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 Daniel Radcliffe Cries, Learning About Anti-Semitism His Ancestors Faced
Daniel Radcliffe, the 29-year-old star of “Harry Potter,” “Viktor Frankenstein,” and multiple Broadway hits, is one of the wealthiest and best-known actors in the world. Radcliffe is Jewish on his mother’s side and considers his heritage a central part of his identity, though he’s not a person who’s usually associated with being Jewish. Samuel Gershon,…
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders Insists That He’s Not A Grumpy Self-Hating Jew
In a quippy new social media video, Bernie Sanders cracks a joke, then talks about race, Judaism, abortion, and basketball. Not Elizabeth Warren. Not Cory Booker. Bernie Sanders. In 2016, when Sanders faced off against Hillary Clinton, he enjoyed a cache of coolness, despite the two candidates’ matching papery white skin. Now, with all the…
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The Schmooze Aziz Ansari, In Comeback After Sex Scandal, Mocks Sensitivity Around Swastikas
Did you hear the one about the swastika? You must have! Aziz Ansari has told it hundreds of times. After all, he needed material for his comeback. In January 2018, Ansari was enjoying exceptional success. After starring in a cult-hit sitcom, writing a bestseller, and developing broad appeal as a standup, he was showered with…
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The Schmooze Former Miss Iraq May Lose Citizenship After Defending Israel At United Nations
Nearly two years after the Miss Universe competition where beautiful women in sashes preened and paid lip service to world peace, Sarah Idan is still embroiled in geopolitics. And lipstick. After she publicly supported Israel and rebuked her government and country’s media before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva this month, some Iraqi…
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The Schmooze Ariana Grande On Pete Davidson Engagement: ‘I Didn’t Know Him’
Ariana Grande, after ending her whirlwind engagement with Saturday Night Live actor Pete Davidson last summer, shook global popular culture with a song called “Thank U, Next,” which called out her exes by name. Now, in case she wasn’t clear the first time, Grande is elaborating on just what spelled the downfall of her relationship…
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The Schmooze Mourning Cameron Boyce, The Multiracial Jewish Disney Star Who Dreamed Of Change
Fans are mourning actor Cameron Boyce, best known for his work on Disney Channel and Adam Sandler’s “Grown Ups,” who died this week at the age of 20. Boyce was an exceptionally warm performer, a young person who ran to do good deeds. He cheerfully served as a role model for Jewish children of color,…
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The Schmooze ‘Sexiest Doctor Alive’ Saves Birthright Participant’s Life On Israel Flight
It sounds more like an NC-17 dream than reality — the man People magazine called “The Sexiest Doctor Alive” leaped into action to save a life when a passenger on his flight to Israel went into anaphylactic shock. But you know what they say about Israel: If you will it, it is no dream. 29-year-old…
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The Schmooze Sarah Jessica Parker Opens Up About Her #MeToo: ‘I Just Push It Down, Push It Away’
Imagine this: You are one of the wealthiest and most bankable actresses in the world. You and your film star husband both enjoy status as icons. You head up a production company, eventually producing your own prestige television shows. You’ve been decorated with awards and lucrative endorsement deals. A male coworker begins behaving inappropriately toward…
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