifrah UK, Nicolette Peel's uncle, David Moore, Nicolette Peel's aunt, Marilyn Emery-Moore, Laura Godfrey-Isaacs, and Nicolette's widower, James Peel (Photo: courtesy)

Midwifery award will fund ‘digital toolkit’ to improve childbirth experience of Jewish women

2 min read

What Every Woman Should Know panel (left to right) Dr Ellie Cannon, Eli Brecher, Amanda Hanison and Gemma Isaacs (Photo: Carly Selby)

Health experts tell community ‘what every woman should know’

2 min read

Reaching out: UJIA's Anat Caspi Kaivanto; a group therapy session; Caroline Ratner, CEO of UK Friends of Natal; counsellor and psychotherapist Esther Calek

The trauma experts from Israel helping Manchester recover

5 min read

Keeping it cool in cosmopolitan Marseille

Gaby Koppel returns to France’s vibrant port city in search of an elusive Jewish-Tunisian cafe

5 min read

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July 19, 2026 12:33

The vibrant streets of La Panier in Marseille (Photo: Getty)

The writer revealing the untold stories of the Jews in Wales

Shining a spotlight on Jewish history in Cymru, from medieval times to Britain’s only antisemitic pogrom

5 min read

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July 9, 2026 16:30

Land of Song: Nathan Abrams

My mum gave me up for adoption. A Llandudno doctor made sure I went to a Jewish home

Stephanie Jacobs always knew a Welsh GP was her saviour, but it came as a huge shock to learn he was also her son’s friend’s great-grandfather

5 min read

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July 2, 2026 17:57

There's tidy: Llandudno Bay; Stephanie Jacobs as a toddler and today

Time to end the gay IVF tax, say Jewish lesbian mums

Same-sex female couples wanting children face a list of hurdles

5 min read

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June 10, 2026 12:02

Fi (left) and BJ Woodstein. (Photo: Lee Blanchflower)

Yes, addiction is a problem for observant Jews too

The notion that the Orthodox don’t use drugs or misuse alcohol is wrong. But help is at hand

5 min read

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May 6, 2026 11:11

Private reality: drink and drug abuse is a well hidden problem in the frum world

Stress, supplements and strength-training in focus at women’s wellbeing evening

Journalist Natasha Kaplinsky chaired the lively WIZO UK panel

2 min read

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March 26, 2026 17:36

(l-r) Emma Levy Laura Southern, Dr Rachel Hines, Dr Emily Simon, Natasha Kaplinsky, Naomi Greenaway at the WIZO UK event (Photo: Zach Peters)

Doctor Posture, massage therapist to the stars reveals his secrets for a healthy back

Roger Golten treated George Soros and Sebastian Coe in the 1980s. What he is up to now?

5 min read

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March 19, 2026 15:23

Golten's bestselling book and the Hellerwork practitioner proudly showing off a JC article, one of the many newspaper articles about his work

The Jewish cemetery reclaimed by nature – and my husband

Gaby Koppel joins her other half on an emotional trip into his family’s Polish past

5 min read

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February 20, 2026 13:17

Monuments to another era: Gaby and Steve at the headstone of Kaija Cimberknopf, and the Braun family

What can we do about the rise in eating disorders in Jewish children?

Jews’ focus on food combined with the pressure to conform to idealised beauty standards is taking a terrible toll. Ahead of Children’s Mental Health Week, Gaby Koppel reports on a growing communal crisis

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February 4, 2026 15:57

What can we do about the rise in eating disorders in Jewish children?

My youth club leader Michael Moritz is now a billionaire (and, yes, I did predict he had a big future!)

Gaby Koppel scans her teenage diary for memories of the wealthiest Welshman ever

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January 28, 2026 17:42

"Serious, upstanding, clever and principled": Silicon Valley tycoon Michael Moritz, Gaby Koppel's teenage diary, and the writer as a teenager

Get yourself simchah fit for the new year

Jewish personal trainers give Gaby Koppel tips for fitness beyond January

5 min read

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January 2, 2026 13:24

Kick starter: fitness promoter Eve Sacks

I have pancreatic cancer and the BRCA mutation – this drug is keeping me alive

After radical surgery, this woman was given between five and eight months to live. Then her specialist put her on Olaparib

5 min read

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December 12, 2025 11:27

"So blessed": Muswell Hill Synagogue member Steph (Photo: Claudine Hartzel)

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