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 Mark Zuckerberg Argues That Holocaust Denial Is A Freedom Of Speech Issue
In an interview with Recode on Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg appeared to defend and explain away Holocaust deniers. In a heated interview with Kara Swisher marked by both parties interrupting each other and referencing Facebook’s biggest controversies, Zuckerberg brought up Holocaust denial as an example of free speech that should not be removed from Facebook. In…
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The Schmooze Artist’s Response To Being Mocked By Sacha Baron Cohen Is Incredibly Gracious
You can’t bullshit a bullshitter. But you can convince an artist that fecal smears can be fine art, and that’s just what Sacha Baron Cohen did in the first episode of his new Showtime series, “Who Is America,” on Sunday. In a slew of interviews, most notably one with the Washington Post, Christy Cones has…
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The Schmooze Fake Awards, Companies, Identities: The Means Behind Sacha Baron Cohen’s Con
Sometimes you look at a truly successful person and think: I don’t know how she does it. Pretty much always, you look at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and think: Seriously, how does he do it? An investigation by Politico on Wednesday revealed some of the means of Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest, greatest cross between art…
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The Schmooze A Mammoth, Shirtless Jeff Goldblum Statue Has Appeared In London
A single protruding nipple on a facsimile of Jeff Goldblum presides over London this sunny Wednesday afternoon. A semi-nude, 23 foot-long statue of the star has been erected in front of London’s historic Tower Bridge in honor of the 25th anniversary of Goldblum and Steven Spielberg movie “Jurassic Park,” CNET reports. 25ft half naked Jeff…
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The Schmooze Armie Hammer: ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Fans Hand Me At Least One Peach A Day
Chew on this: Armie Hammer, dashing Jewish tall-person and co-star of the Oscar winning “Call Me By Your Name” says he receives “at least a peach or two” just about every day from fans of the movie. Hammer, whose excruciating handsomeness is matched only by his true acting talent and wild Jewish oil-baron pedigree, told…
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The Schmooze CW is Developing A Jewish, Lesbian ‘Batwoman’
Dark times call for a great hero, and Gotham might just get one. We need her but have done nothing to deserve her: a Jewish, female, queer, justice-loving, semi-nocturnal vigilante with strong ties to bats. The CW has announced that it is working on a “Batwoman” TV show for its 2019 season, created by the…
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The Schmooze Jewish Student Is Youngest Woman Ever To Finish ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Course
Casey Rothschild couldn’t talk when I called. She’s working at a children’s day camp this summer, where it’s difficult for her to get away to talk on the phone. She said this so politely that I considered that maybe I had the wrong Casey Rothschild. I was trying to get in touch with a woman…
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The Schmooze Is Sarah Palin Lying Or Just Stupid?
Poor, put-upon public servant Sarah Palin flew across the country last year with her daughter for a good cause, she wrote in a confessional Facebook post. Showtime had asked her to participate in a documentary, an opportunity to honor American veterans. The man she met with was wheelchair-bound — he was dressed to look like…
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