Over two decades of past issues of Going ForWarD, organized by Yom Tov — combining quality medical and halachic information in English and Yiddish. Plus carb-factor reference charts and our newest publication series, Mamtakim, at the bottom of the page.
Over two decades of Pesach issues — covering carb counting on Yom Tov, K'Zayis Matzah measurements, and the full halacha section, in English and Yiddish.
Our original Pesach issue — the full English guide, plus practical management tips and bite-size insights from "In Control" and "Short-N-Sweet."
Yiddish edition with the full halacha section. Note: file prints in reverse — last page first.
Supplemental issue with a comprehensive list of carbs in Pesach wines.
Practical tidbits on The Four Cups, in fun-to-read question and answer form.
Lab-tested nutritional values for hand matzos; Matzah Mathematics — a thorough dissection of shiurim with diagrams.
Shiurim and nutrition facts for Gluten-Free Oat Matzos.
Wine carb counts and grape juice carb counts; delicious and healthy Pesach foods from a dietician.
All about low blood sugars, with special emphasis on treating lows during Pesach.
Why is this night different? — first-person pointers for a stress-free Pesach. Includes the essential chart on carb counts and portion sizes for matzah and wine, plus fruits on Pesach.
No More Peaking II; Eating Low Carb at Simchas; Insulin & Seminary.
A concise Pesach reference for the Going ForWarD reader.
The Holiday of Freedom; Pesach Links to all our previous publications; Put Up A Plan for Pesach Seder; From the Meisels Pesach Table.
An updated reference chart for Pesach wine carb counts.
Comprehensive matzah and wine chart — carbs in one matza (by type, weight, shiurim), portions for Motzi/Korach/Afikomen, the Four Cups, and a detailed wine carb list.
Yiddish matzah reference chart — carbs per matza by type, weight, and shiurim, plus portions for Motzi, Korach, and Afikomen.
A standalone Yiddish-language Pesach article.
Over two decades of Tishrei issues — fasting on Yom Kippur, Simonim for Rosh Hashana, Shabbos meals, and Yom Tov management, in English and Yiddish.
Our original Yom Kippur article (English) — historically valuable. Fasting on Yom Kippur, Shabbos halachos and meals, unused-insulin/bolus rule.
Comprehensive Yom Kippur guide in Yiddish.
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur guidance for 5763.
Simonim for Rosh Hashana, fasting on Yom Kippur, Shabbos meal planning. Plus making your PDA a personal diabetes assistant and carb factors made easy.
Comprehensive Yom Kippur guide for those on 24-hour insulin (Lantus / Levimir).
Some fascinating fasting facts. Simplified solution illustrated — timing for Pachos M'kshiur.
Fasting guidelines for Type 2 diabetes. Yom Kippur basal calculator. Personal fasting voices from our community.
Includes "Revisiting Yom Kippur" — page 16 onwards.
Medical position statement. On responsibility — fasting with Type 1 diabetes from a fresh perspective. Short & Sweet: fasting responsibly.
Endorsements and additional Tishrei material.
Low-Carb Strategies for the Yom Tov kitchen, a member's Yom Kippur cautionary tale, Chol Hamoed Q&A (amusement parks, water parks, hiking), the Kids Extravaganza event, preventing diabetes burnout, and a teen survival-camping story.
The "Shulchan Aruch" of Fasting — a concise, practical guide. Plus Low-Carb High Holy Days and a Spotlight on London / Sweet Circles UK.
A Low-Carb Tishrei, Life Insurance for Type 1, Biking with Diabetes, Raising Young Children with Diabetes, and Letters to My Son.
Critical warning about fasting with the Medtronic 670g and Tandem Basal IQ semi-automatic pumps — auto-modes can become dangerous as the fast day progresses.
Fasting safely with insulin in the era of automated pumps — detailed protocols for Tandem Control IQ, Omnipod 5, and Medtronic 780g. Our most recent fasting guide.
Tu B'Shevat carb charts plus our winter magazine issues — covering exercise, breakfast strategies, CGM technology, and more.
How to figure carbs in fruits for Tu B'Shevat. Introduces Effective Carb Factors.
English edition of our Tu B'Shevat guide on counting carbs in fruits.
Reference chart of carb factors for the fruits commonly eaten on Tu B'Shevat.
Full Chanukah, Tu B'Shevat, and Purim sections. Includes Rise & Shine, choosing a food scale, smart scale tips, low-carb dieting, plus Sweet Success and Halacha tidbits.
A closer look at the Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitoring System with Shabbos considerations and Rabbi Weismandl's psak. "Unsung Heroines" — personal reflection on others' struggles. Coverage of children's and teens' get-togethers, boys' Shabbos "ACHDUS," and the men-with-wives evening. Introduction of the Mazel Tov corner, plus a Yiddish halachic teshuvah from Rabbi Shloime Grossman on carrying an insulin pump on Shabbos.
A comprehensive exercise guide ("Work Out!") covering the three exercise types, ExCarbs formulas, and managing blood sugar through physical activity. Plus Hani Skutch's "Most Important Meal!" — low-carb breakfast strategies for kosher eaters, and Gary Scheiner's case studies on working with Certified Diabetes Educators.
New to ECF? See Carb factor resources further down for the full explanation.
Coverage of Purim through the years — managing treats with diabetic children, Ad'lo Yada drinking with diabetes, mishloach manos ideas, and articles on artificial sweeteners and Type 1 management.
Purim guide: drinking and exercising on Purim, plus carb-counting tips.
Managing Purim treats with diabetic children, Ad'lo Yada drinking with diabetes, "Sweeter than Sugar?" — comprehensive guide to artificial sweeteners, the 5th Girls Shabbaton, and combating media misinformation.
10 years of FWD retrospective timeline, GlucoMon remote glucose monitoring tech, "Making the Grade" — understanding HbA1c, low-carb Apricot Hamantashen recipe, and personal stories.
The Peaceful Low-Carber — dealing with the Festival of Food. Creative Mishloach Manos ideas, plus the debut edition of "Going ForWarD Junior" for kids.
Latke and donut carb counting, olive oil benefits, healthy Chanukah strategies, and Type 1 diabetes wisdom from past Chanukah issues.
"Everyone Enjoys Latkes" by Norene Gilletz — multiple latke recipes including Cauliflower Latkes and Winter Vegetable Latkes. "Is That Number For Real?!" — meter accuracy guide. "Mommy, What's Diabetes?" — discussing diabetes with children. "Footsteps" — inspirational story about Rabbi Goldbrenner at the FWD boys' Shabbaton. Plus a halachic discussion in Hebrew on drawing blood for diabetes testing on Shabbos.
8 Ways to Make a Healthy Chanukah. SmartInsulin & Artificial Pancreas research on the horizon. Vitamin D & Omega 3 for diabetes prevention. "The Many Benefits of Olive Oil" with Chanukah recipes (salmon, hummus, latkes). "My First Teaching Lesson" — story of a student protecting her diabetic friend.
The "Frying" issue — Chanukah 5770 magazine.
Carb counts for popular donut options, plus a low-carb donut recipe — for enjoying Chanukah without the spike.
Summer-themed magazine issues — camp survival, fruit guides, water park and travel tips, and other warm-weather diabetes care.
Practical guidance on insulin pumps at water parks and amusement parks. Dana Carpender's "Summer Fruit Roundup" with detailed carb counts. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer on weight management with pump therapy. Coverage of an adults-with-spouses evening featuring Gary Scheiner and Mayer Stender (Joslin's 50-Years-on-Insulin awardee).
Comprehensive "Camp Survival" guide for sending diabetic children to overnight camp safely. Coverage of the 100-family Flatbush gathering with a parents' workshop on diabetes secrecy, the 8th Annual Boys' Shabbaton, the launch of FWD's Five Towns chapter, and Rabbi Meisels' Antwerp Belgium trip (with 1,200 attendees).
"The Dairy Factor" — managing diabetes with dairy products, with bolusing strategies and a low-carb cheesecake recipe for Shavuos. Coverage of the shidduchim chizuk event featuring a panel with Rabbi A.J. Twerski, Rabbi Y. Perlow of Noviminsk, and Rabbi Meisels. Plus Shavuos recipes from Susie Fishbein, a first-person pump-switch account, an interview with Janis Roszler (Diabetes Educator of the Year), and a guide to understanding C-peptide test results.
Cheesecake choices and dairy-meal planning for Shavuos.
Most carb counting goes by serving size — reading nutrition labels and measuring portions. Carb factors work differently: they go by weight. A carb factor is the percentage of carbohydrate in a food, expressed as a decimal. The concept originated in John Walsh's books on insulin pumping, and gives a much more precise carb count for any portion size.
We've updated the term to Effective Carbohydrate Factors (ECF) — same concept, but with fiber subtracted from total carbohydrates, since fiber doesn't raise blood sugar.
Example: an apple has a carb factor of 0.13, meaning 13% of its weight is carbohydrate. A 100-gram apple contains 13 grams of carbs. If one unit of insulin covers 13 grams of carb, that apple is one unit's worth.
Soft baked products — challah, bread, rolls, even cakes — all have a carb factor of about 0.50. As we like to say at FWD: halve the weight, have the carbs! Not perfectly accurate, but easy to remember and close enough for most situations.
Pasta is best measured by volume (measuring cups) rather than carb factor. Cooked weight varies a lot with water content and how long it's been cooking.
Our downloadable references and printable web pages:
A searchable list of wines and their carbohydrate counts, plus a Brix calculator for working out the carbs in any wine that isn't listed.
Comprehensive spreadsheet of over 6,000 foods and their carb factors.
About 300 common foods. Print, cut to size, laminate, and keep with you.
Quick-reference table of common kosher foods with carb counts and food-scale codes.
Full guide to navigating Shabbos meals — kiddush, hamotzi, fish, soup, kugel, cholent, dessert, and insulin timing.
Our newest publication series — focusing on practical insights, current pump comparisons, member experiences with Type 1 diabetes, and the latest in diabetes technology.
Our inaugural Mamtakim issue. Rabbi Meisels' comprehensive Shabbos seudah carb-counting guide — grape juice/wine, matzah/challah, gefilte fish, kugels, cholent, compote, and bolusing strategies. "Diabetes without Stigma" — a major roundtable interview from Moment Magazine featuring six type 1 diabetics on technology, community, shidduchim, and dispelling the diabetes stigma. Yaffa's first-person diagnosis story from seminary. "Footsteps" — Rabbi Goldbrenner's story about the FWD boys' Shabbaton and a shidduch. Plus a Yiddish section on managing pump failures and high blood sugars.
A foreword on the DCCT study and the value of carb counting alongside low-carb living. Comprehensive Shabbaton report from the April 2023 Stamford Hilton event with 200 rooms and lectures from Dr. Daniel Ruck, Scott Benner, and Dr. Steven Russell. "Friends with (more than just) Diabetes" by Avi Feldman and "A Sweet Commitment" — a husband's perspective on marrying a T1D. "Six Steps to Living Well with Diabetes" by Shoshana Ort LCSW on the mental health side, common pump mistakes, K'Zayis Matzah chart, plus a Yiddish Erev Pesach Mamtakim seudah piece and the Vayakhel-Shekalim 5784 Shabbaton report.
Our most recent publication. Rabbi Meisels' editorial "Are Advancements in Diabetes Technology Truly Helping Us?" on AID pumps and human engagement, an in-depth interview with Dr. Don Zwickler on 40 years of Type 1 care, four members sharing "what I wish newly-diagnosed me knew," diabetes burnout, nutrition strategies, plus a comprehensive Yiddish deep-dive on pump history and detailed interviews comparing every modern pump system (Medtronic 780G, Tandem Mobi, T:slim X2, Omnipod 5, iLet, Twiist), and new Beta-cell regeneration research from Vertex.