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Israeli Auschwitz Survivor Could Be Oldest Man in the World

112-year-old Yisrael Kristal of Haifa was informed that he could hold the title, if he can prove his age.

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of Haifa, age 112, may now be the oldest living man in the world, after a 112-year-old Japanese man died earlier this week. When his family told him he was up for the honor, he responded in Yiddish, “The joy of my old age.”

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