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 ‘Princess Bride’ Writer William Goldman Dead, But Immortal Forever
“True love is the best thing in the world,” William Goldman wrote. “Except for cough drops.” The 87-year-old screenwriter and novelist died on Friday morning after a brilliant career and beautiful life. His genius was as suited to love scenes as knife fights, as compelling recounting history as it was inventing myth, as warm on…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Schools Nazi Prom Boys On How To Make A Good Holocaust Joke
In the darkest moments, in the valley of the shadow of anti-Semitism, in days torn by violence and pain, there is a light, and her name is Sarah Silverman. And she is committed to teaching the world that there is a better way to make jokes about the Holocaust. Reflecting on the surfacing of a…
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The Schmooze Mark Zuckerberg And Sheryl Sandberg, We’re Revoking Your Mensch Cards
Well, well, well, well, well, well, well. Here at the Schmooze, the Forward’s pop culture desk, we’ve been pretty relentless in our criticism of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. But damn! Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, whose clean-cut looks and professed Jewish and American values have always endeared them to us just as Javanka’s have…
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The Schmooze Pregnant Amy Schumer Has Been Hospitalized But On The Mend
Amy Schumer has been hospitalized for hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness. The pregnant actress shared on social media that she was forced to raincheck standup shows in Texas after being admitted to the hospital during the second trimester of her pregnancy. “It blows,” the 37-year-old comedian commented. “Very lucky to be pregnant…
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The Schmooze David Schwimmer Thanked By UK Police After Capture Of Beer Thief
“Friends” actor David Schwimmer will be there for you when the rain starts to pour, even if you are a foreign police department looking for a beer bandit. Yes, in a brief departure from the ‘round the clock horror show that is the news cycle, we bring you a friendly collaboration between a beloved Jewish…
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The Schmooze This Jewish 16-Year-Old Is The Next ‘Evan Hansen’ On Broadway
Andrew Barth Feldman has years of experience in musical theater. He’s starred in “Catch Me If You Can,” “High School Musical,” “Shrek,” and “We Will Rock You,” among other productions. He’s trained. He’s taught. He’s directed. He’s won awards. Now, he’s going to star in the title role of Broadway’s smash hit “Dear Evan Hansen.”…
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The Schmooze Rising GOP Star’s Cute Bit On SNL Just A Distraction — He’s Linked To Conspiracy Theories
Everybody was a winner on Saturday night. Pete Davidson apologized on air on Saturday Night Live for the joke he’d made in a segment the week before, mocking injured veteran and then-GOP House candidate Lieutenant Commander Dan Crenshaw. Crenshaw himself then appeared on air, graciously accepting the apology, getting in some funny barbs, and speaking…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman: I’m Lucky My ‘Walk Of Fame’ Star Isn’t Getting Sewn Onto My Clothing
It was a joke so not-nice she used it twice: Upon receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and appearing on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Sarah Silverman made a pitch-black joke about anti-Semitism. “In a scary time when anti-Semitic crime is up 57% since 2016, it’s not lost on me how lucky…
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