You're not walking this alone.

Everyone needs a friend. Let Friends With Diabetes be yours.

A community of friends, families, and educators helping each other live full, healthy lives with Type 1 diabetes — incorporating it into the Jewish tradition and lifestyle.

Join our community

Members receive our daily/weekly blog, retreats, support groups, and a full library of resources. We ask for some details when you join so we can tailor support to your family.

How can we help today?

Whether you're new to this or have been managing diabetes for years, there's a place for you here.

Newly diagnosed

We're sorry to hear about the new diagnosis — you're not alone. Fill out a short form and we'll send a welcome package with tools and literature to help you in the first weeks.

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Browse our guides

Carb counting, insulin pumps, halacha, and the everyday questions nobody else thinks to ask.

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Talk to someone

Sometimes you just need a person who gets it. We pair partners and friends with diabetes.

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What we believe.

Diabetes is part of a life — not the whole of it. Our mission is to make the daily reality lighter, the medical decisions clearer, and the journey shared.

"To actively demonstrate how simple it is to live a normal, healthy life with diabetes."

✓ Quality education on managing diabetes within Jewish life and tradition.
✓ Clarity on the halachic questions that come up in diabetes care.
✓ Practical support for the day-to-day of living with the condition.
✓ Support groups tailored for children, parents, and adults, by age and stage.
✓ Connection — pairing partners and friends who understand each other.

Endorsed by leading Rabbonim

Friends With Diabetes International operates under the rabbinical supervision of Rabbi M. M. Weismandl shlit"a of Nitra–Monsey, and is endorsed by many other leading Rabbonim across our community.