A Bintel Brief

Episode 1: “Mr. Not-Dad”

Episode Summary

Hosts Lynn Harris and Ginna Green inaugurate the first episode of A Bintel Brief, a new podcast from the Forward, based on the 100+ year-old Jewish advice column. This week’s question comes from a single man in his 50s grieving his lack of partner and children.

Episode Notes

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 “A Bintel Brief,” the Jewish advice podcast. This week, hosts Lynn Harris and Ginna Green answer a listener’s question about relationships and fatherhood. 

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