Since 1906, the Forward has been answering reader dilemmas about daily life in “A Bintel Brief,” Yiddish for a bundle of letters. Send your queries to [email protected], and listen to a podcast version of our signature advice column.
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Bintel Brief In a hot real estate market, is it ethical to give an acquaintance a leg up?
“Do I owe the person who's a casual friend any head start over the person who's a stranger to me?”
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Bintel Brief ‘Can you have too many blessings?’ Bintel fans respond to Heartbroken Bubbe’s concern about her granddaughter being baptized
In a previous column, Bintel told Heartbroken Bubbe to "be the source of Yiddishkeit." Readers had thoughts.
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Bintel Brief I think my friend is a Holocaust denier. Do I have to intervene?
"A Bintel Brief" advises a listener distressed by a close friend's comments.
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Life My daughter and her non-Jewish husband want to baptize their daughter. Can I object?
“A Bintel Brief,” the Forward’s signature advice column, is now a podcast hosted by Ginna Green and Lynn Harris. Listen to the latest episode here (or wherever you get your podcasts), and click here to sign up for a weekly newsletter with backstories from the hosts. Need advice? Email [email protected], or leave a voicemail at…
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Life My friend matched with my cousin’s wife on a dating app. Do I tell?
“A Bintel Brief,” the Forward’s signature advice column, is now a podcast hosted by Ginna Green and Lynn Harris. Listen to the latest episode here (or wherever you get your podcasts), and click here to sign up for a weekly newsletter with backstories from the hosts. Need advice? Email [email protected], or leave a voicemail at…
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Life My kids feel betrayed by their Israel education. How do I help them care about both the Jewish homeland and Palestinian rights?
“A Bintel Brief,” the Forward’s signature advice column, is now a podcast hosted by Ginna Green and Lynn Harris. Listen to the latest episode here (or wherever you get your podcasts), and click here to sign up for a weekly newsletter with backstories from the hosts. Need advice? Email [email protected], or leave a voicemail at…
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Life My mentor’s negative reference cost me a prospective job. Should I confront her?
“A Bintel Brief,” the Forward’s signature advice column, is now a podcast hosted by Ginna Green and Lynn Harris. Listen to the latest episode here (or wherever you get your podcasts), and click here to sign up for a weekly newsletter with backstories from the hosts. Need advice? Email [email protected], or leave a voicemail at…
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Life I want to hear from my kids more, but they won’t call. Should I accept my fate?
“A Bintel Brief,” the Forward’s signature advice column, is now a podcast hosted by Ginna Green and Lynn Harris. Listen to the latest episode here (or wherever you get your podcasts), and click here to sign up for a weekly newsletter with backstories from the hosts. Need advice? Email [email protected], or leave a voicemail at…
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