Gaby Koppel

Gaby Koppel is an author and former BBC television producer.

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Health

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

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

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

Yes, addiction is a problem for observant Jews too

5 min read

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

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

2 min read

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

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

5 min read

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

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

5 min read

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

5 min read

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

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

December 12, 2025 11:27

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

The Muslim doctor helping the Charedi vaccine drive

As measles cases surge, jabs uptake in strictly Orthodox families is more important than ever. Gaby Koppel meets a GP at the heart of the community

5 min read

November 5, 2025 16:05

On a mission: Dr Tehseen Kahn is on the front line of the UK's battle to contain the measles' spread

Meet the Jewish women tackling ‘medical misogyny’ with hard facts

Women’s ailments have long been trivialised, but these two authors have some remedies

5 min read

September 26, 2025 17:46

Scientific heads: Kate Moryoussef and her book and (below) Ellie Cannon and her new title

When I fell pregnant for a second time I hired a doula

Amid rising complaints against NHS maternity services, more Jewish women are turning to professional birth partners to help bring their children into the world

5 min read

September 2, 2025 12:34