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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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BINTEL BRIEF I’m annoyed by Passover guests who still want to wear masks at the Seder
Bintel says a COVID kerfuffle is the perfect problem for a holiday about plagues
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BINTEL BRIEF Seeking a Jewish community that welcomes queer and interfaith folks — but isn’t anti-Israel
Bintel has lots of ideas. Let us gently push you into the shallow end of the pool
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BINTEL BRIEF We plan to raise our son Jewish, but I’m opposed to circumcision for medical and moral reasons
A Reform Jew wonders how to honor tradition as well as their own sense of what is right
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BINTEL BRIEF Is it possible to find your bashert on a dating app?
Bintel advises a student who wants to date Jewish, but isn't having any luck swiping
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BINTEL BRIEF How many times do you ask someone out before you give up?
Bintel turns to the holiday known as the Jewish Valentine's Day for guidance
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BINTEL BRIEF My older children worry that their neurodivergent brother won’t ‘launch’
Bintel invokes the Haggadah: There are all types of kids. We are to love, accept and teach them all
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Bintel Brief My daughter said I’m ‘code-switching.’ Is that such a bad thing?
Bintel helps a dad figure out if he hides Yiddish vocabulary due to internalized antisemitism
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