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 ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Is Going To Be A Movie
Waving through a — what now? The smash hit Broadway musical about — checks notes — teen depression and suicide in the age of social media has been sold to Universal Pictures and is set to become a feature film, Deadline reports. Dear Evan Hansen, we love you, and we’re so excited! The producer? One…
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Forward 50 2018 Karlie Kloss
A Model Jewish Activist Whether she wants it or not, supermodel, entrepreneur, activist and coder Karlie Kloss has our blessing. This brand new addition to the tribe converted to Judaism before marrying her partner of six years, Joshua Kushner (you may be familiar with his elder brother, Jared). Kloss, a 26-year-old St. Louis native, rocketed…
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The Schmooze Is Sarah Silverman’s ‘Wreck It Ralph’ Character the First Jewish Disney Princess?
Snow White. Sleeping Beauty. Belle. Tiana. Moana. Vanellope von Schweetz? Sarah Silverman and the directors of her 2012 animated movie “Wreck It Ralph” and its new sequel “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” contend that as video game character Vanellope von Schweetz, Silverman voices the first Jewish Disney princess. At the end of the first “Ralph” movie,…
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The Schmooze This Hanukkah Parody Of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Is The Greatest Ever
Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? Before our very eyes, a Jewish a cappella group has produced the Hanukkah parody song and video to leave all others in the dust. Move over, Maccabeats, “Bohemian Chanukah,” a parody of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” is the musical equivalent of being wrapped in a plush…
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The Schmooze Your Obsession With Hating Lena Dunham Is Terribly Boring
Over the weekend, New York Magazine’s female-focused vertical “The Cut” published an excellent profile by Allison P. Davis. It provoked a digital reunion of what must be the most diverse band of allies: loud liberals, alt-righters, millennials, dads, Midwesterners, art snobs, sexual conservatives, animal rights activists, and internet trolls. In other words, the stunning coterie…
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The Schmooze Israeli Musicians With Disabilities Go Viral With Joyful Beatles Cover
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes: The Shalva Band is on the rise. The eight musicians who perform on behalf of the Israeli Association for the Care and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities performed in the Next Star contest on Saturday night were under considerable pressure. “Kochav Haba,” or “The Next Star,” an Israeli music…
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Life QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Hanukkah?
Despite having a holiday that celebrates escape from slavery through a magical sea via a frog-based curse, American Jew like to hang our hat on Hanukkah. Sure, we have a cheese-themed holiday, and a mardi gras-Halloween-style drunken costume holiday, and monthly moon ceremonies, but if the Joneses are going to have a big winter blowout,…
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The Schmooze Julia Louis-Dreyfus Cries After Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld Honor Her
Sing, goddess, of the genius of Gérard’s daughter Julia Louis-Dreyfus Brilliant, beautiful, that raven haired genius That brought down Emmy after Emmy, SAG awards dropping like rain Upon fair and foggy Washington, D.C. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who has more Emmy Awards for acting than there are days in the week, was rightfully honored with one of…
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