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 Yet Another White Man Picked To Direct The New ‘Star Wars’ Series
As the “Star Wars” franchise has taught us, anything can happen in space. A princess can become a senator, a spy, and a general. A neurotic robot can form an enduring friendship with a flippant droid. An orphaned scavenger can lead a resistance movement. Laser swords can be used alongside mental manipulation in an intergalactic…
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The Schmooze 9 Brilliant Jewish Women On How We Should Live Today
It’s International Women’s Day, whatever that means. For McDonalds, it means turning its giant “M” insignia upside down. For Mattel, it means issuing Barbies based on famous women in history. But what does it mean for non-giant corporations? We gathered quotes from some of the most dynamic Jewish women thinkers alive today on how to…
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The Schmooze The New Ruth Bader Ginsburg Documentary Trailer Is Out Of Control
What do you like in a movie? You like triumph against injustice? You like romance? You like unlikely success stories? You like history? You like action? You like celebrities? You like feeling hope? I think you’ll like the new Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary “RBG.” The trailer for “RBG,” a new documentary by Betsy West and…
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The Schmooze Susan Sarandon Says Paul Newman Gave Her Slice Of ‘Twilight’ Salary To Close Pay Gap
Is it possible to fall more in love with Paul Newman? Newman, the nicest Jewish boy that ever there was, gave away some of his salary for the 1998 movie “Twilight” when he realized his equally-billed female co-star was receiving unequal pay, Susan Sarandon told BBC5. Speaking about women’s rights in Hollywood on Thursday morning,…
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The Schmooze Mattel To Make Barbies Of Frida Kahlo, Chloe Kim And Other Inspirational Women
Your favorite feminist heroes and Bindi Irwin are going to be Barbies! In another unsettling, could-go-either-way moment for the modern feminist movement, Mattel, the Jewish-founded company that makes Barbie dolls, will be turning inspirational women from history and today into Barbies. The list includes Frida Kahlo, Amelia Earhart, and Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who…
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The Schmooze Jordan Peele Once Made A ‘Get Out’ Skit About Jews and Blacks. We Deserved It.
Ah, Jews — my absolute favorite type of people. We have suffered centuries of racial and religious discrimination. We have a long history of doing social justice work with other minority groups. And still, like any other group whose majority identifies as white, we have a racism problem. How do you tackle racism within a…
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The Schmooze The Lonely Island Compares ‘Schindler’s List’ To ‘Fast And Furious’ In Bizarre New Song
It is the official position of The Schmooze that novelty comedy music, the niche genre that encompasses the music of Rachel Bloom, Weird Al, Tenacious D, and Flight of the Conchords, is one of the only forces keeping the threadbare rags of our society stitched together. Surely, we all remember Allan Sherman’s b-side 1963 classic…
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The Schmooze Zach Braff Continues To Insist He Looks Like The Bachelor Scoundrel
Zachary Braff is capitalizing on a moment of national tragedy in a last ditch attempt to convince the world that he is hot. Once again, it falls to a national Jewish publication with Socialist roots to stop him in his tracks. We can’t control senseless evil, specifically “Bachelor” star Arie Luyendyk’s sadistic heart-stomping of fiancée…
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