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 Claire Foy of ‘The Crown’ To Receive $275K In Back Pay For Gender Pay Gap
On the wildly popular television show “The Crown,” Claire Foy portrays Queen Elizabeth II. Matt Smith plays her husband, Prince Philip. The titular “crown” refers to the one worn on Claire Foy’s head. And yet, Claire Foy makes less money per episode than Matt Smith. Put that in your pipe and smoke it and get…
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The Schmooze Lea Michele Is Engaged And Sporting A Diamond The Size Of A Satellite Dish
Lea Michele is engaged. But is he Jewish? Her: an Italian-Jewish prima donna and heir to Barbra Streisand’s diva mantle, known for her role on “Glee.” Him: a 35 year-old Wharton graduate named Zandy Reich (his last name is pronounced “rich”) who founded his own clothing line, played lacrosse at Penn, and used to work…
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The Schmooze Seth Rogen Says He’ll Still Work With Accused Sexual Harasser James Franco
Seth Rogen broke his silence today about accusations against his longtime friend and collaborator, James Franco. Franco, who has worked with Rogen since they shared the screen in the 1999 cult TV show “Freaks and Geeks,” experienced a massive shift in public opinion when his name was implicated in the #MeToo movement’s uncovering of accused…
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The Schmooze Who’s Afraid of Michelle Wolf? The Same Folks Who Hate ‘Filthy’ Women.
Michelle Wolf hosted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. By Sunday night, the 32 year-old stand-up comic and “Daily Show” contributor was a household name. Credit is mostly due to the uniquely brazen and brilliant Wolf and her writing team. But the forces that made Wolf front-page-of-the-Internet news are a curious group of…
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The Schmooze Meet Josh Rosen: Football’s Mouthy, Jewish New Star
There’s a famous Jewish folktale that goes like this: long ago, the prophet Elijah met an elderly couple who were so righteous that they were deserving of great reward. “Wish for one thing and I will fulfill it,” said the prophet. The couple was very old, very poor, childless and almost blind — they lacked…
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The Schmooze Felicity Jones On The ‘Biggest Challenge’ of Playing Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg didn’t get the nickname “notorious” by staying quiet and keeping her questions to herself. Actress Felicity Jones says Ginsburg hit her with tough questions the first time they met, when Jones was preparing to portray Ginsburg in the upcoming biopic, “On the Basis of Sex.” “When I first met…
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The Schmooze Sarah Jessica Parker’s New Bridal Collection Is Gorgeous
Sarah Jessica Parker: feared by men, adored by women, influencer of the New York gubernatorial election, the swirling heart of the will-there-be-a-Sex-and-the-City-three controversy…added one more laurel to her couture wreath this week. She launched a line of bridal apparel, “SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker,” with the company Gilt. Gilt, an e-commerce fashion company, marks its…
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The Schmooze Chelsea Clinton Accused Reporter Amy Chozick Of Lying — About Her Hair
Chelsea Clinton and Amy Chozick, a reporter who recently published a book about covering Hilary Clinton’s presidential campaigns, are currently having an earnest Twitter dispute about gossip Chozick published concerning Chelsea Clinton’s hair. Chozick’s new book “Chasing Hillary” chronicles the Jewish writer’s experience on the campaign trail with Clinton and her family in the form…
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