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 10 Ways ‘How 10 Days In Israel Changed Jonathan Lipnicki’s Life’ Changed Our Lives
There are a few life-changing moments in every Jewish person’s life. The moment she is called to the Torah and becomes an adult in the Jewish community. The day she realizes she is the member of a tradition that stretches back earlier than antiquity. Her first trip to Israel. The day she reads an article…
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The Schmooze Why Can’t I Find One High-Profile Celebrity Who Acknowledged The Anti-Semitism In Charlottesville?
It was a scene from every Jewish American child’s personal nightmares — men flooding the streets of an American city chanting anti-Jewish threats, flanked by policemen for protection. The President refusing for several days to specifically condemn the people holding torches and chanting “Jews will not replace us.” People wearing swastikas and doing Nazi salutes…
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The Schmooze I Went To A New York City Jewish Dating Event And Lived To Tell The Tale
“You’re the reason people hate Jews!” a man named Mark with impeccably manicured eyebrows screamed at me. I had been at the “Bang It Out: Tu B’Av White Party” for one hour. Things were not going well. Earlier that evening, hundreds of youngish people in groups of two or three thronged down West 79th street…
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The Schmooze Daniel Handler Says Giving Boys Books With Sex Scenes Will Lead To A Series Of Fortunate Events
Daniel Handler is best known for the series of 13 children’s books he wrote under the pseudonym “Lemony Snicket.” “A Series Of Unfortunate Events” begins with “The Bad Beginning” and ends with “The End.” Along the way we meet a villainous fashion plate named Esme Squalor, a hypnotist named Doctor Orwell, and the notorious Count…
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The Schmooze Andy Samberg and Harpist Joanna Newsom Have A ‘Surprise’ New Baby
Comedian Andy Samberg and harpist Joanna Newsom have welcomed a new baby girl, in what media reports are calling a “surprise” following a “secret” pregnancy. The news was released exclusively from Samberg’s representatives to Us Weekly. This news brings forth both unbridled joy and a lot of questions. Was the birth a “surprise” to Newsom,…
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The Schmooze In Honor Of Dustin Hoffman’s Birthday, Let Us Remember That He Once Saved A Life
This is my favorite Dustin Hoffman story of all time. In fact, it is my favorite story about any celebrity. It is about a simple man who rises to heroism when the situation calls for it. News reports about the event lack in detail so please allow for minor creative license. It was July in…
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The Schmooze The Jewish Billionaire Wedding That Brought Together Hillary Clinton, Tiffany Trump and Football
You know that recurring nightmare you have where you’re getting married but Hillary Clinton is there, and randomly so is Huma Abedin and a cast member from “The Real Housewives,” and then Tiffany Trump shows up? Plus, for some reason, in the dream your parents and your fiancé’s parents are billionaire political donors who give…
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The Schmooze 69 Percent of Teenage Girls Now Identify As Feminist — But Do They Know What It Means?
Teenage girls are arbiters of cool. They predicted The Beatles. They are the earliest and keenest adapters to new technology. They vastly surpass boys in college attendance numbers and have since the 1970s. They are consistently on the forefront of advances in fashion, fitness, and popular culture. Full industries rise and fall at their whims….
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