Bintel Brief
Help - my naturopath sister doesn’t believe in corona!
Yes, there’s value to naturopathy. Yes, it’s sad that your dad can’t spend these last years of his life gallivanting around as he’d like. But.
When your vacuum is your new best friend plus advice on husbands’ troubling quarantine behavior
‘Worry about something else’ and other words of wisdom from the Abbys
My husband is too productive in quarantine — how do I keep from killing him?
Dear Abbys, My husband is spending his free time right now relearning the Spanish he studied in high school. I just want to watch Golden Girls.
Is coronavirus a punishment from God? Dear Abbys answer this and other big questions
Thou shalt tell thy child on that day that it is because you didn’t put away your Legos away when I asked that this virus shall come to pass.
Am I even Jewish without camp? Dear Abbys dish on this and other questions.
Dear Abbys, My two year old won’t move her body. What do I do? What will happen to her if she continues to sit?
Advice on plumbers, prophets and pet peeves
If you drift closer to some friends and farther away from others, maybe that’s O.K. This is a time to rethink everything.
Advice on moving in with partners, with parents, and how to ask for help
My partner hates religion, while I am a somewhat observant Jew. We moved in together because of COVID — how do we handle Shabbat and other holidays?
Bintel Brief: Advice on worrying, comforting, cleaning, and enjoying it.
From its start in 1906, A Bintel Brief was a pillar of the Forward, helping generations of Jewish immigrants learn how to be American.
Advice on fear, family, art and help in this pandemic
if you don’t feel capable of making art right now, that’s O.K. In any artistic life, there are fallow periods. Think of this period as your shmita.
Bintel Brief is Back: ‘Dear Abbys’ dish advice in dark times
From its creation in 1906, A Bintel Brief was a pillar of the Forward, and a trendsetter for advice columns across the United States. Yiddish for “a bundle of letters,” the column began out of necessity as so many readers wrote in sharing their troubles. The editor’s blunt answers helped waves of Eastern European immigrants learn how to be American.