Beth Harpaz worked at the Forward as a reporter and now manages the Bintel Brief advice column. She previously covered politics and breaking news for The Associated Press. Email: [email protected].
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By Beth Harpaz
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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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Culture Hollywood goddess Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian Jew who pined for Vienna but hid her religion
A new exhibition explores Lamarr's complicated relationship with her homeland and her heritage
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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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Fast Forward Planning a Seder? Be careful which online calendar you consult for the date
Displaying the night when Passover begins as an ‘all day' holiday is confusing — and wrong
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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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Culture Was a Jewish soldier the only man to get out of the Alamo alive?
Louis Moses Rose: Coward or survivor? Fact or fiction? Jewish … or not?
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Fast Forward ‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
Deleted blog post questioned whether 6 million dead ‘became true by repetition’
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