Perhaps more remarkable than just their stories of surviving the Holocaust, it turns out that Holocaust survivors in Israel are averaging a life span seven years longer than their native-born peers. In a new study published in JAMA, researchers have found that while survivors have higher rates of chronic illness than their contemporaries, their longer life spans may be attributable to factors like genetics, resilience, and attention to health literacy and seeking preventive health care. You can read more about the study here. And for the poignant story of one Holocaust survivor who to this day attributes her survival in the camps to the emotional escape she and fellow inmates found in reading, take a look here. And finally, perhaps in the category of “if you live long enough….”, read here about elderly Holocaust survivors in England who are considering obtaining German citizenship again because of the coming Brexit upheaval in England.