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 Search For The Song Of The Summer Is Over. Netta Barzilai Just Killed It.
A writhing beat, cheap rhymes, and cheerful refusal to conform — it must be a song by reigning Eurovision champion Netta Barzilai. The Israeli winner of last year’s international song competition dropped “Nana Banana,” her third single, just in time for the first anniversary of her triumph. Israel is just days away from hosting Eurovision,…
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The Schmooze For Once And For All, Meghan McCain Cannot Be A Victim Of Anti-Semitism
On Tuesday night, Ben Domenech, the founder and publisher of conservative website The Federalist and husband of Meghan McCain, did an odd thing. He tweeted a verbally abusive, sexually explicit rant, accusing late night host Seth Meyers of “going after” his wife with “Idiotic Anti Semitic bullshit.” Here’s the thing: Ben Domenech is not Jewish….
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The Schmooze Israeli Netflix Hit ‘Shtisel’ Has Been Renewed For A Third Season
Rejoice, people of Israel and voyeurs of ultra-Orthodox Judaism! “Shtisel,” the Israeli TV drama that exploded in the states when it was picked up by Netflix, has been renewed for a third season. Co-creator of the show Yehonatan Indursky confirmed at a talk in London on Tuesday night that writers are already hard at work…
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Culture I Didn’t Want To Fall For Israel — Confessions Of A Millennial Jew
I remember it like this: It was the turn of the century. There was an uprising. I had just learned how to read. It was an odd time to take children to Israel. The country had become a bloody backdrop against which cafes and buses exploded, flinging scraps of human flesh into the air. We…
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The Schmooze Amy Schumer Is A Mom Now
Outside Amy Schumer: A baby. Mazal tov to Amy Schumer, who delivered a baby boy on Sunday night at 10:55 PM. The comedian announced the birth of her first child with a reference to the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, who also gave birth to her first son just hours later, on early Monday morning….
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The Schmooze Karlie Kloss And Joshua Kushner Were Worst Dressed At Met Gala
Looking like a mother trying to relive her glory days as she shuffles her gawky son off to junior prom, supermodel Karlie Kloss arrived at the Met Gala with Joshua Kushner by her side. On Monday night the longtime couple, who married in October 2018, attended the annual high-profile fundraiser in New York City dressed…
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The Schmooze Every Jewish Reference On Vampire Weekend’s ‘Father Of The Bride’
Vampire Weekend’s new album, “Father Of The Bride,” is really Jewish. Imagine this: You’re walking down the street and you run into the reanimated body of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and she hands you a bowl of matzo ball soup, and you look down and all the matzo balls have been replaced by Shabbat-O’-Grams…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman’s Life Being Made Into A Musical By ‘Crazy Ex GirlFriend’ Songwriter
Sarah Silverman’s comic memoir “The Bedwetter” is being turned into a musical by Adam Schlesinger, the guy who co-wrote most of the music in “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” The script will be by Joshua Harmon, who wrote the play “Bad Jews,” which is about talking about the Holocaust at a funeral. Is this what a stroke feels…
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