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 Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Middle-Aged Women Aren’t Taken Seriously. It’s Infuriating.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, triumphant on the cover of Time Magazine after wrapping the final season of her hit HBO show “Veep,” not to mention her cancer treatment, says she likes being unlikeable. “I’ve made a career of playing unlikable people,” the 58-year-old told the magazine. “I don’t cotton to likability.” It’s funny, because Julia Louis-Dreyfus is…
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Culture Modern Judaism’s Approach To Sex Is Still Creepy And Medieval
I had sex for the first time at a Jewish youth program. It was a positive experience for me, like having an elective surgery performed by a newly licensed family friend and waking up afterward to find that all your limbs still work. I am sure there are as many people who give up their…
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The Schmooze Watch A Jewish Youth Group Pelt Rapper T-Pain With A Beach Ball
Pour one out for rapper T-Pain’s relationship with the national Jewish youth movement BBYO. Teachers everywhere nodded in understanding this weekend, hearing that international rap and R&B phenomenon T-Pain walked off the stage before the end of his concert, unwilling to spend even one more minute attempting to entertain teenagers. “Disrespectful,” the legendary rapper said…
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The Schmooze Selma Blair Made Glowing First Appearance After MS Diagnosis At Oscars Party
Resplendent in a floor-length chiffon gown, cape, and bejeweled choker necklace, actress Selma Blair walked the red carpet on Sunday night after the 91st Academy Awards, using a cane for balance. The 46-year-old actress appeared to float down the carpet at the storied Vanity Fair Oscars party, her sherbet-colored Ralph & Russo cape trailing behind…
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The Schmooze All Of The Jewish Wins And Woes Of The 2019 Oscars
For the first time in years, a key component of the Academy Awards ceremony was missing on Sunday night — a person without whom, it was widely believed, the night could hardly function. I am referring, of course, to Natalie Portman, whose life-of-a-pop-star movie “Vox Lux” was unjustly snubbed by Academy voters (she sang, people!)…
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The Schmooze Robert Kraft Was Charged For Soliciting A Prostitute. What Does Judaism Say About Prostitution?
Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the Patriots and a major Jewish philanthropist, was charged on Friday in a prostitution sting in South Florida. Kraft, who is 77, was charged on two counts of soliciting prostitution along with 24 other people. Police say that incidents in which Kraft solicited prostitution were caught on hidden cameras….
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The Schmooze How Did Rafi Gavron — On Probation After Domestic Violence Plea — Slip Into ‘A Star Is Born’?
In “A Star Is Born,” the third, and flashiest remake of “the story Hollywood can’t stop telling,” has enjoyed glowing attention. Writers have profiled nearly everyone in the movie, from director-star Bradley Cooper, to Cooper’s real life ear doctor, who has a cameo in the film. Lady Gaga’s relentless repetition during the movie’s press tour…
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Opinion Israel’s Successful Moon Launch And Other Happy Jewish News Stories This Week
It’s said that if you shoot for the moon, you’ll land among the stars. But in Israel’s case, if you shoot for the moon, as Israeli company SpaceIL did on Thursday night, you’ll land in the pages of history and take your country’s tech reputation that much further. We are almost comfortable saying it was…
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