Established in 2012 by Israeli charity Yad Ezer La-Haver, which means "lend a hand to a friend", the gala event returned after a two-year hiatus. Some have criticised "Miss Holocaust Survivor" as an inappropriate way to remember the Nazi genocide, but charity founder Shimon Sabag said its mission is to give survivors "a piece of the childhood that was stolen from them". Ten contestants, ranging in age from 79 to 90, competed for the 2021 crown, which was won by 86-year-old Selina Steinfeld, a Romanian-born survivor of the Nazi effort to exterminate Europe's Jews. "I'm moved. I have no words,"...
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