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 HBO Just Ordered A ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel Written By A Jewish Buddhist
In seven seasons of “Game of Thrones,” the mega-hit HBO show which delights in showing the violent rapes of its female characters, 2.7% of episodes have been directed by women, and 5.5% have been written by women. That’s going to change. For the new prequel series, which will take place thousands of years earlier than…
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The Schmooze All 36 Jewish Things That Happened At The Tony Awards
Mein damen und herren. Citizens of River City. Momsies and popsicles. And all people who want to succeed in business without really trying. Attend this tale — Sunday night was the 72nd annual Tony Awards ceremony. The Schmooze has carefully tabulated every single Jewish moment that occurred during the three hour awards ceremony at Radio…
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The Schmooze Jeff Goldblum’s Wife: We Went To Couples Counseling Before The Wedding
With the nation’s hearts and minds turned to therapeutic intervention in the wake of the terrible loss of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain this week, let’s turn to the story of a couple who speaks openly about the benefit of seeking care. Emilie Livingston, the former Olympian and Canadian aerial gymnastics champion, posted a tribute…
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The Schmooze Anthony Bourdain’s Favorite Jewish Deli Pays Tribute: His Breakfast Order And An Empty Chair
Nova Scotia lox and egg scramble. A toasted poppyseed bagel. A pot of black coffee and a glass of orange juice. The staff at Barney Greengrass, a historic Jewish deli on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, honored chef Anthony Bourdain by serving his regular breakfast order today, at an empty table with a single chair. Bourdain…
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The Schmooze 5 Ways We’ll Remember Our Friend Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain died Friday morning at 61. He was one of the world’s best known chefs, a monster presence in the culinary world who built a cult of personality by approaching food and eating with sensuous gusto. He was defined by the sharpness of his intellect and the insatiability of his curiosity. More than anything,…
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The Schmooze Giuliani: Stormy Daniels, Sex Workers, Have ‘No Reputation.’ Torah Prostitutes Beg To Differ.
Speaking at a conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, the president’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani aired his thoughts on porn stars and other sex workers. “Someone who sells his or her body for money has no good name,” the former New York City mayor told the conference. Any woman who “sell[s] her body for sexual…
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The Schmooze Coach Uses Hillel ‘If Not Now’ Quote To Sell High-End Bags
The luxury leather accessories brand Coach is employing Rabbi Hillel’s famous maxim to sell purses, it seems. A tipster sent the Schmooze an Instagram ad for Coach — an image of the brand’s classic design of oblong ‘C’s underneath the words “If Not Now, When?” The famous saying belongs to the first century rabbinic scholar…
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The Schmooze Samantha Bee Issues Defiant Apology For Calling Ivanka The C-Word
The host of TBS’ “Full Frontal” floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee, but how does she apologize? Defiantly, viewers learned last night, when Samantha Bee issued an on-air apology for calling first daughter and advisor to the president Ivanka Trump a “feckless c—t” last week. “It is a word I have used…
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