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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Life Social Diary: Friends Of The IDF Gala Raised $32 Million In Night Of Gun-Filled Fun
The annual Friends of the Israeli Defense Force gala in New York City opened with a drum beat and the lockstep marching of soldiers. The 1,200 guests in the Hilton midtown ballroom turned as one, in a flash of sequins and cufflinks, to see young people in uniforms trooping down the aisles, waving giant flags….
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The Schmooze ‘Inside’ Amy Schumer: Comedian Announces Her Pregnancy
Giving a whole new meaning to the title of her famous sketch show, Jewish comedian Amy Schumer has announced that she is expecting a baby with husband Chris Fischer. via GIPHY Yay Amy! Schumer announced her news on Instagram, photoshopping her and Fischer’s face onto the bodies of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, another expectant…
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The Schmooze Paula Abdul Falls Off Stage At A Concert, Keeps Singing Like Nothing Happened
“The LORD said to Joshua: ‘Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?’” — Joshua, 7:10 “I get knocked down, but I get up again/You are never gonna keep me down” — Tubthumping, Chubuwumba Veteran performer Paula Abdul proved that she knows how to get right back on the horse — the 56 year-old…
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The Schmooze MAZEL TOV! Joshua Kushner And Karlie Kloss Are Now Married
It’s the moment we have all been waiting for. Joshua Kushner, businessman and brother of presidential advisor Jared Kushner, married Karlie Kloss, supermodel and tech-ed entrepreneur. Red, blue, Jew, non-Jew, obsessed with the way the ideological differences within the tight-knit Kushner family must cause relentless low grade friction or just attracted to Victoria’s Secret models…
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The Schmooze Rihanna Turned Down Super Bowl Halftime In Solidarity With Kaepernick
Maroon 5 must have been so high on the pride of being asked to perform the Super Bowl LIII halftime show, they didn’t recognize the fire burning in the eyes of pop superstar Rihanna. Girls like her don’t run ‘round with guys like Adam Levine and co. If it means supporting an institution that sidelines…
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The Schmooze Chelsea Clinton Goes To Bat For Jews Over Farrakhan’s ‘Termites’ Comparison
Chelsea Clinton has spoken: on the topic of termites, Jews are not a fitting comparison. It’s a low bar, but we all got here together. Clinton spoke up on Twitter in defense of Jews in response to a video of Louis Farrkhan speaking at a recent rally in which he seems to compare Jews to…
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The Schmooze Ivanka Trump Confuses Philosopher Socrates With Fictional Gas Station Worker
In a tweet on Tuesday, Ivanka Trump misattributed a quote to Socrates. “‘The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.’-Socrates” she initially tweeted, later deleting it and reissuing it with the caveat “Socrates the fictional character, not the person.” She’s forgoing the…
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Culture Why You Should Never Date A Man In A Fedora
There’s no reason for anyone to wear a fedora. To me, when a male peer dons a fedora, he is saying either “I have no social graces and mine is a life of constant sorrow ” or “I am aware that fedoras are depraved, yet I flout social convention the same way I would flout…
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