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Zichron Menachem is a cut above as girls donate hair to make wigs for cancer patients

Nearly 40 people took part in the annual Summer Cut

By Binyamin Jayson

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Professor Ram Eitan (left) performing uterine transposition surgery (Image: Courtesy)

Cancer

Breakthrough birth in Israel offers new hope to young cancer patients

By Binyamin Jayson

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Healthy eating

A nutritionist’s five top tips for an instantly healthier diet

By Victoria Prever

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Chai Cancer Care

Chai Cancer Care reports 15 per cent increase in men seeking cancer support

By Daniel Ben-David

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Terminal diagnosis: Olympian Sir Chris Hoy

Cancer

If only Chris Hoy had been tested in time, as my dear husband was

By Joy Sable

4 min read

first person

My mother insists that I’m hot

By Karen E H Skinazi

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Leon Pein and Dr Shara Cohen outside Buckingham Palace where they attended the King's garden party in May

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Couple launch kosher food parcels to support the Jewish community

By Elisa Bray

2 min read

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Swimmer crosses the Channel in memory of his beloved father

Ben Rosenberg was raising money for Brain Tumour Research

By Daniel Ben-David

4 min read

July 25, 2024 11:15

Left: Ben Rosenberg swimming the English Channel, right: Ben as a child with father Ray

Sharp rise in cancer cases under 50

Now more than a third of Chai Cancer Care’s clients – cancer patients and their loved-ones – are under 50

By Gaby Wine

3 min read

June 11, 2024 14:36

Marc Rister, who was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2023 (Photo: Marc Rister)

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...

By Gaby Koppel

4 min read

March 25, 2024 17:35

Jewish community offers messages of support to King following cancer diagnosis

Synagogue leaders and charity heads send well wishes to His Majesty King Charles III

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

February 6, 2024 12:29

HM the King speaks at Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Israel (Credit: Holocaust Educational Trust)

Why I cried happy tears during October despite my new cancer news

A slither of good news from my doctor amid my long battle

By Karen E H Skinazi

3 min read

November 10, 2023 09:56

Why I cried happy tears during October despite my new cancer news

I’m celebrating my Barbie-style foobs

To quote a fellow breast cancer buddy who’s ahead of me on this journey, sit as high and round as those on a Barbie doll

By Karen E H Skinazi

3 min read

October 6, 2023 17:25

DNA tests for breast cancer gene mutation affecting Ashkenazi Jews can lead to unnecessary surgery

Around one in every 400 people in the general population carries a faulty BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, but the risk factor for people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent is 10 times greater

By Katie Grant

1 min read

September 15, 2023 15:40

US actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the State Dinner in honor of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

By Karen E H Skinazi

Why I scaled a peak before my surgery for cancer

Before my forthcoming operation my husband Elliot had a last pre-surgery hurrah

3 min read

August 31, 2023 14:09

Why I scaled a peak before my surgery for cancer

Woman suffering from cancer needs Jewish stem cell donor to save her life

Former magistrate Louise Kaye, who is suffering from blood cancer, needs to find an Ashkenazi Jewish match

By Rosa Doherty

2 min read

August 24, 2023 13:30

Woman suffering from cancer needs Jewish stem cell donor to save her life

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Zichron Menachem is a cut above as girls donate hair to make wigs for cancer patients

Breakthrough birth in Israel offers new hope to young cancer patients

A nutritionist’s five top tips for an instantly healthier diet

Chai Cancer Care reports 15 per cent increase in men seeking cancer support

If only Chris Hoy had been tested in time, as my dear husband was

My mother insists that I’m hot

Couple launch kosher food parcels to support the Jewish community

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