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 ‘Northern Exposure,’ 39-Time Emmy Nominee, Is Being Revived By CBS
“Charlie’s Angels” — two reboots. “Spiderman,” which, respectfully, is a story about a man who is also a spider: three reboots. “The Dukes of Hazard” — a little surprising it was made at all. In the great age of reboots, when all of us are careful to never recycle plastics, only ideas, it is only…
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The Schmooze Orthodox Rabbi Caught Studying Torah During Soccer Game Goes Viral
Rabbi Zev Leff never set out to be a viral star — he just wanted to get in some Torah study. But the Haredi rabbi of Moshav Matityahu, located near the Israeli city of Modiin, became an accidental sensation when a stadium camera caught him studying at the Israel-Scotland game in Glasgow. Rav Leff was…
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The Schmooze Did Kelsea Ballerini Plagiarize An Israeli Artist For Country Music Awards Performance?
Contemporary Israeli dance and country music. It could be a match made in heaven. If it’s done honestly. When 25-year-old country music sensation Kelsea Ballerini performed her hit “Miss Me More” at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday, responses were mixed. Reese Witherspoon called it fire emoji. Many fans complained that the electric performance was…
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Life Jews, Talking To Our Families About Violence Against Transgender People Is Our Obligation
On Sunday night I was in the balcony of a packed sanctuary of a Brooklyn synagogue that was hosting a literary event. A loud, cracking sound split the air behind me. Another time, a disruption like that would have triggered automatic head-swiveling, that jerk of human curiosity that forces you to turn with interest towards…
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The Schmooze The Forward’s 2018 Sexiest Jewish Intellectual Alive (And One Dead) Awards
Welcome back to the second year of the Forward’s annual Sexiest Jewish Intellectual Alive. It all began last year. Sensing a gap in a marketplace — the dominant Sexiest Man Alive competition was created to showcase the beauty of Mel Gibson — we decided it was time to rank Jews by intellectual hotness. A few…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Preparing Her Aging Dad For Death Is The Most Jewish Thing Ever
Sarah Silverman’s dad Donald is in perfectly good health for an 81-year-old. So Silverman decided “to show you just how important it is to take your elderly parents, bring them on your television show, and make a plan for their death.” As Donald said, popping up next to his daughter during the season finale of…
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The Schmooze SNL’s RBG ‘Get Well’ Rap Is Weaker Than Ginsburg’s Fractured Ribs
It’s fair to say that “Saturday Night Live” has had its ups and downs. Sometimes, the show is Kate McKinnon singing “Hallelujah” and Kenan Thompson as the tragic hero of a lobster opera. And sometimes, it’s just men embarrassing themselves. Forget the truly misguided bit this week when the absurdly wealthy co-head writer and “Weekend…
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The Schmooze The Bernie Sanders-Azealia Banks Feud You’ve Been Waiting For Has Arrived
It was bound to happen. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is a snowy-haired, firebrand grandpa grumpily taking on America’s banks, taxes, and social systems. Azealia Banks is a quicksilver, hyper-sexual, socially radical rapper known for erratic behavior, hot-headed internet fighting, and, once, claiming to have lurked inside of Elon Musk’s house for days. It was inevitable…
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