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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Life The Ultimate Glossary To Surviving Synagogue
Whether you participate in Jewish prayer three times a day or two times a year, entering spiritual spaces can be a linguistic minefield. Rich tradition plus an ancient language is a recipe for beauty, but also for confusion. Here’s a handy glossary to keep you informed from the moment you pop open the siddur to…
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The Schmooze Lana Del Rey Cancels Israel Concert Amid BDS Pressure
It’s September, and these lyrics have never been more apt: “I got that summertime, summertime sadness, su-su-summertime, summertime sadness.” Pop maestro Lana Del Rey has caved to weeks of pressure, canceling her plans to headline a concert at an Israeli festival under pressure from critics of Israel. The announcement, which the singer posted Friday on…
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The Schmooze Sheryl Sandberg Quietly Plans To Donate Massive Wealth In Late Husband’s Honor
Sheryl Sandberg owns a 10 percent stake in SurveyMonkey, the popular online survey-making service, where her late husband Dave Goldberg served as CEO. SurveyMonkey filed to go public this week, and Business Insider reports that documentation announcing the company’s IPO plans say that Sandberg plans to donate her stake in the company entirely to charity….
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The Schmooze The Sleeper Hit On Eminem’s Surprise Album Is A Voice Mail From Paul Rosenberg
It’s not clear that Eminem has a place in 2018 — during the Trump administration he tried to position himself as a resistor, but the rapper has always been resistant to anything that isn’t unadulterated praise of his work. In “Kamikaze,” a surprise album the 45-year-old dropped on Thursday, he uses his patented rage not…
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The Schmooze ‘A Slap In the Face’: USA Gymnastics Hires Woman Who Defended Nassar — After 50+ Accusations
Imagine this: you’re a national organization. Your former employee was found guilty of sexually abusing hundreds of children, many while he was in your employ. Reports find that your organization has, for decades, “failed to alert police to many allegations of sexual abuse” and consistently created systems that kept predators safe. Now you have to…
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The Schmooze Sex King Jeff Goldblum Scats While Eating Vegan Hot Wings
“In my life, I’m an adventurous eater,” Jeff Goldblum says on “The Hot Ones,” a YouTube talkshow that features celebrities eating increasingly spicy wings. “There’s nothing I haven’t tried.” Goldblum, a notorious Jewish sex god whose appeal stems from looking and acting like an NPR reporter who moonlights as a PlayGirl model, visited “The Hot…
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The Schmooze Emmy Rossum Is Leaving ‘Shameless’: Read Her Emotional Goodbye Letter
Emmy Rossum, perfect Jewish angel with a heart made of gold and hair made of doll-hair has announced that she will depart the Showtime comedy “Shameless.” Rossum, who has starred on the show alongside William H. Macy since 2011, wrote a moving letter to her fans on Thursday, explaining that soon she will leave the…
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The Schmooze Fed-Up Knicks Fan Sold His Loyalty For $3,450
Evan Perlmutter, a 33-year-old fan of the New York Knicks, has sold his team loyalty to the highest eBay bidder, for almost $3,500, ESPN reports. This news story has this young Jewish pop culture writer wondering — who would pay for that? And also — what are the New York Knicks? James Riedel, a 23-year-old…
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