Obituaries

World's Oldest Jewish Person Dies in New York

Evelyn Kozak of Brooklyn died Tuesday at 113.

Evelyn Kozak, a resident of Brooklyn, New York, died Tuesday at age 113.

She was the world's oldest Jewish person, as far as documentation shows, according to an article in The Huffington Post.

"I walked five miles a day," she said, and didn't drink or smoke, she said in an interview celebrating her 110th birthday. The YouTube video of that interview is attached to that article.

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"You must help," others when you can, she said.


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