Jenny Singer is a freelance writer with pieces in Vox, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, and more. She was previously a staff writer at Glamour and the Forward, and she’s currently getting an MFA in nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa.
Jenny Singer
By Jenny Singer
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The Schmooze Watch: Israel Has The Best ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Fans (No Spoilers!)
Step aside, Marvel Studios fans in Los Angeles, Seoul, and London…Israelis displayed this week that they are the definitive fans of the fictional fantasia about beautiful young heroes who come together from diverse backgrounds to avenge the mass murder of millions. At a showing of “Avengers: Endgame” in Kfar Saba, a city in central Israel,…
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The Schmooze Bari Weiss Dated Kate McKinnon, But Doesn’t Want ‘Political Points’ For Her Sexual Identity
Bari Weiss, the New York Times columnist famous for being a Jewish woman who does not want any more rights than she currently has, dated Saturday Night Live comedian Kate McKinnon when they were both undergraduates at Columbia University. The provocative writer said in a Vanity Fair profile what had only been previously rumored —…
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The Schmooze Jewish Rapper ‘Forgives’ Germany In Excruciating Music Video From Leonardo DiCaprio
Famously, the charity single “We Are The World,” performed by a supergroup of musicians on behalf of Africa, saved the continent and ended systemic problems of famine. Likewise, it is expected that “Earth,” a new song featuring Jewish rapper Lil Dickey, and including solos from 30 popular singers, will save earth. It’s a shame that,…
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The Schmooze Here Are All The Famous Men Who Have Tried To Come Back From #MeToo
On October 5, the New York Times published an investigative story about allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct by media mogul Harvey Weinstein, dating back over two decades. Since that day, over 250 powerful people, from celebrities to CEOs to senators, have been publicly accused of sexual misconduct. The #MeToo movement, originally launched in 2006…
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The Schmooze Anderson Cooper Accused Jared Kushner Of ‘Gaslighting’ — Here’s What That Word Means
My tupperware container of old gefilte fish is not making the office smell weird. You have a poor sense of smell, remember? This seems like it’s all in your head. Plus, are you sure you’re not just smelling your own breath? Maybe you smell weird. This, friends, is an example of gaslighting. Gaslighting isn’t a…
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The Schmooze 15 Pieces Of Advice From A Professional Jewish American Princess
The collected literature about the acronym “JAP,” Jewish American Princess, is longer than an Artscroll Talmud, or a New Yorker fiction essay. But there’s really only one required text — humorist Sarah Solomon’s Twitter, @UrbanJAP. Probably shouldn’t have drunkenly yelled, “my culture is not your costume!!” At the chick in a Juicy tracksuit — urbanJAP…
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Life Passover Falls On Marijuana Holiday 4/20 This Year. Rabbis Aren’t Thrilled.
For so long, in Judaism and elsewhere, “getting stoned” meant getting literal stones thrown at you until you died. Now it means getting high on marijuana. And isn’t that freedom? Well…said the seventeen rabbis and spiritual leaders contacted by the Forward for this story. Not — well — uh, not exactly? This year, the second…
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The Schmooze Steve Mnuchin’s Wife And A Man Accused Of Rape Made A Comedy About A Serial Killer
Even Gossip Girl herself couldn’t have come up with a story this repellently juicy. Louise Linton, the eminently photographable actress who is married to US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin, has created her first feature film as both a writer and director. Not just any film. It’s a comic romp called “Me, You, Madness” about…
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Yiddish ווי ייִדישע קינדער־ליטעראַטור האָט געזאָלט העלפֿן קינדער פֿאַרשטיין די וועלטHow Yiddish children’s literature aimed to help kids make sense of the world
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