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Jennifer Mendelsohn

Holocaust Remembrance

With the start of the new year and the dawn of the new administration, I’ve decided to experiment with new ways of creating and connecting.

Jan 27, 2021

Jan 27, 2021

The Only Thing That Matters

I spent much of the first half of 1998 thinking about dying.

May 5, 2020

The Only Thing That Matters

May 5, 2020

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Welcome to America, the Land of Leaders Who Insist on the Demonstrably Untrue

The federal coronavirus response reminds me of my father after his stroke, when he’d say things that were simply incompatible with reality

Apr 27, 2020

Welcome to America, the Land of Leaders Who Insist on the Demonstrably Untrue

Apr 27, 2020

What Goes Around Comes Around?

Around the turn of the 20th century, a young Italian immigrant named Enrico “Henry” Caputo arrived to work in the steel mills of western…

Apr 25, 2020

What Goes Around Comes Around?

Apr 25, 2020

Yom Hashoah, 2020

Every year on Yom Hashoah, I pause and remember the many members of my family murdered during the Holocaust. Sadly, each year, as I do…

Apr 21, 2020

Apr 21, 2020

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Joe Exotic’s Family History Could Be Its Own Netflix Series

The star of ‘Tiger King’ has a fascinating tie to America’s frontier past

Apr 2, 2020

Joe Exotic’s Family History Could Be Its Own Netflix Series

Apr 2, 2020

Records Not Revenue!

Stop the USCIS from holding your family’s records hostage.

Nov 20, 2019

Records Not Revenue!

Nov 20, 2019

Their Own Two Feet

As the new public face of the Trump administration’s draconian immigration policies, acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli has wasted no…

Aug 30, 2019

Their Own Two Feet

Aug 30, 2019

Hey, Joe Arpaio! Your Grandma Was a Chain Migrant!

Notorious former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, currently running for a Senate seat in Arizona, has made no bones about how he feels…

Apr 9, 2018

Hey, Joe Arpaio! Your Grandma Was a Chain Migrant!

Apr 9, 2018

So You Want to Take a DNA Test…

2024 UPDATE

Sep 13, 2017

Sep 13, 2017

Jennifer Mendelsohn

Jennifer Mendelsohn

Old school journo. #resistancegenealogy creator. Recovering Long Islander. No, your name wasn’t changed at Ellis Island.

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