A Bintel Brief

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The Forward’s classic Jewish advice column, A Bintel Brief, is now a podcast. Our co-hosts, two Jewish mothers, dish on the dilemmas of Jewish-American life, identity, culture and politics. New episodes every Thursday.

  1. 13/01/2023 ·  Contenido extra

    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 America's most iconic cultural works, "The Diary of Anne Frank," and how it shapes all those involved in it. From the original Broadway show, which debuted in 1955 and won Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize; to the Oscar-winning 1959 film; to high school students putting it on today, journalist and novelist Adam Langer takes you deep into the cultural history of the play that introduced millions to the Holocaust. Subscribe to "Playing Anne Frank" wherever you get your podcasts.

    TRAILER: Playing Anne Frank

  2. 06/10/2022

    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 antisemitism, about her recent travels to the Middle East, why hate is on the rise around the world, and Ken Burns’ latest documentary.

  3. 05/10/2022 ·  Contenido extra

    [Rerun] S2, Episode 4: Grumpy Gifter

    For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." Starting in 1906, the editors of the Forward answered reader questions in a column called “A Bintel Brief,” Yiddish for “a bundle of letters.” Now, we're bringing Bintel into a new era. Welcome to Season 2 of “A Bintel Brief,” the Jewish advice podcast. In “Grumpy Gifter,” a listener writes with a quintessentially mid-30s vexation: she can no longer tolerate the endless gifts required of her by the litany of weddings and babies. Bintel responds with wisdom, humor, and tasteful advice.

  4. 04/10/2022 ·  Contenido extra

    [Rerun] S2, Episode 2: Heartbroken Bubbe, Part 2

    For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." Starting in 1906, the editors of the Forward answered reader questions in a column called “A Bintel Brief,” Yiddish for “a bundle of letters.” Now, we're bringing Bintel into a new era. Welcome to Season 2 of “A Bintel Brief,” the Jewish advice podcast. In this episode, Ginna and Lynn read and react to listener responses to one of our most popular episodes from last season, “Heartbroken Bubbe.” Recurring guest Chana Pollack drops by with some wisdom from the archive, and “Heartbroken Bubbe” herself comments on her experience trying to help foment a sense of Jewish identity in a beloved grandchild of mixed-faith parents.

  5. 29/09/2022 ·  Contenido extra

    [Rerun] S2, Episode 1: D for Denial

    For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." Starting in 1906, the editors of the Forward answered reader questions in a column called “A Bintel Brief,” Yiddish for “a bundle of letters.” Now, we're bringing Bintel into a new era. Welcome to Season 2 of “A Bintel Brief,” the Jewish advice podcast. In this episode, Ginna and Lynn advise a listener who believes a close friend might be a Holocaust denier. They are joined by recurring guest Chana Pollack, who offers wisdom from Bintel’s past via a letter from the archive, and Boaz Dvir, Founder and Director of the Holocaust Education Initiative.

  6. 22/09/2022

    S2, Episode 10: The Ghost of Blackface Past

    Starting in 1906, the editors of the Forward answered reader questions in a column called “A Bintel Brief,” Yiddish for “a bundle of letters.” Now, we're bringing Bintel into a new era. Welcome to Season 2 of “A Bintel Brief,” the Jewish advice podcast. In the season finale, “The Ghost of Blackface Past,” an executive wants to know what to do after discovering a photo of one of his employees in blackface — from 40 years ago. Bintel responds with wisdom, humor, and tasteful advice.

  7. 20/09/2022 ·  Contenido extra

    [Rerun] S2, Episode 5: Unbrotherly Love

    For the High Holidays, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes of "A Bintel Brief." Starting in 1906, the editors of the Forward answered reader questions in a column called “A Bintel Brief,” Yiddish for “a bundle of letters.” Now, we're bringing Bintel into a new era. Welcome to Season 2 of “A Bintel Brief,” the Jewish advice podcast. In “Unbrotherly Love,” a listener wonders whether he should attend a wedding at which he would meet a half-brother his father had through an affair. Bintel responds with wisdom, humor, and tasteful advice.

  8. 15/09/2022 ·  Contenido extra

    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. Alternating between a documentary style and a roundtable format, this show includes profiles of historical and contemporary Jewish women, frank discussion of culture, politics, and current events, and little-known stories from our past and present. In advance of our season 2 finale, we're sharing one of our favorite episodes of theirs with you.

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The Forward’s classic Jewish advice column, A Bintel Brief, is now a podcast. Our co-hosts, two Jewish mothers, dish on the dilemmas of Jewish-American life, identity, culture and politics. New episodes every Thursday.

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  • Creador
    The Forward
  • Años de actividad
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodios
    35
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