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 Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ May Star Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Timothee Chalamet
Greta Gerwig, writer-director of 2017’s critical darling “Lady Bird,” is in talks with Meryl Streep, Emma Stone, Saoirse Ronan, and Timothee Chalamet to star in her remake of the classic novel “Little Women,” Variety reports. The potential cast list reads like a who’s who of Hollywood’s current biggest stars, and it’s no surprise — Gerwig,…
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The Schmooze Real Housewife Siggy Flicker: ‘I Will Bring Peace To The Middle East!’
Siggy Flicker, the Israeli-born matchmaker and entrepreneur, has long been our favorite Real Housewife due to her pathological inability to stop bringing up the Holocaust. We’re serious — Flicker, daughter of Holocaust survivor and renowned scholar Dr. Mordecai Paldiel, likes to make damn sure that “never forget” means never, even when she’s on Bravo, and…
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The Schmooze Ariana Grande Is Bringing Back The Kippah Clip
“More than Jews have kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jews.” – Ahad Haam “More than the Jews have kept kippah clips, kippah clips have kept the Jews.” – Schmooze proverb Ariana Grande, the pop-princess and twee sex-symbol who is recently affianced to comedian Pete Davidson, is being credited with bringing back a metallic hair…
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart Delivers A Moral Rallying Cry On Colbert
“Hello Donald, it’s me — the guy you made sure everyone knew was Jewish on twitter.” In a segment on Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show,” Jon Stewart emerged from under the news desk to deliver what began as a screed but became a patriotic soliloquy. Noting that Donald Trump’s presidency appears to be approaching its…
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Culture Dressing Modestly Didn’t Mean What I Thought It Did
The very first time I was invited to a wedding by a peer, the ceremony was Orthodox. I am not Orthodox. But I knew how to dress the part. So the night before the wedding, I paraded my most modest clothing for Shmuel, an Orthodox friend. I chose an outfit I felt demonstrated that I…
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The Schmooze Dr. Ruth Explains How To Have Good Sex Even As The World Goes To Hell
You’re not imagining it — things are getting really hard out there. Or not, as it were. With constant news alerts — children enduring what is essentially state-sponsored torture, the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, and the roiling national dispute surrounding civility and protest — it can be hard to keep up. And to…
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The Schmooze Facebook Is Creating A ‘Spoilers’ Snooze Button
Whether the game is on during your meeting or “Game of Thrones” is on too late for you, you’ll soon be able to game the system — Facebook is experimenting with a function that will hide “spoilers” from your newsfeed. The social media sight is testing out code that will allow users to select specific…
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The Schmooze Scarlett Johansson Refutes Claims She ‘Auditioned’ To Date Tom Cruise
Imagine how embarrassing it would be to ever date Tom Cruise. Now imagine how embarrassing it would be to have people think you auditioned for the privilege…and didn’t even get the job. After former Scientologist Brendan Tighe spoke on “Meghan Kelly Today” on Wednesday about his experiences serving on Tom Cruise’s security division, Johansson is…
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