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BINTEL BRIEF I keep running into my exes at my synagogue. Why can’t they find their own place to pray?
Bintel considers who gets the shul in the breakup
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BINTEL BRIEF My coworker never combs her hair. How do I tell her she’s hurting her credibility?
Hey there, Delilah! Bintel has 2 words of advice on how to police other people's hair
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BINTEL BRIEF My noisy, addled neighbor is ruining my sleep. Please don’t tell me to get ear plugs
Bintel says you should make some noise of your own: Bang the proverbial teakettle
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BINTEL BRIEF Dad wants mom’s ashes scattered in Israel. Should an adult child go to court to stop him?
Bintel turns to Moses and King Solomon for guidance. But beneath this feud lies real grief
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BINTEL BRIEF Readers respond to the lost and lonely Jews: ‘We feel your pain’
Support and more ideas from Bintel’s inbox for Jews who feel disconnected
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Culture This editor helped thousands of Holocaust survivors. But he rarely talked about it.
Isaac Metzker was the driving force behind the Forward's Seeking Relatives and Bintel Brief columns
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BINTEL BRIEF His mother died and I never called. How do I fix this before Yom Kippur?
Bintel says the High Holidays are the perfect time to reach out to old friends. Here's what to say — and what not to say
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BINTEL BRIEF I don’t observe Yom Kippur. Can I still take off class?
Bintel weighs in on whether it's OK to own your Jewish heritage and ask others to recognize it — even if you're not religious
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