"A rare supercentenarian, Rose Girone was thought to be the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor, turning 113 years old in January. As a young mother during the Holocaust, Girone was able to rescue her husband from the Buchenwald concentration camp, and the small family of three sought refuge in Shanghai, where they survived the war and Girone built a business selling her handmade clothing. In New York, she taught knitting and also ran a knitting shop in Forest Hills."
"Michelle Trachtenberg was a child and teen star known for her roles in "Harriet the Spy," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "17 Again," "Ice Princess," and "Gossip Girl." Born in New York City and raised in Brooklyn, Trachtenberg was the daughter of Jewish immigrants: Her mother was from the former Soviet Union, and her father was from Germany. In 2022 and 2023, she reprised her "Gossip Girl" role in the series reboot."
"A Jewish communal leader and longtime Upper West Sider, Comet founded New York's Celebrate Israel Parade (originally the Salute to Israel Parade). In the 1960s, he helped organize some of the first large demonstrations in support of Soviet Jewry. He was also a founder of the annual Israel Folk Dance Festival. Following his wife Shoshana's death in 2012, he conducted tours of the tapestries she made telling the story of the trauma she endured as a teenager fleeing Belgium during World War II."
Thirteen Jewish New Yorkers who left lasting marks on city life died in 2025, including rabbis, musicians, writers, activists and a supercentenarian. Rose Girone, believed to be the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor at 113, rescued her husband from Buchenwald, took refuge in Shanghai, built a clothing business, ran a knitting shop in Forest Hills, taught knitting and continued knitting throughout her life. Michelle Trachtenberg, born and raised in New York, became a child and teen star known for roles in Harriet the Spy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl, and reprised her Gossip Girl role in 2022 and 2023. Ted Comet founded the Celebrate Israel Parade and organized demonstrations for Soviet Jewry.
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