Rose Teplitz

Where Do I Belong as the Immigrant in My Family?

By Rose Teplitz June 5, 2017

Originally published in the Winter 2017 issue of The Leviathan Jewish Journal. When I was young and told the other children at school that one of my ancestors came to America from the Mayflower, they looked at my almond-shaped eyes, my long black hair, and laughed. “You can’t be from the Mayflower,” they mocked me. “Because…

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