Beth Harpaz worked at the Forward as a copy editor, reporter and Bintel Brief columnist from 2022 to 2025. She previously covered politics and breaking news for The Associated Press.
Beth HarpazSenior Reporter
By Beth Harpaz
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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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Oct. 7: One Year Later The Forward’s $1,000 flak jacket: The tale of an Israeli talisman
Since Oct. 7, this protective gear passed through many hands. Our reporters loved to hate it
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Fast Forward Man pleads guilty to gun possession in connection with 2022 NYC synagogue threat
Prosecutors say tragedy was averted in case resulting from arrests at Penn Station
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Fast Forward Pager attack is latest, and largest, in Israel’s long history of deadly covert ops
Other incidents include remote-controlled assassinations and a bomb in a book
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Politics The Jewish vote could swing the election in 7 key battleground states. Here’s how
Antisemitism, Israel and Jewish candidates are front and center in states where every vote counts
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Culture A bar mitzvah for a transgender man in the shul where he once had a bat mitzvah
Same bimah, same Torah portion — but this time, a ‘gender-affirming’ ceremony
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