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 Adam Sandler Will Host SNL For The Very First Time
Surely, you would think, Adam Sandler has hosted Saturday Night Live at least eight times. After all, the comedian who gave birth to the greatest artistic achievement of our time — “The Hanukkah Song” — is heavily associated with the late night sketch comedy show. And yet. You would be wrong. Sandler, a boyish comic-turned-long-suffering-dad-type,…
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Opinion Jews Broke Guinness World Record In Sandwich-Making, And More News To Make You Smile
Everyone loves the ole Hillel quote — “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” So profound! So snappy! It’s less popular to quote the words a few lines down from Hillel’s frenemy, Shammai, who said, “Greet every…
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The Schmooze 7 Hysterical Orthodox Women Comedians You Should Know
Every day this week we’ll be highlighting classic and cutting-edge Jewish comedy, from the best Jewish comedians in the Trump era to the best jokes told by non-Jews about Jews. L’chaim! Oh, so you thought Orthodox women doing stand-up comedy wasn’t a thing? Sit down, quiet down, and get ready to laugh. And maybe to…
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The Schmooze 10 Best and Most Classic Funny Jewish Jokes
Top 10 funny Jewish jokes for those who love our humor
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart Pointed Out Joe Biden’s ‘Gratuitous Handsiness’ With Women Years Ago
Taking a break from our regular light topics of refugees, anti-Semitism and gun violence, the country turns to another relaxing conversation: Is Joe Biden America’s fun uncle, or our creepy uncle? As the former vice president is rumored to be launching a 2020 presidential campaign any day now, footage has resurfaced of the longtime politician…
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Life The 36 Best Jewish Memes Of All Time
Every day this week we’ll be highlighting classic and cutting-edge Jewish comedy, from the best Jewish comedians in the Trump era to the best jokes told by non-Jews about Jews. L’chaim! The Jews have taken to memes as we’ve taken to many mediums of creative expression and social criticism over the millennia: with wild enthusiasm….
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The Schmooze The Ratings Are In: Ivanka And Jared Are Both Disliked, But For Different Reasons
Ivanka Trump is highly associated with glamour. Her husband of nine years, Jared Kushner, is not. Trump is considered beautiful. Nevertheless, she’s not well-liked. Kushner is also disliked — people find him “insincere,” and “creepy.” Well. A small child could have told you all of that. But now research from E-Poll, a top data company…
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The Schmooze Maxwell House Is Selling A ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Haggadah
Welcome to America, where the streets are paved with gold, and major coffee brands develop gimmicks around ancient Hebraic texts to court Jewish customers! Maxwell House, the American coffee brand, is distributing limited edition Passover Haggadot designed for fans of the Amazon show, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Once we were slaves, and now we are…
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