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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Life Advice on moving in with partners, with parents, and how to ask for help
From its start in 1906, A Bintel Brief was a pillar of the Forward, helping generations of Jewish immigrants learn how to be American. In 2020, we are reviving the signature advice column, helping people navigate the complexities of being Jewish in this digital age. Send your questions to [email protected]. An atheist and a Jew…
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Life 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. In 2020, we are reviving the signature advice column, helping people navigate the complexities of being Jewish in this digital age. Send your questions to [email protected]. Keep your heart open and…
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Life Advice on fear, family, art and help in this pandemic
From its start in 1906, A Bintel Brief was a pillar of the original Forverts newspaper, helping generations of Jewish immigrants learn how to be American. In 2020, we are reviving the signature advice column, helping people navigate the complexities of being Jewish in this digital age. Send your questions to [email protected]. A Time…
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Life 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…
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Life What do you do when you’re harassed for being Jewish on the street?
Don't just keep it to yourself
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The Schmooze Here’s The Marriage Advice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Gave To Jennifer Lopez
Before Harry and Meagan, before Barack and Michelle, before even Amal and George — there was Ruth and Marty. Ruth Bader and Marty Ginsburg met as undergraduates at Cornell, and started one of the truest and most underrated high-profile romantic partnerships in history. They were obsessed with each other’s minds. He decided to study law…
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The Schmooze 15 Pieces Of Advice From A Professional Jewish American Princess
The collected literature about the acronym “JAP,” Jewish American Princess, is longer than an Artscroll Talmud, or a New Yorker fiction essay. But there’s really only one required text — humorist Sarah Solomon’s Twitter, @UrbanJAP. Probably shouldn’t have drunkenly yelled, “my culture is not your costume!!” At the chick in a Juicy tracksuit — urbanJAP…
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The Schmooze Tiffany Haddish’s Dating Advice For Men Is Excellent
“I am here to show you how to Get. It. In.” Tiffany Haddish begins her very very wise, very very vulgar dating advice video for GQ. With the joie de vivre that has endeared her to most earth dwellers since her breakout role in last summer’s “Girls Trip,” Haddish delivers priceless advice on dating etiquette…
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