Gaby Koppel

BRCA testing offers positive news this Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Predictive tests give women power to take early steps against breast and ovarian cancer

Don’t know much about biology...

Inherited conditions are more common in people of Jewish ancestry so students should take the appropriate genetic tests

‘I’m gonna live for ever!’ The day I learned the secrets of ‘extreme ageing’

A new survey has found that one in three people want to live for ever – could their wish come true?

Will dental cosmetic work really put a smile on your face?

Wales’s wild west: exploring the Pembrokeshire coast

As the Pembrokeshire Coast Path prepares to celebrate its 55th anniversary, Gaby Koppel discovers untamed scenery and little-known luxury

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The writer who wept at his daughter’s bat mitzvah

Memories of his own boyhood in apartheid-era South Africa cast a shadow on Danis Hirson’s own coming of age

Why Merthyr Tydfil is rallying behind its once-abandoned synagogue

A grand old shul is being redeveloped as a cultural centre for the whole of this south Wales community

Like Kate, I had abdominal surgery, then had to tell my children I had cancer

The Princess of Wales’ announcement last week brought back vivid memories for Gaby Koppel, whose story has very close parallels...

How I connected with my inner German self

When Gaby Koppel decided to reclaim her Berlin-born father’s nationality, being handed a passport alone didn’t quite pass muster...

Is being nice good for you?

Gaby Koppel tests the theory that performing acts of kindness boosts your mental health

Meet the mensches making up minyans for the rest of us day in, day out

What motivates people to perform this mitzvah for their fellow Jews? Gaby Koppel asks them