Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeThe young Betty "Bracha" Ron. Credit: Itai RonPhotographer Itai Ron spent his grandmother's final days by her side, documenting a farewell she chose on her own termsItai Ron 06:12 PM • July 13 2026 IDTOn the most recent Holocaust Remembrance Day, in a way that felt almost symbolic, my grandmother was given permission to die without suffering.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Jewish worldFranceHistoryCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel NewsIranMahmoud AhmadinejadLindsey GrahamHamasDavid ZiniRo KhannaIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz Podcast'The Body Has Limits; Love Doesn't': Photographing My Grandmother's Last DaySeth Rogen Shines in 'The Invite' - a Rare Remake That Tops the OriginalPEN America Head Quits After Article Against Cultural Boycott of IsraelisJerusalem's Last Gay Bar Is ClosingWere Polish Women Really Joyless? A New Book Says NoRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelEgypt Lost the World Cup. But Was the Referee Really Jewish?Inside the German pro-Israel Lobby's Campaign to Defund UNRWAInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahamadinijad as Iran's Leader