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A Bintel Brief
A Bintel Brief
The Forward

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

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Episodes

TRAILER: Playing Anne Frank

Coming Jan. 24. Listen to the trailer for "Playing Anne Frank," a seven-episode series from the Forward about one of... more

13 Jan 2023 · 3 minutes
Bonus: Jodi Rudoren One-on-One with Deborah Lipstadt

At the 2022 Texas Tribune Festival, Jodi Rudoren interviewed Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. special envoy to combat and monitor... more

06 Oct 2022 · 57 minutes
[Rerun] S2, Episode 4: Grumpy Gifter

For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." This episode features a letter from... more

05 Oct 2022 · 34 minutes
[Rerun] S2, Episode 2: Heartbroken Bubbe, Part 2

For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." Last season, Bintel dispensed wisdom to... more

04 Oct 2022 · 26 minutes
[Rerun] S2, Episode 1: D for Denial

For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." In this episode, Ginna and Lynn... more

29 Sep 2022 · 37 minutes
S2, Episode 10: The Ghost of Blackface Past

The Season 2 finale features a letter from “CEOO, Chief Egregious Offense Officer,” an executive who has discovered a photo... more

22 Sep 2022 · 37 minutes
[Rerun] S2, Episode 5: Unbrotherly Love

For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." This episode features a letter from... more

20 Sep 2022 · 41 minutes
Introducing: Can We Talk?

Each month on Can We Talk?, the Jewish Women’s Archive features stories and conversations centered around gender and being Jewish.... more

15 Sep 2022 · 33 minutes
[Rerun] S2, Episode 6: Dungeons and Dealbreakers

For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." This episode features a letter from... more

13 Sep 2022 · 37 minutes
S2, Episode 9: Secrets of the Bintel

This special episode features an interview with the Forward's archivist, Chana Pollack, about the Bintel Brief of yore. Plus, in... more

01 Sep 2022 · 29 minutes
S2, Episode 8: For Richer? Or Poorer

This episode features a letter from “Richer or Poorer,” a listener wondering whether she can consider a man who earns... more

18 Aug 2022 · 28 minutes
S2, Episode 7: Sick & Tired

This episode features a letter from “Sick & Tired,” a COVID-cautious listener who contracted the virus at a family reunion... more

04 Aug 2022 · 27 minutes
S2, Episode 6: Dungeons and Dealbreakers

This episode features a letter from “No Dice,” a listener in high school who is wondering whether or not to... more

21 Jul 2022 · 37 minutes
A Brief Bintel Brief Bulletin

Bintel is on break this week, but we'll be back soon!

14 Jul 2022 ·
S2, Episode 5: Unbrotherly Love

This episode features a letter from “Unbrotherly Love,” a listener who wonders whether he should attend a wedding at which... more

30 Jun 2022 · 40 minutes
A Brief Bintel Brief Break

Bintel is on break this week, but we'll be back soon!

23 Jun 2022 ·
S2, Episode 4: "Grumpy Gifter"

This episode features a letter from “Grumpy Gifter,” a listener fed up with the “wedding-and-baby-etiquette industrial complex.” She asks whether... more

09 Jun 2022 · 34 minutes
S2, Episode 3: "On the Fence"

In this episode, Bintel helps “On the Fence,” a man writing with a moral quandary set in his town’s competitive... more

26 May 2022 · 33 minutes
S2, Episode 2: “Heartbroken Bubbe, Part 2”

Last season, Bintel dispensed wisdom to Heartbroken Bubbe, who wrote to express concern that her grandchild, growing up in a... more

12 May 2022 · 25 minutes
S2, Episode 1: "D for Denial"

In the first episode of Bintel’s much-anticipated second season, Ginna and Lynn help a listener distressed by a friend’s dismissive... more

28 Apr 2022 · 36 minutes
Coming Soon: A Bintel Brief, Season 2

In our debut season of “A Bintel Brief,” hosts Ginna Green and Lynn Harris revived the Forward’s century-old Jewish advice... more

07 Apr 2022 · 2 minutes
A Bintel Brief Live!

To close out Season 1, Lynn and Ginna join with the Forward’s Editor-in-Chief, Jodi Rudoren, and archivist, Chana Pollack, for... more

14 Oct 2021 · 1 hour,
Featuring: Israel Story

We're very excited to share with you an episode of Israel Story this week. This is the first episode of... more

11 Oct 2021 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
Episode 10: "Heartbroken Bubbe"

In the last episode of Bintel Season 1, Lynn and Ginna help a grandmother distraught by the news that her... more

07 Oct 2021 · 37 minutes
Episode 9: "Family Affair"

Ginna and Lynn advise a writer who learned that a cousin’s wife is active on a Jewish dating app. Chana... more

30 Sep 2021 · 22 minutes
Episode 8: "Unhappy Camper"

Ginna and Lynn respond to a mother who needs help navigating discourse around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with her children, who... more

23 Sep 2021 · 26 minutes
A Quick Yom Kippur Message

"A Bintel Brief" is taking a break this week in observance of Yom Kippur.

16 Sep 2021 ·
Episode 7: "Qualified Applicant"

Ginna and Lynn respond to a listener who is upset by the revelation that their mentor sent a negative job... more

09 Sep 2021 · 24 minutes
Episode 6: "Frustrated and Sad"

Lynn and Ginna advise a woman struggling to communicate with her adult children. Jordana Horn and Shannon Sarna, hosts of... more

02 Sep 2021 · 25 minutes
Episode 5: "O Brother Where Art Thou"

Lynn and Ginna help a writer concerned by his brother’s descent into YouTube conspiracy theories. Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta,... more

26 Aug 2021 · 22 minutes
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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