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, the hosts help a writer who learned a cousin’s wife is using a dating app, and is struggling to decide how to respond. Ginna and Lynn are joined once again by Chana Pollack, the Forward’s archivist, who shares wisdom from letters past. 

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