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 Zoe Kravitz Ushers In The Era Of Jewish Catwoman
For people who believe that Jews run Hollywood, the hits just keep on comin’ — it was announced on Monday that Zoe Kravitz, the preternaturally cool actress daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, will star opposite Robert Pattinson in Matt Reeves’ upcoming Batman movie. Kravitz, who you may know from her turn on “Big…
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The Schmooze Sarah Silverman Takes Down The ‘Tortured Artist’ Myth: ‘Klonopin Saved My Life’
Many funny people suffer from depression, substance abuse, and other mental health problems. Therefore to be funny, you must be sad. Getting treatment or asking for help dulls your funny. Right? Nah, says Sarah Silverman in a new, freely available documentary from Funny Or Die and SoulPancake. Untreated mental health issues aren’t the secret sauce…
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The Schmooze Watch Nick Kroll Casually Slay At Jewpardy With His Childhood Rabbi
Nick Kroll, the adult version guy who would have passed along the message that his best friend had a crush on your best friend during a USY trip, played a public game of Jewpardy with his childhood rabbi on YouTube this week. And people say it’s not the golden age of Judaism. The comic, actor,…
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The Schmooze Meet The Jewish Mayor Trump Attacked, Who Is Now Being Called A ‘Sex-Symbol’
Pick your jaw up off the floor, kindly place your tongue back in your mouth, and for God’s sake stop salivating — that’s a public official you’re ogling. Due to the actions of the President of the United States, it has been brought to our attention that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is gorgeous. The 38-year-old…
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The Schmooze RBG Wore A Collar With A Torah Verse On The Opening Day Of The Supreme Court
Correction Appended The Supreme Court of the United States opened its new session on Monday, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrived in style. The 86-year-old Justice wore one of her many collars, or jabots, her signature accessory. Monday’s jabot has special significance — it was created by the Jewish artist Marcy Epstein, and woven with…
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The Schmooze Zach Galifianakis Talking Circumcision With Three Jewish Grandmas Is The High Point Of 2019
“Jews are like, my favorites,” says Zach Galifianakis, sweating, clutching a heart-shaped box of Russell Stover chocolates, as three Jewish grandmothers take him in. “I gotta tell ya, man, I love the Jews,” he rambles on moments later, the three women eying him like the fates toying with a piece of thread. “I have always…
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The Schmooze Demi Lovato Went On A $150K Trip To Israel — Paid For By Israel And Private Funders
Stars: They’re just like us! Really, though. Multi-platinum U.S. pop star Demi Lovato had an experience this summer that was identical to one that has been shared by over 500,000 Jewish Americans: She went on a two-week trip to Israel that was paid for by the Israeli government and private donors. She accepted her hosts’…
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Opinion The Internet Sins We’ll Atone For This Yom Kippur
On Yom Kippur, we confess an alphabet of annual sins: Bribe-taking! Bribe-giving! Foolish speech! Lewdness! Lying! Scoffing! It’s a list that has almost completely withstood the test of time. Most people would do well to apologize for blurting things out, passing judgment and “deceiving a fellowman.” And, more darkly, some people should seriously consider repentance…
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