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 “Report It”: Aly Raisman Addressing College Students On Sexual Assault Is A Revelation
There is no reason that Aly Raisman, who has spoken so personally about her experiences with convicted child sex abuser Larry Nasser, should also be a tremendous activist and teacher on the topic of sexual assault and harassment. But then again, there was no reason that Aly Raisman should have been able to perfectly execute…
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The Schmooze Pamela Anderson And Shmuley Boteach Wrote A Sex Tip Book — And It’s 100% Kosher
“Baywatch” star and “Playboy” model Pamela Anderson and Orthodox Rabbi Shmuly Boteach have written a book about how to have better sex. “Lust for Love: Rekindling Intimacy and Passion in Your Relationship,” is out next week. Theirs is a (professional) love to last a lifetime. Her: the most commonly featured cover model in Playboy history….
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Opinion Barnard’s BDS Vote Is What Happens When You Don’t Let Us Question Israel
This week, Barnard University’s students voted to divest from Israel. The news was shocking, not least because Barnard has the highest population percentage of Jews of any secular college in America. With a Jewish population of 33%, Jews could have voted down the motion had they all shown up and supported Israel. Where were those…
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The Schmooze J.K. Rowling And The Jews: A Complicated Love Story
Joanne Rowling, a woman whose stories shaped the psyche of a generation, has taken to Twitter to defend Jews against anti-Semitism. In several tweets on Wednesday (the writer of the brick-like Potter tomes has been a prolific tweeter for a long time,) Rowling rejected the idea that Jews can’t experience racism, and then went on…
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The Schmooze 70 Easy Ways To Celebrate Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day
Tonight is the beginning of Yom Haatzmaut, or Israeli Independence Day. The holiday, celebrated beginning at sundown on Wednesday in Israel, commemorates the 70th year of Israel’s birth according to the Jewish calendar. And at 70, we party. Here are a couple of ways you can join in… 1.Buy Israeli products. Don’t like the movement…
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The Schmooze And The ‘Best Jewish Mom Award’ Goes To Amy Schumer’s Mom
The fact that so much of Amy Schumer’s comedy graphically exploits her own sexuality will surely be the topic of countless future college theses, but not of this article. The question of Schumer’s verbally exhibitionist style, like the recent appearance the comedian made on the Ellen show to divulge truths like “What’s the craziest place…
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The Schmooze Jodi Kantor And Megan Twohey Celebrated Pulitzer Prize With Their Daughters
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Ronan Farrow, on behalf of The New York Times and The New Yorker, respectively, received a Pulitzer Prize in Public Service today for their extraordinary investigative journalism surrounding allegations against Harvey Weinstein. And how did the women responsible for unleashing the information that started a movement for women’s rights and…
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The Schmooze Gwyneth Paltrow May Have Had A Secret Wedding Over The Weekend
Coldly and unemotionally, we must examine the facts: Why the HELL would Gwyneth Paltrow have worn a maroon dress to her wedding? Rumors, nay conspiracy theories, are swirling, claiming that Gwyneth Paltrow and fiancé Brad Falchuck’s so-called engagement party, held on Saturday night, was really a secret wedding. The actress-turned-wellness-tycoon arrived at the party at…
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