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 Is Judge Judy Being Paid Too Much? The Talent Agency Suing CBS Thinks So.
As Judge Judy Sheindlin likes to say, “You wouldn’t know the truth if it got up and slapped you in the face.” If she’s right (and she often is,) talent agency Rebel Entertainment Partners had better duck and cover. The syndicated megastar, whose daytime courtroom show makes an annual net profit of over $75 million…
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The Schmooze Santa Or Hasid? Would You Wear This Sweater?
This sweater was spotted at a Century 21 department store in New York City, but its provenance has been hard to trace. Is it appreciative, appropriative, inappropriate or just tacky? Weigh in here: Would you wear a sweater with a “Hasidic Dancer” pattern? — Jenny Singer (@JeanValjenny) December 21, 2017 Jenny Singer is a writer…
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The Schmooze Hanukkah May Be Over, But The Debate About Poop Emojis And Chocolate Coins Rages On
Chocolate is good. Money is even better. Any combination of the two, therefore, should be ideal. But the thin, waxy discs of brown corn syrup residing in tin foil that we Jews dig our fingernails into every winter during the festival of lights are more compelling as a tradition than as a fiduciary or culinary…
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The Schmooze The Couple That Served Their Wedding Meal To Hurricane Harvey Victims Have Fairy-tale Ceremony
Remember the ridiculously photogenic Houston couple who, with the help of Aishel House co-director Rochel Lazaroff, served the food intended for their wedding welcome meal to victims of Hurricane Harvey? Well, they finally got married this weekend. And no natural disasters intervened. When a hurricane spread destruction across Houston, Josh Tillis and Dayna Skolkin (now…
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The Schmooze You Must Watch Mayim Bialik Compete In This Rap Battle
TBS has developed a celebrity rap battle show called “Drop the Mic,” based on a segment from James Corden’s “Late Late Show” — because taste cannot be allowed to get in the way of civilization enjoying its final, fossil-fueled years of discord and chaos. The show, which bravely creates a platform for white celebrities to…
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The Schmooze College Dude Wearing A ‘Bacon Suit’ To Game Accused Of Anti-Semitism By CNN Pundit
When is a cigar just a cigar? Furthermore, when is a bacon costume just a bacon costume? And also, what constitutes anti-Semitism? Two peas in a pod. #HoyaFans pic.twitter.com/SzJJiKwHYl — Georgetown Hoyas (@GeorgetownHoyas) December 9, 2017 These are the questions college basketball fans are left asking after CNN commentator Hilary Rosen called a Georgetown fan’s…
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The Schmooze Yes, Eminem Sampled Bette Midler’s ‘The Rose’ On His New Album
Some say “Love? It is a river.” And if those people are correct, then Eminem’s love for Bette Midler is the Amazon. The rapper, whose ninth studio album “Revival” was released on Friday, is packed with star power, from Beyoncé to Ed Sheeran to our very own member of the tribe P!nk. But the 45…
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The Schmooze Down With Matt Damon And All Other Men Like Him
Matt Damon spoke on ABC News last week about the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, who produced Damon’s breakout film “Goodwill Hunting,” Louis CK, who he calls himself a “fan” of, and the recently resigned senator Al Franken. This interview should be the beginning of the end of Damon’s career. In a conversation with Peter Travers,…
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