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
-
The Schmooze What Controversy? Scarlett Johansson’s Future Looks Grand.
Depending on where you get your news, Scarlett Johansson is either the top of the A-list or a pathetically out-of-touch has-been. Which one is it? Considered by many to be one of the most beautiful women in the world, Johansson has been celebrated for stirring turns in movies by the Coen Brothers, Woody Allen and…
-
The Schmooze Who The Hell Is Kristen Wiig’s Hot Jewish Fiance, Avi Rothman?
Kristen Wiig, very famous bridesmaid, will soon be a bride. Wiig is engaged to one Avi Rothman, per multiple news reports on Friday. At the Forward, Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda streamed out our ears, and the magen david chains tightened around our neck. For, nu — Avi Rothman is Jewish. Queen of comedy, “Saturday Night…
-
The Schmooze The ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 3 Trailer Is Here, And It’s Raunchy
“In 1960 an unmarried woman will take the pill so she can have as much sex as she wants!” our Mrs. Maisel tells a delighted crowd during a standup set in the teaser for the third season of Amazon Prime’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” “As much sex as she wants” is a pretty clear thesis…
-
The Schmooze Did The Producers Of ‘Angry Birds 2’ Have Dirt On Every Comedian In Hollywood?
There is a time in a reporter’s life when she has to stand up and tell the truth. Even if the truth is unpopular. Even if it’s weird, and upsetting, and makes people say, “Didn’t this newspaper used to be about socialism?” That time is now and the truth is this: The “Angry Birds Movie…
-
The Schmooze An L.A. ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Cheap Gas Promotion Had To Be Shut Down By Police
Determined to buy Emmy-attention at any cost, Amazon Studios on Thursday turned Los Angeles into an homage to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the period piece show about the spunky absentee mom dipping a pedicured-toe into comedy. Ahead of September’s Emmy Awards — “Maisel” received 20 nominations — Amazon offered city-wide promotions of costly goods at…
-
The Schmooze John Legend, Mayim Bialik And More Condemn Israel’s Ban Of Omar And Tlaib
Israel is in the news every day. Less common are days when every American in Congress, many major world leaders and R&B star John Legend publicly criticize the country. On Thursday morning, the Israeli Interior Ministry announced its decision to ban Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar and Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib from entering the country. The…
-
The Schmooze Today’s The Jewish Holiday Where You’re Meant To Get Wine-Drunk For Feminism
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Tu B’av in 2018. Thursday night, a Jewish holiday begins. And if you’re not stomping grapes, chugging rosé, and falling in love dressed all in white while frolicking under the full moon and celebrating the right of women to own and inherit property, you’re doing it wrong!…
-
The Schmooze Watch Bernie Sanders And Cardi B Debate Policy In A Nail Salon
This week, he ate a corn dog at the Iowa State Fair. She traveled on a private jet (though she often flies Delta.) He used to volunteer on an Israeli kibbutz. She’s a former stripper, who joked on Monday that she got breast implants because she can’t swim, and they help her float. Both are…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
- 2
Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
- 3
Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
- 4
News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
-
Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
-
Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
-
Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
