Jennifer Mendelsohn
@jmendelsohn.bsky.social
The artist formerly known as @clevertitletk. Journalist turned genealogical sleuth.
Created #resistancegenealogy; co-founded the Holocaust Reunion Project. Lover of receipts. Recovering Long Islander.
"The genealogy burn is one of the rarest of them all."
Created #resistancegenealogy; co-founded the Holocaust Reunion Project. Lover of receipts. Recovering Long Islander.
"The genealogy burn is one of the rarest of them all."
Who is Dicken and why does he have Christmas?
October 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Who is Dicken and why does he have Christmas?
Uh, Eric Schmitt's grandmother was the daughter of an Italian immigrant who arrived in the US in 1913.
This was published in 1911.
I'm so very very tired.
#resistancegenealogy
This was published in 1911.
I'm so very very tired.
#resistancegenealogy
September 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Uh, Eric Schmitt's grandmother was the daughter of an Italian immigrant who arrived in the US in 1913.
This was published in 1911.
I'm so very very tired.
#resistancegenealogy
This was published in 1911.
I'm so very very tired.
#resistancegenealogy
And then one day you might find yourself staring at the building in Krakow where your grandmother was born on this day in 1896.
July 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And then one day you might find yourself staring at the building in Krakow where your grandmother was born on this day in 1896.
My mother's impish spirit was apparent even in high school.
Where this conventional Jewish girl from the Bronx, headed to Hunter College to become a teacher, declared that her hobby was "exploring" and that she planned to become a...taxidermist. 😜
Rest in peace, Mom.
Where this conventional Jewish girl from the Bronx, headed to Hunter College to become a teacher, declared that her hobby was "exploring" and that she planned to become a...taxidermist. 😜
Rest in peace, Mom.
May 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
My mother's impish spirit was apparent even in high school.
Where this conventional Jewish girl from the Bronx, headed to Hunter College to become a teacher, declared that her hobby was "exploring" and that she planned to become a...taxidermist. 😜
Rest in peace, Mom.
Where this conventional Jewish girl from the Bronx, headed to Hunter College to become a teacher, declared that her hobby was "exploring" and that she planned to become a...taxidermist. 😜
Rest in peace, Mom.
The AI summary of about 80% of my texts:
May 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The AI summary of about 80% of my texts:
That he doubled down, even when confronted with incontrovertible evidence -- like this document found by @alcalz.bsky.social showing his mother was not in the US for 9/11 and that both of her parents were born in Brazil, not Europe--is evidence of a true sociopath.
April 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
That he doubled down, even when confronted with incontrovertible evidence -- like this document found by @alcalz.bsky.social showing his mother was not in the US for 9/11 and that both of her parents were born in Brazil, not Europe--is evidence of a true sociopath.
This is child survivor Vilunya Diskin (one of the co-authors of "Our Bodies, Ourselves,") and her granddaughter meeting the granddaughter of Anna Ikawy, the woman who hid Vilunya during the Holocaust. Until September, Vilunya had no idea who her own parents were or how she'd been rescued. 1/2
April 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is child survivor Vilunya Diskin (one of the co-authors of "Our Bodies, Ourselves,") and her granddaughter meeting the granddaughter of Anna Ikawy, the woman who hid Vilunya during the Holocaust. Until September, Vilunya had no idea who her own parents were or how she'd been rescued. 1/2
Can someone politely ask Avelo CEO Andrew Levy if he would have approved the flight to deport his own great-grandparents, who lived in Philadelphia for 25 years without ever becoming citizens? K thanks. #resistancegenealogy
April 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Can someone politely ask Avelo CEO Andrew Levy if he would have approved the flight to deport his own great-grandparents, who lived in Philadelphia for 25 years without ever becoming citizens? K thanks. #resistancegenealogy
Saving this because I think it might come in handy over the next couple of years.
March 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Saving this because I think it might come in handy over the next couple of years.
Don't miss @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social on tour with his new translation of the Odyssey!
March 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Don't miss @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social on tour with his new translation of the Odyssey!
I love how the shredding of civil liberties is now framed like a corporate memo about use of the office microwave. #thankyouforyourattentiontothismatter
March 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I love how the shredding of civil liberties is now framed like a corporate memo about use of the office microwave. #thankyouforyourattentiontothismatter
Currently pearl clutching about how Hollywood is “allied with the sex worker industry.”
March 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Currently pearl clutching about how Hollywood is “allied with the sex worker industry.”
Looking for an old post on FB. Found this instead. Good times!
March 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Looking for an old post on FB. Found this instead. Good times!
Lutnick's immigrant grandfather arrived at Ellis Island in 1913 with $20, just for contrast.
February 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Lutnick's immigrant grandfather arrived at Ellis Island in 1913 with $20, just for contrast.
As someone whose professional life revolves around the Holocaust, I couldn't stop thinking about this guy in Idaho, who immediately got out of his seat when asked and let the goons through.
You want to know how it happens? That's how.
You want to know how it happens? That's how.
February 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As someone whose professional life revolves around the Holocaust, I couldn't stop thinking about this guy in Idaho, who immediately got out of his seat when asked and let the goons through.
You want to know how it happens? That's how.
You want to know how it happens? That's how.
I do miss these days. #resistancegenealogy (I can't for the life of me remember what Turley did or said though!)
February 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I do miss these days. #resistancegenealogy (I can't for the life of me remember what Turley did or said though!)
I was really moved by @marcelias.bsky.social's Open Letter to Elon Musk. In more ways than one. So I wrote one of my own.
jenmen.substack.com/p/my-open-le...
jenmen.substack.com/p/my-open-le...
February 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I was really moved by @marcelias.bsky.social's Open Letter to Elon Musk. In more ways than one. So I wrote one of my own.
jenmen.substack.com/p/my-open-le...
jenmen.substack.com/p/my-open-le...
#resistancegenealogy, in a nutshell
February 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#resistancegenealogy, in a nutshell
I would very much like them to be hindered by those laws, thank you.
February 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I would very much like them to be hindered by those laws, thank you.
Notice anything about this list of new trustees of the Kennedy Center, appointed by the President?
Names like Levine.
Lomagino.
Scavino.
Lutnick.
Blumberg.
Bondi.
Castellani.
Falconetti.
Zampolli.
I'd like to send them all a copy of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act. I'll wait while they read it.
Names like Levine.
Lomagino.
Scavino.
Lutnick.
Blumberg.
Bondi.
Castellani.
Falconetti.
Zampolli.
I'd like to send them all a copy of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act. I'll wait while they read it.
February 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Notice anything about this list of new trustees of the Kennedy Center, appointed by the President?
Names like Levine.
Lomagino.
Scavino.
Lutnick.
Blumberg.
Bondi.
Castellani.
Falconetti.
Zampolli.
I'd like to send them all a copy of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act. I'll wait while they read it.
Names like Levine.
Lomagino.
Scavino.
Lutnick.
Blumberg.
Bondi.
Castellani.
Falconetti.
Zampolli.
I'd like to send them all a copy of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act. I'll wait while they read it.
Oh hai it's just me with another random 1900 census page --this one's from Brooklyn-- where every. single. person. had foreign born parents. Just a reminder.
February 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Oh hai it's just me with another random 1900 census page --this one's from Brooklyn-- where every. single. person. had foreign born parents. Just a reminder.
This is a photo of workers at Auschwitz eating blueberries on a picnic.
Why? Oh, no reason.
Why? Oh, no reason.
February 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is a photo of workers at Auschwitz eating blueberries on a picnic.
Why? Oh, no reason.
Why? Oh, no reason.
Running a project called The Holocaust Reunion Project is sometimes...unsettling.
February 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Running a project called The Holocaust Reunion Project is sometimes...unsettling.