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 The New ‘Star Wars’ Isn’t Pro-Reform Judaism. It’s Anti-Religious Inflexibility.
I watched “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” this weekend because the group I was with couldn’t decide between “Call Me By Your Name” and “I, Tonya.” I did not intend to write something Jewish about “Star Wars,” just as I have not previously intended to write about Jews and sports or Jews and sex-spaghetti. Then…
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The Schmooze Vanity Fair Tells Hillary Clinton To Take Up Knitting And Stay Out Of Politics
Should one of the world’s most accomplished politicians and the winner of the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election refocus from community organizing to knitting? The answer, according to a group of editors at Vanity Fair, is yes. Hillary Clinton, a former Secretary of State and New York senator, used her office as First…
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The Schmooze ‘Artists You Didn’t Know Were Jewish’ Riff-Off Makes ‘Pitch Perfect 3,’ Well, Perfect
Like so many American Jews this weekend, I flocked to the movie theater to see one of the greatest films of the year: “Pitch Perfect 3.” Yes, watching the grand finale of the a capella film franchise was the most fun I have ever had in my entire life. I strongly recommend it to you…
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The Schmooze World Chess Champions Won’t Compete In Saudi Arabia Tournament That Kept Out Israelis
Anna Muzychuk, a 27 year-old Ukrainian woman, currently holds two World Champion titles in speed chess. This week she will lose them both without playing a single game. Why? Because Muzychuk, along with her sister Mariya Muzychuk — also a chess grandmaster and 2015 Women’s World Chess Champion — is not willing to abide by…
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The Schmooze The Princess Diana ‘Bon Jovi’ Musical Heads To Broadway
Update note: This story was published on December 24, 2017. It was updated to reflect new developments for the musical on August 14, 2019. Britain’s royals now wear shorts, cry in public, and care about marginalized people. Now, a musical about Princess Diana’s wedding, written by the Jewish keyboardist for “Bon Jovi” is officially headed…
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The Schmooze After Backlash Lorde May Cancel Concert In Israel, But Not Concerts In Russia
Singer Lorde has come under fire from from BDS supporters on Twitter after announcing tour dates this coming summer in Tel Aviv, St. Petersburg and Moscow. The 21 year-old “Royals” singer is promoting her 2017 sophomore album “Melodrama,” which received a nomination for album of the year at the most recent Grammy Awards and general…
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The Schmooze Gal Gadot May Star In Nazi Redemption Thriller
The great news: against all odds, a woman with a mysteriously unpronounceable last name from a desert country that is 1/90th the size of Mexico has become one of the world’s most beloved movie stars. The confusing news: her next movie, slated for late 2018, might be a post-World War II revenge thriller about a…
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The Schmooze Are You Sure Meghan Markle Isn’t A Tiny Bit Jewish?
Let us take a moment to paraphrase a teaching from the Mishnah on the subject of atonement: For transgressions against readers of the Forward, the Schmooze atones. But for transgressions against Meghan Markle, the Schmooze does NOT atone until it becomes clear why Meghan Markle seems so Jewish. Let’s backtrack. Last Spring we were ecstatic…
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Yiddish פֿאַר וואָס הערט מען ניט וועגן דעם גלעצנדיקן וווּקס פֿון דער ישׂראל־בערזע? Why aren’t we hearing about the dramatic growth of the Israeli stock market?
וואָלט דער אָפּרוף געווען אַנדערש, ווען דער ציל פֿון די טעראָריסטן וואָלט ניט געווען ייִדן, נאָר אַן אַנדער גרופּע?
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