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 Self-Proclaimed ‘Hebrew Hammer’ Josh Rosen To Start As QB For Cardinals
Everything’s coming up Josh Rosen. The 21-year-old, a first-draft pick for the Arizona Cardinals in April, has been named to start as quarterback in the team’s upcoming game against the Seattle Seahawks. Rosen — the type of man to make a Jewish pop-culture reporter reconsider sports as a form of entertainment — is football’s newest…
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The Schmooze Anthony Bourdain Rips Trump In Emotional Final TV Premiere
Anthony Bourdain has gone on to parts unknown, but the lifelong traveller bestowed his characteristic acidic wit on his final project. The premiere of the 12th season of Bourdain’s food and travel show “Parts Unknown” takes Bourdain to Kenya, and marks the last time he ever recorded voiceover for the show. Bourdain, who died from…
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The Schmooze Can Your DNA Predict Your Playlist? Spotify Is Going All Genetic To Find Out.
Companies will do anything to get your most personal, private information. Even (checks notes)… seizing your DNA sequencing pattern in exchange for a playlist of world music. The music streaming service Spotify and the genetic testing service Ancestry.com have teamed up to offer consumers a whenever-in-a-lifetime opportunity: If you pay to have your genes tested,…
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The Schmooze Michelle Obama Secretly Helped Officiate A Jewish Wedding
Hold on to your huts, friends: As Jews around the world prepared for the festival of Sukkot this weekend, two Jews got married under a shelter of peace — guided by none other than Michelle Obama. The former first lady led a young Jewish couple in a recitation of their wedding vows in the heart…
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The Schmooze Gal Ga-‘D’oh!’: ‘Wonder Woman’ Star Voices Herself On ‘The Simpsons’
Gal Gadot will guest-star on “The Simpsons,” playing perhaps the most likable character to be seen on that show in decades. That character’s name? Gal Gadot. The long-running adult cartoon has released a clip of the episode that will feature the beloved “Wonder Woman” actress, the premiere episode of the show’s 30th season, which is…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman On Kavanaugh: ‘Whatever You Think Of Him, You Gotta Admit — The Guy Is Funny’
Sarah Silverman, the hoodie-donning, perfectly-ponytailed human keeping this nation from the brink of civil war, shared her take on the Bret Kavanaugh rape-attempt accusation on Wednesday night. Ahead of her Hulu talkshow “I Love You America” — a critical hit that blends Silverman’s trademark wit with her ocean-sized heart to help Americans create ties in…
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The Schmooze Danny Devito On The Time He Sucked Snake Venom Out Of Michael Douglas’ Hand
And now, for the story of the harrowing time when actor Danny DeVito saves actor Michael Douglas from certain death after a Mexican snake bite. Happy, happy Friday. Promoting his new animated movie “Smallfoot,” on The Talk, the 73-year-old DeVito recalled cheerfully the time he performed what the Talmud calls the greatest mitzvah — saving…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump Dressed Like An Orthodox Jackie O For Yom Kippur
It’s no secret that we at the Schmooze are not fans of Ivanka Trump’s choice to work for an administration that traffics in discrimination, snatches children from their screaming parents, and works to dismantle the very notion of truth. But to quote from the Yom Kippur vidui prayer, we are not so brazen-faced and stiff-necked…
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