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VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY 21 May 2026
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5 Sivan 5786
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Issue No.1472
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@JewishNewsUK
‘Doctor, I’m in a pickle’
Crumbs... the King! Jewish Culture Month opens at Freud Museum, p28
Charles cheers up Golders Green – see pages 4, 5 & 18
Older Jews at twice the risk of diabetes Jewish News and JBD launch campaign as study reveals threat far higher than wider population by Annabel Sinclair
Jewish News and Jewish Blind and Disabled (JBD) this week launched a month-long diabetes type 2 awareness campaign, following research suggesting one
in six British Jews over the age of 65 live with the condition. According to research commissioned by JBD from the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR), around 17 percent of Jewish people over the age of 65 reported through
GP Patient Survey data in 2020 that they are living with diabetes, compared with around eight percent of the wider population. The campaign aims to raise awareness of diabetes prevention, symptoms, lived experiences and
long-term health risks, amid concerns over the growing impact of type 2 diabetes within Britain’s comparatively older Jewish population. Across the UK, nearly 4.4 million people are living with diabetes. Continued on page 10
DIABETES AWARENESS
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