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
-
The Schmooze Watching Seinfeld’s Netflix Show Feels Like Visiting Your Racist Grandpa
Jerry Seinfeld is as synonymous with American Jewish culture as a bagel and lox. He stands for successful acculturation without total assimilation. He is the spokesperson for contemporary Jewish comedy and is perhaps the most outwardly Jewish celebrity. He represents us. “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee,” is exactly what the title describes — each brief…
-
The Schmooze Dick Cheney Autographs A Waterboard In Sacha Baron Cohen’s New Trailer
Consider this — is there any chance that the last year has been so odd because we have actually all been unwitting participants in a Sacha Baron Cohen mockumentary? pic.twitter.com/ngkMhXeReK — Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) July 8, 2018 Baron Cohen dropped a 20-second teaser trailer on Sunday on Twitter for what looks like a brand…
-
The Schmooze Are Zac Efron’s Dreadlocks Harmless or Racist?
Normally beloved performer Zac Efron found himself in a hairy spot yesterday — controversy struck when Efron debuted a new dreadlocked hairdo on Instagram with the caption “just for fun.” Just for fun ? A post shared by Zac Efron (@zacefron) on Jul 5, 2018 at 10:24am PDT The seemingly innocuous black and white photo…
-
The Schmooze Go Ahead And Ask Jerry Seinfeld For A Selfie
In new episodes of Jerry Seinfeld’s Netflix show “Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee,” the iconic comedian takes an extreme position — he says he doesn’t mind being interrupted or even filmed in public by strangers. “I’m out in public,” he tells his nonplussed guest, Zach Galifianakis. “There’s no privacy out in public. That’s why it’s…
-
The Schmooze Every Blockbuster Movie Coming Out This Summer: What To See, What To Skip
It’s burning hot outside and world news couldn’t be worse. So let’s go to the movies. The Forward has compiled a list of all of the remotely popcorn-friendly movies that have come out or will come out this summer. We’ll tell you what we thought, what we expect, and of course, anything Jewish you should…
-
Opinion Ari Shavit, Go Away and Don’t Come Back
It’s been eight months since dozens of accusations of sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein kicked off the #MeToo movement. As the dust begins to settle some men are coming forward, making clear that they feel it is just about time they were forgiven. Mario Batali, the chef who was accused of numerous counts of sexual…
-
The Schmooze Backlash After Scarlett Johansson Cast As Trans Character
Scarlett Johansson has faced massive criticism this week for taking on a role as an apparently transgender man. Johansson will play Dante “Tex” Gill, an iconic massage-parlor kingpin who dominated Pittsburgh’s illicit pleasure centers in the 70’s and 80’s in the upcoming movie “Rub and Tug.” Johansson is a cisgender woman. Gill presented and identified…
-
The Schmooze Andy Dick Groped Ivanka Trump In Forgotten ‘Kimmel’ Clip
Video footage from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in 2007 shows comedian Andy Dick rubbing Ivanka Trump’s legs and hair as Trump protests. Later in the episode, said Kimmel, the talkshow host and security guards forcibly removed Dick, who had also demanded a kiss from Trump on air. This video has resurfaced after the April incident in…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Antisemitism Decoded After Minneapolis, a YouTuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’
- 2
News Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled crown prince, has a plan for his people’s future — if they’ll have him
- 3
Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
- 4
News As Iran’s Jews prepare for Purim, their government calls its story proof of a past genocide
In Case You Missed It
-
Yiddish דער קאַפֿע-הױז װי אַ מקום-מקלט פֿאַר ייִדישער קולטורThe cafe as a refuge of Jewish culture
אין די בערלינער קאַפֿע־הײַזער האָט די אינטעליגענץ געשמועסט, געלײענט צײַטונגען און געשפּילן שאַך.
-
Yiddish נײַע אָפּערע פֿאַרנעמט זיך מיט טבֿיהס טראַגישער טאָכטער שפּרינצעNew opera focuses on Tevye’s tragic daughter, Shprintse
די שאַפֿער פֿון דער אָפּערע שטעלן זיך פֿאָר די ווירקונג פֿון שפּרינצעס טויט אויף אירע שוועסטער און צייטלס אייניקל.
-
Fast Forward Supreme Court ruling clears Goldman–Lander showdown for NYC congressional seat
-
Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
