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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The Schmooze Seth Rogen Refused To Take A Picture With Paul Ryan, In Front Of Ryan’s Kids
Seth Rogen is taking his role as a tastemaker, public figure, and social commentator seriously — in the past 10 hours he has tweeted seven pictures of cats. On Friday, the mild-mannered Canadian Jewish dreamboat (that’s right) told Stephen Colbert that he took a picture with Paul Ryan’s children but refused to take one with…
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The Schmooze Mira Sorvino Owns Sexist Holocaust Mansplainer On Twitter
Mira Sorvino has taken enough crap. The Oscar-winning actress and Harvard graduate has said she was attacked by Harvey Weinstein. She has put her reputation on the line, becoming a prominent face of the #MeToo movement. Her career was likely negatively impacted by her interactions with Weinstein. She has dealt with a lot of pain…
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The Schmooze Tiffany Haddish, Drake, and All The Jews Who Rocked The BET Awards
The 18th annual Black Entertainment Television Awards were held on Sunday night, and black Jews shone, taking home several major awards. Deadline has the full list of winners here. via GIPHY America’s sweetheart Tiffany Haddish won Best Actress in a stacked category that included Angela Bassett and Lupita Nyong’o. Haddish, who has the beauty, charm,…
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The Schmooze Ivanka’s Friends Are ‘100% Sure’ She’ll Run For President, And Other ‘Born Trump’ Revelations
“Born Trump,” the tell-all look into the lives of the younger members of the first family, reads like Candace Bushnell-meets-Michael Wolff. Written by Vanity Fair journalist Emily Jane Fox, the new book is a delicious mixture of gossip, speculation and Liz Smith-ish insight that forms a juicy and Jew-cy narrative of the Trumps. Where the…
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The Schmooze ‘Jerry Springer’ Has Been Canceled After 27 Years
4,000 episodes later it seems we have decided that reality is bad enough as it is — the salacious talk show “Jerry Springer” has been canceled after 27 seasons. Daytime drama junkies, don’t panic — “Springer” will still be shown in syndication, plus producers say “there is a possibility” of more original episodes, which doesn’t…
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The Schmooze Melania Wears Jacket Reading ‘I Really Don’t Care, Do U?’ To Child Detention Center
First Lady Melania Trump loves a good coat. To her husband’s inauguration, she wore a powder blue Ralph Lauren suit coat. In Italy, she chose a colorful Dolce & Gabanna jacket. She is known for draping coats imperiously over her shoulders — for this she likes Calvin Klein, Stella McCartney, Delpozo, Gucci, and Givenchy. It’s…
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The Schmooze In The Weinstein Era, Pete Davidson Is The New Dream Man
If you’re a person who feels sexual and romantic attraction to men, it has been a rough time for you. As a brilliant comedian famously joked, being attracted to men is like being attracted to lions or bears, since “there is no greater threat to women than men.” Since the number one threat to women’s…
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The Schmooze You Should Watch Rachel Maddow Break Down About Immigrant Baby Shelters
“OMG CRYING!” “I literally sobbed during “Queer Eye”!” “Stop, you’re going to make me cry!” The Schmooze isn’t really interested in the commodification of tears (almost always female) as proof of profundity. But the clip that’s making the rounds of Rachel Maddow trying and failing to work through her tears as she reports on “tender…
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