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 Drake’s Mom Doesn’t Approve of His ‘Rap-Beefs’
Jewish rapper and producer Drake has had a lot to say about his mom, Sandi Graham, over the years. He has rapped about her. He has called her “the most important person in [his] life.” He has called her his “angel.” “I do this all for you,” he captioned a video of Graham on her…
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The Schmooze The 10 Fiercest Celebrity Responses To Family Separation
There’s a Torah quote for every occasion. These days we’re taking a look at Leviticus 19. The Book of Leviticus is notorious for its humorless list of instructions from God, but every so often it says something wonderfully radical. Jewish celebrities have been taking the instructions of Leviticus 19: 33-34 to heart. Here are their…
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Culture We Need To Talk About How Israeli Men Treat American Women
When I took a Birthright trip to Israel, the main attraction was not the land. It was our Israeli security guard. His name was Uri or Guy or something — one of those names we don’t have in America that means “pebble” or “biblical general.” He seemed mute. And he was as fresh from army…
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The Schmooze The 8 Best Jewish Weddings Ever Seen On Screen
8.’Family Guy’ insists that all Jews are cheap (thanks guys) but it’s still a nice wedding (even though the Nazis get involved.) 7.Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson know how to bring the ruach to a Jewish wedding. 6.Imagining a wedding in the Belorussian woods, surrounded by Jewish partisans. We’ve got more on the real Bielski…
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The Schmooze Are Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner About To Get Engaged?
Supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss has been dating real estate heir-cum-venture capitalist Joshua Kushner for six years this summer. We expect to hear wedding bells any minute. Or will it be a wedding shofar? (Or whatever it is that plays at Jewish weddings. Accordions?) Klossy will be converting to Judaism before she marries Kushner. Before…
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The Schmooze A Soviet Israeli Poet Dreams of Dorothy Parker and A.A. Milne — In Music
If your kids aren’t quoting Dorothy Parker, reciting the history of New York City landmarks, or begging for brusque strolls in the park then get thee to “Central Park: The Musical.” The new musical, by Russian-Israeli composer Dina Pruzhansky with a book by Arnold Shvetsov, will play at the JCC of Manhattan this Sunday at…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman: Ex-Harvard Pal Jared Kushner Is ‘Becoming A Supervillain’
Natalie Portman has an Oscar, a Harvard degree, a hot-French-ballerina husband, two adorable children, and worldwide acclaim. And she just doesn’t give a damn anymore. Portman, who has maintained a divide between her personal life and her professional work for most of her twenty-four year professional career, has recently been saying whatever she wants. It…
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The Schmooze How Did A ‘Neurotic Jewish Guy’ Make The Horror Hit ‘Hereditary’?
‘Hereditary,’ is being called one of the scariest movies ever made. And sure, it has levitating corpses, eerie visions, and spewing blood. But the themes the movie deals with — mother-child relationships, genetic disease, inherited trauma, crushing guilt, dysfunctional families, tragedy, and anxiety — aren’t typical of the genre. Jump scares aside — was “Hereditary”…
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