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Jennifer Mendelsohn

Jennifer Mendelsohn

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Jan 27, 2021

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.

Jennifer Mendelsohn

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May 5, 2020

The Only Thing That Matters

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

The Only Thing That Matters

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Apr 27, 2020

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

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

Jennifer Mendelsohn

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Apr 25, 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…

What Goes Around Comes Around?

Jennifer Mendelsohn

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Apr 21, 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…

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Apr 2, 2020

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

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

Jennifer Mendelsohn

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Nov 20, 2019

Records Not Revenue!

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

Records Not Revenue!

Jennifer Mendelsohn

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Aug 30, 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…

Their Own Two Feet

Jennifer Mendelsohn

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Apr 9, 2018

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…

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

Jennifer Mendelsohn

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Sep 13, 2017

So You Want to Take a DNA Test…

2024 UPDATE

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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