Meet Your Great-Grandmother, Josh Mandel

Honor Her Memory by Welcoming Today’s Refugees

Megan Smolenyak
3 min readSep 5, 2021

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Map of the life and death of Giuseppina Jachia (Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names of Yad Vashem displayed via Google Maps)

Many are aware of the hateful rhetoric spouted by Ohio candidate, Josh Mandel, about Afghan refugees now coming to America. “These planes are now being emptied into Cleveland, Toledo and other places in the heart of America,” he said. “To protect our kids, our communities and our Judeo-Christian way of life, we must…

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Megan Smolenyak

Genealogical adventurer & storyteller who loves solving mysteries! You may not know me, but chances are you’ve seen my work. (www.MeganSmolenyak.com)