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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Neal Schindler

A native of Detroit, Neal Schindler has lived in the Pacific Northwest since 2002. He has held staff positions at Seattle Weekly and The Seattle Times and was a freelance writer for Jew-ish.com from 2007 to 2011. Schindler was raised in a Reconstructionist Jewish congregation and is now a member of Spokane's Reform congregation, Emanu-El. He is the director of Spokane Area Jewish Family Services. His interests include movies, Scrabble, and indie rock. He lives with his wife, son, and two cats in West Central Spokane.

Ask a Jew: How do ultra-Orthodox Jews support their large families?

I’m not Orthodox, or even close. So I posted your question in a Facebook group I’m a part of called God Save Us From Your Opinion: A Place For Serious Discussion of Judaism, which I know many Orthodox Jews are members of.

Ask a Jew: Why do some Jews wear curls on the sides of their heads?

...this verse has been interpreted by Jewish scholars and legalists over the centuries.

Ask a Jew: What is a Jewish magic carpet?

Learn about Operation Magic Carpet, the legendarily ambitious immigration project intended to bring 45,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel.

Ask a Jew: Why are Jews so offended by pork?

Pork is one of several kinds of food that kashrut, Jewish dietary law, forbids Jews to eat.

Ask a Jew: How do Jews manage anger and indignation?

I do think some kinds of anger, especially those that are more personal and less political, may be difficult to express for some Jews.

Beef stew and white supremacy: The weird demimonde of #TradWife

During one of my recent Twitter forays into cultural anthropology, I discovered, to my alarm, the hashtag #TradWife.

Ask A Jew: Is it worth arguing with a Holocaust denier?

A conversation I had recently raised a question that seems very relevant to our politically polarized, extremism-plagued times: Under what circumstances is arguing with a Holocaust denier a lost cause?

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