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 Michael Cohen Paid For A Twitter Account To Call Him A ‘Sex Symbol’
Who has two thumbs and thinks Michael Cohen is a “strong, pit bull, sex symbol”? Not women. A major report by the Wall Street Journal found that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen paid RedFinch Solutions, LLC to rig polls in the 2016 presidential election to benefit President Trump. According to the Journal, Cohen also paid…
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The Schmooze Senators Debate Whether To Support Cardi B’s Anti-Trump Screed
If poets are the true legislators of the universe, then rapper Cardi B is the true supra-natural leader of the galaxy. With the sticky-fingered glee of schoolboys, senate Democrats have taken to trumpeting her message to Americans in light of the ongoing government shutdown. The 26-year-old cultural sensation released an instantly-viral video on Instagram, assessing…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Is ‘Heartbroken’ About Women’s March Leadership
On Saturday, a sea of pink knitted hats will once again fill the streets of major cities as, for the third annual Women’s March, women unify in pursuit of human rights. But how many of those women will be Jewish? Comedian Sarah Silverman succinctly summed up much of the American Jewish response to the ongoing…
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The Schmooze Meet The Bisexual Jewish Rock Star On Netflix’s ‘Sex Education’
Sex education is sweeping the nation. No, not the system of keeping children and teens apprised of their bodies’ reproductive and pleasure systems, but something even better: a television show! “Sex Education,” a British TV series that debuted on Netflix over the weekend, has young people buzzing like — well — whatever buzzes — we…
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The Schmooze Billy Crystal Plays A Rabbi Who Feels ‘Like A Foreskin’ In This Extremely Jewish Sex Comedy
In the beginning, the Torah says the earth was “tohu vavohu” — a phrase that translates to something like “chaos and futility.” Billy Crystal appearing as a Rabbi in a sex comedy starring a mostly Jewish cast plus the star of “Fifty Shades Of Grey” must be the opposite of tohu vavohu. The Jewish pop…
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The Schmooze Jake Gyllenhaal’s ‘Spider-Man’ Villain Revealed
“Spider-Man,” the story that unspools endlessly like silk from a spider’s internal glands, has released a teaser trailer for its newest installment, “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” And that teaser stars — for a thrilling six seconds — Jake Gyllenhaal. This iteration of the crime-fighting arachnid is the lithesome Brit Tom Holland, who represents Marvel’s first…
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The Schmooze Celebrities Are Doing A Diet Based On A Torah Passage
Film and TV star Chris Pratt announced that he will be going on “the Daniel Fast,” a 21-day partial fast based on a passage in the Book of Daniel, which originates in the “Writings” section of the Hebrew Bible. Pratt, a religious Christian beloved for his starring turns on “Parks And Recreation” and in “Guardians…
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The Schmooze I Demand Justice For Ousted Jewish ‘Bachelor’ Contestant Jane Averbukh
It was St. Augustine who said, “In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?” And so it is lovers of justice all over this world who must now say, “This season’s Bachelor is an organized robber who has burgled the world our chance to see a 26-year-old Jewish woman win ‘The Bachelor.’”…
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