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 He’s The US Ambassador To Israel, And He Dressed Up As A BDSM Dragon For His ‘GoT’ Party
BDS or BDSM? David Friedman holds one of the most significant positions in American diplomacy. As the US ambassador to Israel, the Orthodox Jewish bankruptcy lawyer, and former president of the Trump Organization, influences policy decisions in one of the most volatile parts of the world. Friedman has courted controversy — comparing supporters of the…
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The Schmooze Moby: I Dated Natalie Portman. Portman: I Was A Teenager, He Was A Creep.
What would the 2019th year of the Common Era be without another delightful He said, She said? The singer-songwriter Moby has claims in his new memoir that he had a fling with movie star Natalie Portman decades ago, when she was 20 and he was 33. He previously spoke of “dating” Portman in an interview…
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The Schmooze Amy Schumer Does Stand-Up Set Two Weeks After Giving Birth
Two weeks after giving birth to her first child, comedian Amy Schumer took the stage at New York’s famed Comedy Cellar to do a stand-up set. “I’m back!” Schumer, 37, captioned a picture of her set, on Instagram. If you hear a rushing sound, that’s your blood pressure vroom-ing into high gear as your brain…
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The Schmooze Scarlett Johansson’s Lovers, Ryan Reynolds Through Sean Penn
Updated, 10:30AM: This article was published in December 2017, but has been updated to reflect the thrilling developments in Scarlett Johansson’s love life. Like Moses taking orders from that bossy burning bush, Scarlett Johansson didn’t ask to be the leader of the Jewish people. Nevertheless, between her Germanic beauty and obvious talent, Johansson never stood…
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The Schmooze Chris Evans Has Discovered Jewish Philosopher Hannah Arendt
The Marvel universe has announced a follow up to its popular superhero ensemble films, to be titled “Avengers: The Origins of Totalitarianism.” We kid, but you’d watch, right? Captain America himself, actor Chris Evans, has discovered the 20th century German Jewish political philosopher Hannah Arendt, and he wants the world to know. Just under 140,000…
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The Schmooze ‘Law & Order’ Episode Asks: What If A Muslim Woman Politician Was Raped In A Synagogue?
There is no question that the Muslim elected official at the center of a recent episode of “Law & Order: SVU” is based on real life Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. There is this question, though: Why would anyone think it’s okay to make a TV episode about an Ilhan Omar-inspired character being raped inside a…
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Opinion This Week In Good Jewish News: Octogenarians Had Bat Mitzvahs And Seinfeld Saw ‘Fiddler On The Roof’
Bad news breaks every single day, and it breaks our hearts. But good news happens every day too, and reading it helps put the pieces back together. If you have a tip for a Jewish news story that brought you joy, please send it to [email protected]. Hallelu!: On shabbat last week, 21 women ages 85…
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The Schmooze The ‘Candid’ Chuck Lorre Stays Silent On Years Of Misconduct At CBS
Chuck Lorre is one of the most powerful men in the history of television. Known as “the hitmaker,” he created “The Big Bang Theory,” which ends today after twelve years — half of which it was the most popular comedy on television. He’s the mind behind a few other little shows you may have heard…
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