The Forward’s classic Jewish advice column, A Bintel Brief, is now a podcast. Our co-hosts, two Jewish mothers, dish on the dilemmas... more
Coming Jan. 24. Listen to the trailer for "Playing Anne Frank," a seven-episode series from the Forward about one of... more
At the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival, Jodi Rudoren interviewed Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. special envoy to combat and monitor... more
For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." This episode features a letter from... more
For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." Last season, Bintel dispensed wisdom to... more
For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." In this episode, Ginna and Lynn... more
The Season 2 finale features a letter from “CEOO, Chief Egregious Offense Officer,” an executive who has discovered a photo... more
For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." This episode features a letter from... more
Each month on Can We Talk?, the Jewish Women’s Archive features stories and conversations centered around gender and being Jewish.... more
For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." This episode features a letter from... more
This special episode features an interview with the Forward's archivist, Chana Pollack, about the Bintel Brief of yore. Plus, in... more
This episode features a letter from “Richer or Poorer,” a listener wondering whether she can consider a man who earns... more
This episode features a letter from “Sick & Tired,” a COVID-cautious listener who contracted the virus at a family reunion... more
This episode features a letter from “No Dice,” a listener in high school who is wondering whether or not to... more
Bintel is on break this week, but we'll be back soon!
This episode features a letter from “Unbrotherly Love,” a listener who wonders whether he should attend a wedding at which... more
Bintel is on break this week, but we'll be back soon!
This episode features a letter from “Grumpy Gifter,” a listener fed up with the “wedding-and-baby-etiquette industrial complex.” She asks whether... more
In this episode, Bintel helps “On the Fence,” a man writing with a moral quandary set in his town’s competitive... more
Last season, Bintel dispensed wisdom to Heartbroken Bubbe, who wrote to express concern that her grandchild, growing up in a... more
In the first episode of Bintel’s much-anticipated second season, Ginna and Lynn help a listener distressed by a friend’s dismissive... more
In our debut season of “A Bintel Brief,” hosts Ginna Green and Lynn Harris revived the Forward’s century-old Jewish advice... more
To close out Season 1, Lynn and Ginna join with the Forward’s Editor-in-Chief, Jodi Rudoren, and archivist, Chana Pollack, for... more
We're very excited to share with you an episode of Israel Story this week. This is the first episode of... more
In the last episode of Bintel Season 1, Lynn and Ginna help a grandmother distraught by the news that her... more
Ginna and Lynn advise a writer who learned that a cousin’s wife is active on a Jewish dating app. Chana... more
Ginna and Lynn respond to a mother who needs help navigating discourse around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with her children, who... more
"A Bintel Brief" is taking a break this week in observance of Yom Kippur.
Ginna and Lynn respond to a listener who is upset by the revelation that their mentor sent a negative job... more
Lynn and Ginna advise a woman struggling to communicate with her adult children. Jordana Horn and Shannon Sarna, hosts of... more
Lynn and Ginna help a writer concerned by his brother’s descent into YouTube conspiracy theories. Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta,... more
In our debut season of “A Bintel Brief,” hosts Ginna Green and Lynn Harris revived the Forward’s century-old Jewish advice column in... more