hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Oldest tourist ever to visit Israel? Oma Ella celebrates 104
hollywoodtone.blogspot.com Oldest tourist ever to visit Israel? Oma Ella celebrates 104
Jerusalem - German tourist, Oma Ella, celebrates her 104th birthday in a Dead Sea hotel with forty friends and family who traveled with her to Israel to enjoy the special occasion.
Eleonore Maria Theresia Kastner (Oma Ella - German for Grandma Ella) celebrated her 104th birthday today, 7th January, in a Dead Sea hotel. When she reached 100, Oma Ella decided she should "live a little" and celebrate each birthday in a different place in the world, with her family. Oma Ella celebrated her centenary at the Vatican and then in Monaco (101), Austria (102), Munich (103). Oma Ella, a devout Christian, has visited and prayed at Christian holy sites in the country, even traveling on a donkey to reach an isolated monastery in the Judean desert. On her birthday, representatives from Israel's Tourism Ministry presented her with a silver-bound Bible and a certificate of appreciation, nominating her as an ambassador of good will for tourism to Israel.
Kastner was born in 1910 in Kelheim Germany. She is thought to be the oldest person to have toured the Himalayas and meet with the Queen of Bhutan, and the oldest person to have a Facebook page which she has already updated since arriving in Israel with a video greeting. She also appears in youtube videos. According to Israel’s Tourism Ministry, Kastner who began working life aged 17 as a hairdresser says her secret for longevity is: "Be healthy and enjoy a sweet schnapps every day!". Kastner married in 1932, and moved to Amberg, Bavaria where she raised four children, only one of whom is still alive. Her elder brother, born in 1906, was murdered in the Dachau concentration camp in 1943 after resisting the Nazi occupation. Kastner has 6 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild a number who enjoined in the birthday celebrations in the Dead Sea. Today, she lives in Berlin with one of her grandsons, Joe Kastner and his family.
Israel Tourism Ministry
"Oma Ella" at her 104th birthday celebrations, holding a silver-bound Bible, a gift from the Tourism Ministry, and a handmade doll in her likeness, wearing the clothes in which she was christened. Israel Tourism Ministry
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Kastner was born in 1910 in Kelheim Germany. She is thought to be the oldest person to have toured the Himalayas and meet with the Queen of Bhutan, and the oldest person to have a Facebook page which she has already updated since arriving in Israel with a video greeting. She also appears in youtube videos. According to Israel’s Tourism Ministry, Kastner who began working life aged 17 as a hairdresser says her secret for longevity is: "Be healthy and enjoy a sweet schnapps every day!". Kastner married in 1932, and moved to Amberg, Bavaria where she raised four children, only one of whom is still alive. Her elder brother, born in 1906, was murdered in the Dachau concentration camp in 1943 after resisting the Nazi occupation. Kastner has 6 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild a number who enjoined in the birthday celebrations in the Dead Sea. Today, she lives in Berlin with one of her grandsons, Joe Kastner and his family.
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