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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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Thin privilege in a fatphobic culture or, What is Meghan Trainor really all about?

A while ago on Facebook I posted two articles about thin privilege from the online magazine Everyday Feminism. The first, “Let’s Talk About Thin Privilege,” serves as a detailed introduction to the concept, while the second, “20+ Examples of Thin Privilege,” provides what the title suggests
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Denominational dilemmas of an interfaith life

Although I have known and admired many Jews who might call themselves traditional, I’m not likely ever to do so myself. As I understand it, Hyphen’s worldview may represent Conservative Judaism more than mine, which skews Reform (if we’re handing out labels).
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Checking his privilege: A response to Tal Fortgang

For a while I’ve been meaning to address the controversial essay “Checking My Privilege,” by Jewish college student Tal Fortgang. At Princeton, Fortgang’s fellow collegians apparently advise him to check his privilege on a regular basis.
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Ask A Jew: Why do Israelis support the current war against Hamas but American Jews do not?

Why do the overwhelming majority of Israelis support the current war against Hamas but it seems many American Jews do not?
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The morality of horror

The late film critic Roger Ebert is one of my personal heroes. I didn’t always agree with his star ratings, but I appreciated his thought process, his unapologetic nostalgia and sentimentality, and his willingness to bring morality into his reviews — something I rarely see outside of faith-based movie criticism.
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Ask a Jew: Can Jews have tattoos?

As far as whether Jews in general are supposed to have tattoos… well, as with most questions I answer, there doesn’t seem to be a foundational policy that all Jews are expected to follow.
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Ask a Jew: Are there any biblical texts that you clearly understand to be not for our time?

Interpreting Old Testament verses as “mandates for our modern lives” may not be for everyone, but it is clearly not outside the realm of possibility.
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