November 10, 2026
The last Righteous Among the Nations who lived in Israel has passed away
צילום: נחום סגל
Jaroslava Lewitska saved Jews during the Holocaust when she was a little girl.
This evening she passed away in Haifa, at the age of 91.
She was the last Righteous Among the Nations living in Israel.
Lewitska was born in Poland.
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As early as the age of six, she helped her grandfather bring food and medicine to Jews. She hid the food in her school bag. This way, she entered the ghetto without arousing the guards' suspicion.
She brought bread and potatoes to the Jews. By doing so, she risked her life and her family's life. She once shared that she wanted to help her Jewish friends who had nothing to eat.
In 1989, she, her mother, and her grandmother were recognized as Righteous Among the Nations. In 1995, she moved to Israel and settled in Haifa.