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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.
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Ask A Jew: How many people keep kosher in Spokane/Eastern Washington?

One site that lists a breakdown of Spokanites by faith suggests that 0.17 percent of Spokane residents are Jewish.
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Cecil, mob mentality, and the fallen world

Keyboard warriors and in-person activists alike can assault Walter Palmer’s well-being and that of his family, but none of it will bring Cecil back, advance the cause of animal rights, or shut down poaching.
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Ask a Jew: Why are there different sects of Judaism?

Ask a Jew: Why are there different sects of Judaism? How did these changes come to pass?
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In Defense of Postmodernism

Postmodernism is widely, and sometimes wildly, misunderstood. “Once agreed-upon realities” were, indeed, agreed upon by some set of people during a particular era. They are social constructs, and while they may be based in or on some amount of seemingly objective truth, they themselves are not necessarily true.
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Do animals have souls?

For those of us who feel extremely attached to our pets, the question of whether they have souls may have two components: emotional and theological.
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The horned Moses

My wife and I were looking for Judaica on Etsy. We came across a reproduction of Michelangelo’s “Moses,” which quite obviously has horns on its head.
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Ask a Jew: What’s your view of the death penalty? Part 2

He points out that rabbis of old could not have flatly prohibited capital punishment, since Leviticus 20 clearly authorizes it in some cases.
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