Goldie Steinberg

Goldie Steinberg (born October 30, 1900) is currenty the oldest living Jewish person, and the fifth oldest validated person.

Life
Steinberg was born on October 30, 1900 in Kishinev.She is believed to be the last survivor of the Kishinev pogroms in 1903 and 1905.Her father's name was Reb Chatzkel,he worked in iron and would send it to a factory in Tula.In 1923, her uncle Max, a successful businessman residing in the United States, brought her and two of her sisters, Sarah and Raizel, to the United States.She worked in a factory that produced girl's dresses and was profesionally a seamstress till the age of 80.She married Philip Steinberg, a fellow Kishinev native, in 1932.He passed away in 1967, worked as a jeweler.They had two children, Don Sargent and Anne Teicher, both were alive as of Steinberg's 114th birthday.She moved to a nursing home at age 104.