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BINTEL BRIEF How do I get my elderly relatives to stop driving?
Bintel says honor them by keeping them safe. Here's how to help figure out if it’s time to take away the car keys.
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Bintel Brief I’m Jewish — and my friend just asked me to help him dispose of Nazi memorabilia
The fine art of telling someone with good intentions that they have upset you
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BINTEL BRIEF ‘Sending you love’: Readers uplift convert whose ex said she was no longer Jewish
Flood of support for divorced woman who sought Bintel’s advice
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BINTEL BRIEF I converted to marry. Now I’m divorced and my ex says I can’t be Jewish
Bintel thinks your ex is a jerk, but let’s see what the Talmud says
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BINTEL BRIEF I’m thinking of sponsoring a kiddush to celebrate Trump’s indictment. Is that wrong?
A reader seeks a — potentially controversial — outlet for their glee
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BINTEL BRIEF My sister cut me out of her life after our father died. How do I fix this?
Bintel says you can open the door — but you can’t make her walk through
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BINTEL BRIEF My sons owe me so much money I’m broke. How do I get them to repay me?
Bintel says it will take a tough mother to wrangle these schnorrers
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BINTEL BRIEF Should I invite someone I barely know to join me at a Passover Seder?
Bintel says welcoming strangers is a Passover tradition — but you already knew that
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