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BINTEL BRIEF Readers respond to our advice on bullying, sluttiness, retirement, Nazi memorabilia and more
Your turn: Here's what you thought of recent Bintel columns, including one from a woman who sat shiva for a living sister and another on interrupting
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Culture Fiction excerpt: The Baron of East Broadway, by Jerome Charyn
On the Lower East Side, Ab Cahan is once again the Pulitzer of Yiddish Land, the William Randolph Hearst of the Jewish ghetto
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BINTEL BRIEF My friend doesn’t like the way I talk. And now she won’t talk to me about it
Bintel says: What some see as interrupting, others call being Jewish
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BINTEL BRIEF Can I be both religious and ‘slutty’?
Bintel advises respect for one’s body while taking observance one step at a time
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BINTEL BRIEF I’m retired and I don’t drive. How do I fill and face the days ahead?
Bintel has 18 great ideas for creating new routines and putting yourself out there
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BINTEL BRIEF How do I get my control-freak husband to back off?
Bintel says set some boundaries — and tell him to 'quit banging the teakettle'
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BINTEL BRIEF My kid’s being bullied, antisemitism is involved and the school won’t help. What do I do?
Bintel says there's nothing worse than feeling like you can't protect your child. But don't despair — we've got lots of advice
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BINTEL BRIEF I sat shiva for my sister because she hates Israel. Should I bother reconciling?
Bintel says boundaries might help mend this ‘Sister Split’ — but it won’t be easy
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