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 Hollywood goddess Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian Jew who pined for Vienna but hid her religion
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Bintel says it will take a tough mother to wrangle these schnorrers
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BINTEL BRIEF Should I invite someone I barely know to join me at a Passover Seder?
Bintel says welcoming strangers is a Passover tradition — but you already knew that
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Fast Forward Planning a Seder? Be careful which online calendar you consult for the date
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Bintel says a COVID kerfuffle is the perfect problem for a holiday about plagues
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Deleted blog post questioned whether 6 million dead ‘became true by repetition’
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