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 Meet Megan Rapinoe’s Jewish Girlfriend, WNBA-Star Sue Bird
Filed under, Things We Wish Our Grandparents Had Lived To See: A lesbian Jewish basketball star passionately kissing the woman who led the U.S. Women’s Soccer team to yet another World Cup victory. Related story: Megan Rapinoe’s Brother Was Once In A White Supremacist Gang. He’s Inked Over His Swastika Tattoos. Your neighbor, your rabbi,…
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The Schmooze Naomi Campbell And Paula Abdul Pay Tribute To…The Lubavitcher Rebbe
25 years ago this week, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the leader of the Chabad Hassidic movement who some Jews believe to be the messiah, died. Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, a biographer of Schneerson, who was known to his followers as The Rebbe, says, “He really established what is, as far as I know, the first attempt…
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The Schmooze Who Is Joe Biden’s New Jewish Daughter-In-Law, Melissa Cohen?
In the 2016 presidential elections, it was said that whichever candidate won — Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton — the president would have Jewish grandchildren. Both Trump and Clinton have a child who married a Jewish person. Joe Biden, a hopeful for the 2020 Democratic bid, would also bring Jewish in-laws to the White House….
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The Schmooze Karlie Kloss: Converting To Judaism Before Marrying Joshua Kushner Wasn’t ‘Weak’
The Talmud states that this is the first question the beit din — the group of rabbis sitting in judgment — should ask of a person seeking to convert to Judaism: “Why should you wish to convert — do you not know that the people of Israel at the present time are persecuted and oppressed,…
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The Schmooze Gal Gadot: I Show-Off My Israeli Pride In Response To Anti-Semitism
“Wonder Woman” star and international sweetheart Gal Gadot is always talking about Israel — the hummus! The people! The hand-to-hand combat training! So. Is this some kind of public relations strategy, a journalist for the Israeli tabloid Walla asked Gadot this week? Perhaps a Zionist scheme? “No!” Gadot said in Hebrew, shaking her head and…
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The Schmooze Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, And Scooter Braun’s Fight, Explained
A group of the most powerful players in entertainment are in a financial struggle laced with sexual politics. On one side: Taylor Swift, backed by fellow pop stars including Halsey and supermodel Cara Delevingne. On the opposition: Justin Bieber and Demi Lovato, with potential assists from Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. And at the center?…
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The Schmooze Kate McKinnon Debuts Spot-On Impression Of Marianne Williamson
[Kate McKinnon’s impression of Democratic 2020 hopeful Marianne Williamson is so spot-on, no amount of sage will ever be able to burn it from your mind. The “Saturday Night Live” comic, whose greatest hits as an impersonator include Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Angela Merkel, and Justin Bieber, appeared on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” less…
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The Schmooze With High Heels And A Big Smile, Nikki Haley Schmoozes Israel
Every visit to Israel is a seduction. Israel plies you with food, dazzles you, and overheats you. It leaves you sweaty and dehydrated and wondering if you should pick up and move. Coolheaded and rational people can be found 48 hours into a trip to Israel flushed and rambling about home. Rabbis, tour guides, and…
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