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 Zach Galifianakis and Cardi B Are Funnier Than Jerry Seinfeld Now. Sorry.
Accidentally introducing him as “Jerry Sandusky,” comedian Zach Galifianakis welcomed Jerry Seinfeld onto his comedy interview show, “Between Two Ferns.” Below Seinfeld, the words “Funny: 1993-1997.” And where is the lie? After describing “Seinfeld” as “a real launching pad for whites” and forcing the whole room to acknowledge Larry David’s supremacy over Seinfeld, Galifianakis said…
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The Schmooze Upset With Facebook’s Algorithm Change, ‘The Onion’ is Ruthlessly Skewering Mark Zuckerberg
Priscilla Chan, the Harvard-educated pediatrician who has donated billions to philanthropic causes, is leaving her husband Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, for a man who can truly fulfill her “intellectually and physically.” That man is Jeremy Rosenbaum, the CEO of The Onion. In the technical sense this is “fake news.” But in…
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The Schmooze Sandra Bullock Says Men Are Now Afraid In Hollywood, After Harvey Weinstein
Sandra Bullock has spoken out for the first time about Harvey Weinstein. She had a few things to say. Bullock told the Sunday Times that she never personally had a bad experience with Weinstein, but she knew that other people did. “I heard about Harvey and I was afraid of him,” she said. Imagine Sandra…
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The Schmooze Black Jews and Allies Celebrate ‘Juneteenth’ — The End of Slavery — With A Seder
Try my variation on this classic riddle: A Jewish child gets into a terrible car accident and is rushed to the hospital. Emergency workers carry the stretcher off the ambulance and a black doctor runs over. But when the doctor lifts up the child’s oxygen mask, she gasps. “I can’t operate on her!” shouts the…
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The Schmooze Israeli Producer of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s Louvre Music Video: ‘Why Not?’
Israeli producer Natan Schottenfels says he produced a music video for Beyonce and Jay-Z’s surprise album, because, “Why not?” Yes, “Why not?” produce a secret, exorbitantly decadent, six minute video for the world’s biggest pop and rap stars? Furthermore, why not set in the Louvre? And once it’s up, why shouldn’t it get 18 million…
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The Schmooze Jim Carrey Skewers Stephen Miller In Most Savage Cartoon Yet
It’s said that the upside of political bedlam is the amount of material comedians have to work with. Some of them aren’t laughing. In a Q&A with The Hollywood Reporter last week, Amy Poehler’s responses focused on whale deaths and devastation in Puerto Rico. Prompted to reflect on her “most memorable heckler,” she wrote, “Who…
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The Schmooze Drake’s Mom Doesn’t Approve of His ‘Rap-Beefs’
Jewish rapper and producer Drake has had a lot to say about his mom, Sandi Graham, over the years. He has rapped about her. He has called her “the most important person in [his] life.” He has called her his “angel.” “I do this all for you,” he captioned a video of Graham on her…
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The Schmooze The 10 Fiercest Celebrity Responses To Family Separation
There’s a Torah quote for every occasion. These days we’re taking a look at Leviticus 19. The Book of Leviticus is notorious for its humorless list of instructions from God, but every so often it says something wonderfully radical. Jewish celebrities have been taking the instructions of Leviticus 19: 33-34 to heart. Here are their…
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