Jennifer Mendelsohn

Timely: Co-sponsored by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, this episode of the Future of the Past traces U.S. deportation policies, from the Alien Friends Act of 1798 to today.
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BTW, I never tire of Geni's ability to find a connection between any two people on the planet.

Andrew Cuomo, 56th Governor of New York is your first cousin thrice removed's nephew's ex-wife's first cousin's husband's first cousin's niece's ex-husband.

www.geni.com/people/Andre...

You can find the archived version of resistancegenealogy.com on the wayback machine but I let the hosting lapse.

Also: has he met his wife?

The bad guy in every mainstream movie set in the Civil Rights era

Poor guy never watched Sesame Street.

I feel like the word "triggering" has been overused.
But what in the actual fuck.

One year ago

Who is Dicken and why does he have Christmas?

I just saw a scented candle called “Dicken’s Christmas.” 🤷🏻‍♀️

Trump’s America: Thousands of furloughed federal workers in Hyattsville, Maryland waiting in line for food.

FEEDING AMERICA

If you want to find a local food bank, you can use the website below.

If you’re donating, it’s best to donate money. If you want to donate food, PLEASE donate food you or your family would actually eat, including things like breakfast cereals and snack foods.

www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

There's a lot of abstract talk about nazis right now and I just want to bring it back to concrete reality for a second:

Those motherfuckers tried to murder MY GRANDPARENTS.

I flit in and out. Hi!

Trump didn’t “change course.” He was always planning to demolish the entire East Wing.

He may end up demolishing the whole damned thing.

it's dizzying to me that stories like this -- a corrupt grift built on democracy-wrecking lies that culminated in a coup attempt -- barely breakthrough anymore. they're just daily background noise now.

We have the best. job. ever.

humansofjudaism on Instagram: "Do you believe in miracles? I do.  They found each other!  Several weeks ago, when @jayceebrill reached out to Humans of Judaism fo…" Do you believe in miracles? I do.  They found each other!  Several weeks ago, when @jayceebrill reached out to Humans of Judaism for help locating her grandmother’s long-lost friend from the Holocaust, we posted the following plea for help: “This is my 90 year old grandmother, Henriette Glazer. She is a Holocaust survivor who has been trying for decades to find her best friend, whom she met in an orphanage in Caldas de Malavella, Spain. Her name is Bella and they tried to stay in touch but ultimately lost contact. My grandmother was around 6, so we assume Bella was 8-10. Here is a picture of the orphanage. My grandmother is in the black coat and Bella is wearing white with striped socks and a bow. Are you able to help?” Well, lucky for Jaycee, the post was viewed by genealogist Dr. Adina Newman @myfamilygenie, who also runs the Holocaust Reunion Project. And a reunion it was! She was able to track down Bella and connect the old friends, first via FaceTime, and in a few months, they will be meeting in person.  We’re so grateful to everyone who shared their story and helped bring these women back together. Here’s a glimpse of their first FaceTime call, after nearly a lifetime apart.

Need a boost? I got you. Reunion facilitated by my partner in the Holocaust Reunion Project, Dr. Adina Newman. ❤️
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Uh, Jesus isn't my king.

"The evil Jew is funding the entire US left" is a piece of rank, obvious antisemitism that we have just collectively decided to accept in public, because IOKYR.

The WH steals people’s property constantly and never asks permission. Another example of Trump acting like a king.

Reminder that Santos, who represented my hometown district on LI, a district filled with Jews and families touched by 9/11, lied about being the grandson of Holocaust survivors and about his mother being a 9/11 survivor. Invented his resume.

And that's before you even GET TO HIS FINANCIAL CRIMES.

I'll be going live on FB at noon EST today to talk about Jewish heritage travel and genealogy. Join me? fb.me/e/5WM9jdHJE

The last ten years have seen countless slights to dignity, truth, and justice.

And the one I will NEVER EVER get beyond is the commutation of George Santos' sentence.

Thanks for my American Studies degree, UVA. 🇺🇸

'Wildest part': Trump shocks experts with bizarre feces video response to protests Donald Trump shocked political analysts and experts with an AI video he posted late Saturday.Trump late on Saturday night dropped a new Artificial Intelligence video in which "King Trump" is shown fly...

"For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us." -- John Winthrop, on his way to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630.

President Donald Trump, 2025: www.rawstory.com/trump-shocks...
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So, uh, I just sent an inquiry about getting court records from a 1939 murder trial in Somerset County, PA.
Why?
Oh, no reason.