Beth Harpaz worked at the Forward as a reporter and now manages the Bintel Brief advice column. She previously covered politics and breaking news for The Associated Press. Email: [email protected].
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By Beth Harpaz
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Culture Would you put jalapeños in matzo ball soup? This Mexican Jewish cookbook says, ‘sí’
New 'Sabor Judio' cookbook delivers recipes with New World flavors and Old World traditions
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BINTEL BRIEF Can you be buried in a Jewish cemetery if you die by medically assisted suicide?
Bintel asks the experts on behalf of a reader whose husband has terminal cancer
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Culture The urban sukkah: In NYC, they’re on rooftops, terraces, sidewalks and more
No backyard? No problem! City-dwellers build huts for Sukkot wherever they can
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Culture A Forverts truck has turned up as a prop in a Timothée Chalamet movie
The delivery truck with Hebrew lettering was spotted on a film set on the Lower East Side
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BINTEL BRIEF This father is fed up with his anti-Zionist kid — and they’re not even Jewish
Bintel says please don't be like Tevye, who sat shiva for his living daughter
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Sports 5 Jewish things about the Mets — and why Jewish fans adore them
The connection to the Brooklyn Dodgers, loving the underdog and bein’ amazin’
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BINTEL BRIEF Should an Israeli couple ‘seek safety’ in the US — even if it means caring for their host’s parrots?
Bintel says Jews have long survived turmoil by knowing when to leave. But the parrots could be a deal-breaker
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Since Oct. 7, this protective gear passed through many hands. Our reporters loved to hate it
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