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 ‘Rent’ Will Be The Next Live Musical Broadcast On FOX
UPDATE: The image mentioned in this article has been removed from the “RENT on FOX” twitter account, likely because it made no sense. The tweet that appears below was posted on January 24 and read something to the effect of, “525,600 minutes until RENT on FOX! January 27, 2019.” It was the prescient writer of…
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The Schmooze Erykah Badu Says She Is ‘Not An Anti-Semitic Person,’ Praises Hitler
Is it right to separate the art from the artist? Can it ever be appropriate to enjoy the art of a person who may have committed evil acts? Musician Erykah Badu is taking the question a step further, asking specifically, if the artist is Hitler and the art is paintings made by Hitler, can we…
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The Schmooze Drake Compares Himself To Hitler In New Song
The ongoing debate about whether or not it is okay to compare Hitler and the Nazi regime to current news events just took a surprising turn. Now, American Jews feel forced to ask: Is it okay to compare Hitler to the 31-year-old Canadian Jewish rapper Drake? As Genius wisely points out, the artist’s surprise single,…
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The Schmooze ‘Lady Bird’ Star Beanie Feldstein Wore Her Prom Dress To The SAG Awards
Is Beanie Feldstein the true Jewish American Princess we’ve been waiting for? The gloriously beautiful, wildly funny “Lady Bird” star radiates compassion on screen, went to Wesleyan and is the best friend of Ben Platt and sister of Jonah Hill. She also just wore her dress from her high school prom to the SAG Awards….
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The Schmooze The 2018 Jewish Nominees For Oscars In Major Categories
It’s shaping up to be a Jew-ish year at the Oscars, with chosen nominees in several of the major categories. But the recognition for other minority and oppressed groups — surprise attention in the top categories for “The Big Sick,” “Get Out,” and “Lady Bird” alongside the very Jewish “Call Me By Your Name” —…
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The Schmooze Israel: Want To Prove You’re The Best For LGBT People? Take Mike Pence To A Gay Club
Vice President Mike Pence is midway through a 35-hour whirlwind tour of Israel. The former Indiana governor has been received by Prime Minister Netanyahu, delivered a speech in the Knesset that included a recitation of the shehechiyanu prayer, and eaten dinner with the Prime Minister. In just a few hours he will meet with President…
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The Schmooze Please Let Me Be Sad About Lena Dunham’s Breakup
Here at the Schmooze, we’re not afraid to get extremely real. Commercial Israeli chocolate is disgusting. Howard Stern is a national disgrace. The premise that Jews are uniquely bad at sports is baseless. (All these are stories we’ve received hate mail for writing about.) But I put off writing about actress and “Girls” creator Lena…
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The Schmooze Scarlett Johansson Calls Out Franco, Time’s Up For Coercive Men
Scarlett Johansson is making headlines for attacking James Franco at the Los Angeles women’s march this weekend. But her decision to focus her speech on the grey areas of sexual misconduct that some see as “bad sex” and others as “sexual assault” is the real news. In a brilliant speech, Johansson raised the level of…
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