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 ‘Catastrophe’ Snags Jewish Comedy Gem Michaela Watkins For Season 4
It’s been a rough week for all of us, and, somewhat horrifically, we have recently learned that is only Wednesday. It is times like this that lead us to prayer. Let us read from a translation of the Hashkiveinu in the Reform prayerbook Mishkan T’filah: Grant, O God, that we lie down in peace, and…
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The Schmooze Mayim Bialik On Why She Would Date An Atheist — And Why She Doesn’t Make Challah Anymore
Superstar scientist, writer, actress, and overall eshet chayil Mayim Bialik The Grok Nation creator talked about divorce, stardom, anxiety, challah, and the importance of using protection. Did we know Mayim Bialik was so funny and relatable? Reader, we did not. Here are just a few of our favorite moments: 1.Mayim Bialik on becoming a parent:…
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The Schmooze Prince William Is Right About Holocaust Museums
Prince William visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial, as part of his visit to Israel on Tuesday. American leaders who have visited the sight have venerated it — Hillary Clinton called Yad Vashem “a testament to the power of truth” and President Obama wrote that it serves as “a powerful reminder.” George Bush…
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The Schmooze Michael Douglas Embraces #MeToo Even Amid Potential Accusation
Michael Douglas is in a unique position. The actor is an avid, outspoken fan of the #MeToo movement. He is enthusiastic about recognizing wrongdoing in his industry and enforcing equal hiring practices and making more women’s voices heard. “I support the movement wholeheartedly,” Douglas told the Associated Press on Monday. Douglas also has reason to…
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The Schmooze Jerry Seinfeld Says Roseanne Should Be Recast: ‘There’s Other Funny Women Who Could Do That Part’
For someone whose comedy heyday was around the time of my 3rd birthday, Jerry Seinfeld likes it to be known that he respects comedy above all else. The standup star has always made it clear that comedy comes before activism for him, even as newcomers continue to blend the two seamlessly. But speaking to Entertainment…
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The Schmooze Ron Perlman Peed On His Hand Before Shaking Harvey Weinstein’s
Is it okay to secretly urinate on your hand before shaking another person’s hand if that person is an alleged sexual tyrant? For a book that’s almost infinity pages long, the Talmud is surprisingly quiet on this issue. Ron Perlman, the leonine actor you may have enjoyed in such films as “Hellboy” or “Hellboy II,”…
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The Schmooze Rachel Bloom Tells Adolf Eichmann’s Story on ‘Drunk History’
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” star Rachel Bloom. Weird Al Yankovic. Adolf Eichmann. Buster Bluth. No, it’s not the theme of my bat mitzvah party, it’s a new episode of “Drunk History.” Huzzah! God has truly smiled on us. For today the TV show “Drunk History” — which plies historians with enormous amounts of alcohol and asks them…
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The Schmooze If You Don’t Watch Netflix’s Hit ‘Set It Up’ Soon, You’ll Be Irrelevant
“Set It Up,” a Netflix original movie, is the sleeper hit of the summer. The romantic comedy that showed up at the top of everyone’s Netflix home page this week is one hour and forty-five minutes of untrammeled joy in a ruthlessly miserable world. We bring it to your attention because it was written by…
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