Curiosity & Genealogy: The Stories We Tell, with Jennifer Mendelsohn
Journalist and genealogist Jennifer Mendelsohn helps rediscover and tell stories that might otherwise be lost. She specializes in helping Eastern European Jewish families shattered by the Holocaust reclaim their history.
In 2022, she co-founded the DNA Reunion Project at the Center for Jewish History, which seeks to promote DNA testing as a tool for helping Holocaust survivors find family.
Her curiosity practices have deep journalistic roots and she’d be the first to tell you: it’s not magic.
“What I know how to do well is follow an information trail. And that’s where people usually trip up. They just don’t go far enough.” ~ Jennifer Mendelsohn
Journalist and genealogist Jennifer Mendelsohn specializes in helping Eastern European Jewish families find one another & their stories.
Choose to be Curious is an independently-produced, weekly half-hour show all about curiosity. We talk about research and theory, but mostly it’s conversations about how curiosity shows up in work and life.
Choose to be Curious won the Alliance for Community Media’s Hometown Media Award for best information talk show series in 2021 and Arlington Magazine’s Editor’s Pick for best local podcast in 2020.
