Goldie Steinberg ^People

Steinberg was a survivor of the infamous 1903 Chisināu pogrom, during which47 Jews were killed and hundreds more wounded, a second, smaller one, took place in1905. Steinberg was likely the last living survivor of the massacres.Steinberg was one of eight children born to Chazkel and DevorahGarfunkel, ChazkelbeingarespectedmemberofChisinau'senormousJewishcommunity. Steinberg moved to America in 1923 together with her two sisters, Raizel and Sura,where they were taken in by their father'sbrother, Max Garfunkel. She lived with her uncle and aunt in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., until she met and married fellow Chisināu immigrant Philip Steinberg in 1932. The couple had two children, Don Sargent and Ann Teicher. Steinberg's husband worked as a jeweler un- til his passing in 1967, after which Steinberg continued to support her family as a seamstress, working until she retired at 80. At 104, Steinberg moved into the Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Long Beach, N.Y., where she was known for her warmth and consideration for others. Just prior to her 113th birthday, the staff at Grandell traded stories about Goldie, including one about her waking up in the middle of the night to offer her coughing roommate a throat candy. She currenty holds the record for the oldest Jewish person ever, and was the sixth-oldest validated living person at the time of her death at age 114 years, 290 days.