Jenny Singer is a freelance writer and a former Forward staff writer. She writes a weekly Substack about living with anxiety, called “Uneasy Going.”
Jenny Singer
By Jenny Singer
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The Schmooze Bethenny Frankel Says She Has — Ahem! — Some History With Meghan Markle’s Jewish Ex
Internationally renowned aid worker Bethenny Frankel* announced this week that she “kind of” went on a date with Meghan Markle’s ex-husband Trevor Engelson. Should your memory need refreshing: Markle, who is set to marry heir-to-the-British-throne Prince Harry on May 19, is divorced from American Trevor Engelson, a greasy-yet-affable movie producer who just happens to be…
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The Schmooze Tiffany Haddish Slams Diversity On SNL: “Thank You For Not Hiring Me”
“Girls Trip” breakout star and former Bar Mitzvah party dancer Tiffany Haddish continued to steal hearts across America this week on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” speaking about times she was happy not to be cast. (She also spoke, at length, about whale watching, but that’s another article.) In two radically different examples, Haddish spoke…
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The Schmooze Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tells TMZ She Wouldn’t Do Judge Judy’s Job
Look. It’s not okay to harass the elderly. That being said — there really is nothing more delightful than watching a paparazzo chasing down Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, shouting, “I LOVE YOUR WORK!” Early Wednesday morning the celebrity gossip site TMZ posted a video of an unnamed reporter jogging through Reagan International Airport…
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The Schmooze In 20th Anniversary ‘Harry Potter’ Cover Art, Hermione Finally Gets Her Moment
The rich colors and emotive illustrations that artist Mary GrandPre created for the original American editions of the “Harry Potter” series made an indelible impression on the imaginations of millions. 20 years later, Jewish artist Brian Selznick has created seven beautiful, eerie new covers for the anniversary edition of the series, set for release by…
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The Schmooze Teens Are Wearing Yellow Squares To ‘Combat Sexist Dress Codes’
No spaghetti straps. No shorts above the mid-thigh. No leggings without sweaters that cover the butt. Bras are required. Teenage girls at Joseph-François-Perrault High School seem to be channeling Nazi-era yellow stars of David on the eve of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, in protest of their school’s dress code, which leaders of the student…
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Culture Why Dating In New York Is Just Like Finding A Therapist
I was two hours into a date with a guy who had a cute dog and a desire to explain the novel “Lolita” in graphic detail, and it was time to go. We were in the middle of Madison Park in Manhattan’s Flatiron District, drinking wine out of cans he had brought in a bag….
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The Schmooze Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs Gets Engaged After Chipotle Flashmob Proposal
Would it really be Passover in the Diaspora if a gay Jewish fashion designer wasn’t proposing to his boyfriend with a flashmob at a Chipotle? Candlemaker and model Char Defrancesco lived out billions of people’s dreams on Wednesday night when he received a wedding proposal from his boyfriend, designer Marc Jacobs, in a Chipotle. Jacobs,…
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The Schmooze How To Celebrate Burrito Day and Deep Dish Pizza Day On Passover
There is a short passage in the book of Exodus that has beguiled and befuddled rabbinic scholars throughout the ages. It occurs immediately after the burning bush sequence, as Moses, his wife Zipporah, and their son, leave Zipporah’s homeland and travel to Egypt, where Moses plans to demand freedom for the enslaved Israelites. Suddenly, the…
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