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 ‘I Joined The Tribe’: Karlie Kloss Confirms That She Converted To Judaism
Where does a mansplainer get his water? From a well, actually… And what does the Schmooze say when a supermodel-slash-entrepreneur converts to Judaism and marries a Jewish real estate scion turned investor but then doesn’t acknowledge it for months, and the whole thing has shades of, like, biblical protagonists meeting at watering holes? Well, well,…
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Life Jewish Girl’s Social Diary: Orthodox Dating, Drunk Ferris Wheel, and Shabbat Glitter Yoga
How do Jews in America live today? And how do they party, celebrate, throw down, and share joy? For this new Life feature, we’ll attend three diverse Jewish social events and share our experiences of all three. If you would like your event to be covered by the Forward, email [email protected] Drinking, for the culture…
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The Schmooze Kat Von D Makes Clear That She, Not The Jews, Is The Real Victim Of Anti-Semitism
Like many of her peers, Kat Von D advertises her makeup brand as “vegan and cruelty free.” But what about Kat Von D? Is Kat Von D “cruelty free”? The celebrity makeup artist, who owns and runs a mega-successful makeup brand under her name, released a YouTube video on Thursday titled, “I am NOT a…
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The Schmooze ‘Captain Marvel’ Is First Major Superhero Movie Directed By A Jewish Woman
How great are your female directors, O superhero movies, your filmmakers, O Israel! Scroll through the list of people who have directed superhero movies (it’s long, believe us) and you’ll see plenty of Jewish names. Richard Donner (who changed his last name from Schwartzberg,) did the classic “Superman” films. Richard Lester (full name “Richard Lester…
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The Schmooze Jonah Hill’s Latest Music Video Stars Jerry Seinfeld And Judaism — But No Women
This week, Ezra Koenig’s band Vampire Weekend released a music video directed by Jonah Hill, starring Jerry Seinfeld. It’s a sentence that reads like a white-Jewish Madlibs, and the video, for the band’s new single “Sunflower,” has that sort of charm to it, like an Urban Outfitters helmed by a put-upon bar mitzvah party planner….
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The Schmooze 14 Purim Costume Ideas For The Lazy Jewish Girl
Purim is the holiday to beat all holidays. Excessive drinking! Tinsel-y decorations! Thematic cookies, objects that exist just to make noise, a steamy backstory about a female role model, and, of course, costumes. We’re far from the season when Sexy Plumber outfits can be purchased off the side of the road, plus who the hell…
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The Schmooze The Funniest Jewish Rage Tweets About The College Admissions Scam
A bombshell news story on Tuesday revealed that at least 50 people, among them Hollywood star Felicity Huffman and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, have been charged by federal prosecutors for paying to falsify their children’s test scores and bribing their way into top universities. Parents as well as college employees are being charged in a…
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The Schmooze Who Is Elizabeth Pipko, Trump’s 23-Year-Old Jewish Friend?
On Tuesday morning, the President tweeted the following, giving as the source of his information “Elizabeth Pipko, Jexodus.” “Jewish people are leaving the democratic party. We saw a lot of anti Israel policies start under the Obama administration, and it got worsts & worst. There is anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party. They don’t care about…
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