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 Hitler’s Great-Nephew Was Dumped By His Jewish Fiancee When She Learned His Identity
Romeo and Juliet. Paris and Helen. Hitler’s great-nephew and an anonymous Jewish Long Island woman. Some great passions just aren’t built to last. As if the news cycle wasn’t exhilarating enough, journalists for the German publication Bild at last succeeded in securing an interview with a long elusive source: one of the three great-nephews of…
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The Schmooze Kanye West Will Meet With Jared Kushner And Trump — What Will They Discuss?
If you like human rights, order, ethical government, and a future that looks peaceful and prosperous, America in 2018 is just not for you. But if you like ceaseless, high-stakes DRAMA, you’re in exactly the right place. The New York Times reported that chaotic rapper and celebrity fixture Kanye West will meet with President Donald…
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The Schmooze Justin Bieber Once Toured Yad Vashem Hand-In-Hand With Auschwitz-Survivor
Justin Bieber frequently sings about moms, a category of women he clearly has great affection for. But the grandmother file in his oeuvre was thin until this point. No longer. Bieber’s longtime manager Scooter Braun spoke about his client’s warm relationship with Braun’s grandmother on Thursday night. Receiving the title “Ambassador of Peace” at an…
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The Schmooze Timothée Chalamet Says He ‘Wept For Hours’ After High-Pressure Audition
Timothée Chalamet took an industrial drill to our hearts with his performance in “Call Me By Your Name” and looks posed to do the same in the upcoming “Beautiful Boy” with Steve Carell. So it’s good to know that Tim cries, too. Human china-doll Chalamet is no longer a rising star. A more apt metaphor…
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The Schmooze I Want To Support Jenny Slate But I Refuse To See ‘Venom’
I have watched the trailer for the anticipated sci-fi/action/horror flick “Venom,” and I am sorry to announce that, in spite of my profound desire to support Jenny Slate’s career at all its stages including “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” I will not be seeing “Venom.” Jenny appears in “Venom” as a character amazingly named “Dr….
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The Schmooze We’re Days Away From ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Final Premiere
Well, well, well, well (“wells” ad infinitum until world situation either significantly improves or finally implodes.) Things are bad. Television is good. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” the oddball, musical technicolor-spectacle will return to television for its final bow on Friday, October 12. The CW show, an intoxicating blend of Jewish cultural references and lighthearted looks at mental…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Delivers Rage-Fueled, Emotional Kavanaugh Appeal
Everybody’s Jewish fairy godmother Sarah Silverman has waved her magic wand — words — again, making everything a little bit better (though the orange pumpkin remains discouragingly orange.) Dressed in her finest patriotic tracksuit, high-ponytail swinging and eyebrow shapes devastatingly precise, she addressed America’s senators ahead of what will now be the final vote for…
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The Schmooze Bette Midler’s ‘Women Are The N-Word Of The World’ Tweet Was Inspired By John Lennon
Bette Midler’s got a big mouth. Sometimes, what comes out is gold. And sometimes, it’s just dreck. The Divine Miss M landed in hot water yesterday afternoon when she tweeted: Midler’s fury and pain seem so genuine. But she also seems out-of-touch to the point of blithe, unconscious racism. The problem here: black women are…
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