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BINTEL BRIEF How can I help my shy teenage daughter meet other Jewish kids, including boys?
Bintel says you’re asking the wrong questions. It’s not about Jews, and it’s not about boys.
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BINTEL BRIEF As a Jew, I’m starting to wonder if I can even be a progressive anymore
Bintel addresses the hard question of what to do when political labels and identities clash
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BINTEL BRIEF My classmate won’t shut up about Israel and is spreading antisemitic conspiracies. What do I do?
Bintel Brief helps a college student figure out how to handle a troublesome classmate
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BINTEL BRIEF How do I get this intrusive synagogue board member to leave me alone?
Here’s Bintel’s step-by-step guide to setting boundaries — physically, verbally and in your head
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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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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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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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BINTEL BRIEF An anti-Zionist Jew wants to know: ‘Am I even Jewish anymore?’
Bintel says disagreeing with other Jews is the most Jewish thing you can do
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