Honoring a 105-year-old Holocaust survivor who feared a repeat of history

Honoring a 105-year-old Holocaust survivor who feared a repeat of history

Five years ago, shortly before a celebration to mark her 100th birthday, Ruth Nussbaum of Delray Beach admitted she wasn’t overly thrilled with the occasion. “I wouldn’t recommend being 100 to anybody”, she told me. Despite that, Ruth continued living independently in her home and turned 105 on Sept. 30th. Not long after that, however, she began having respiratory issues, and she suggested it was time to enter hospice care, which was set up at t…