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Jewish News 24 · Nov 10, 2026

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Yaroslava Levitska, the last person recognized as Righteous Among the Nations living in Israel, has died at the age of 91 in Haifa. Born in 1935 in Złoczów, then part of Poland, Levitska was a child when she risked her life helping Jews imprisoned in the city's ghetto during the Holocaust. Working alongside her mother, Katarzyna, and grandfather, Aleksander, she helped smuggle food to Jewish residents trapped inside the ghetto, which was established in December 1942.

Yaroslava Levitska, the last person recognized as Righteous Among the Nations living in Israel, has died at the age of 91 in Haifa. Born in 1935 in Złoczów, then part of Poland, Levitska was a child when she risked her life helping Jews imprisoned in the city's ghetto during the Holocaust. Working alongside her mother, Katarzyna, and grandfather, Aleksander, she helped smuggle food to Jewish residents trapped inside the ghetto, which was established in December 1942.

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