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Life How Can I Fire My Flower Girl?
Dear Bintel Brief: My oldest and dearest friend, one of my only friends with children, really wants her daughter to be the flower girl in my forthcoming wedding. Initially, I thought it was a good idea, as neither my husband nor I have young nieces. But now, I’m rethinking the matter: My friend’s daughter is…
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Life Amy Sohn Has Some Advice for Forward Readers
Writer Amy Sohn will be the Forward’s next guest Bintel Brief advice columnist, answering readers’ questions during the month of October. Sohn is the author of, most recently, “Prospect Park West” (Simon & Schuster) — a novel about living, loving, hating and procreating in the leafy Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope. She is also the…
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Life Help! I Left My Job; Now I’m Nostalgic for It
Dear Bintel Brief: A few months ago, I decided to leave a very demanding job in television production. I had been there for five years and I was, quite simply, burned out. I felt like I needed a change of pace and direction in my life. Ever since quitting, though, my anxiety about what to…
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Life Help! I Feel Like I’m My Therapist’s Therapist
Dear Bintel Brief: I’ve been seeing my physical therapist for a while now and we’ve grown pretty close. She recently separated from her husband and now, during my appointment, all she talks about are her marital problems and whom she’s dating. Sometimes she’ll get teary eyed while she’s treating me, which makes me feel uncomfortable….
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Life A College Grad: Dependent on Dad, Consumed by Guilt
Dear Bintel Brief: As a recent college graduate, I feel very lucky — particularly in this economic environment — to have landed a job in a creative and very competitive field. I find my work fulfilling in all respects but one: It simply doesn’t pay enough for me to live even a no-frills existence in…
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Life How To Answer the Question ‘Are You Pregnant Yet?’
Dear Bintel Brief: Six months ago, my husband and I began trying to conceive our first child. Since we’re both young and healthy, and had no reason to think we’d encounter any problems getting pregnant, we told close friends and family that we were “trying.” But making a baby has proved harder than expected, and…
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Life Mayim Bialik Has Some Advice for Forward Readers
Mayim Hoya Bialik, who is best know for her lead role as Blossom Russo on the early-1990s NBC sitcom “Blossom,” will be answering readers’ questions as the Forward’s guest Bintel Brief advice columnist during the month of September. After “Blossom,” Bialik went on to study neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish studies at UCLA, where she…
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Opinion One Last Letter to Good People: Farewell, Amos Kenan
The news of Amos Kenan’s death in Tel Aviv August 4 came as a surprising, almost physical shock. A bohemian artist and journalist from Israel’s founding generation, Kenan has been on my mind a lot in the past few weeks. I met him only a couple of times, probably 40 years ago, when I was…
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