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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

Ruth Westheimer

Some of the prominent Jews who passed away in 2024. (Getty Images; Collage by Grace Yagel via JTA)
December 31, 2024, 1:27 am
In memoriam: 18 prominent Jews who died in 2024
This year, the world said goodbye to famous Holocaust survivors, politicians, athletes, and members of the entertainment industry
By JTA Staff
A still of Dr. Ruth Westheimer speaking with WNYC from the film 'Ask Dr. Ruth.' (Courtesy of Sundance Institute/David Paul Jacobson)
July 13, 2024, 6:19 pm
World famous Jewish sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer dies at 96
Talk show host, who became a cultural icon decades after surviving Holocaust and fighting for Israel’s independence, was fond of citing her grandkids to say ‘Hitler lost and I won’
By Amy Spiro
Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Tovah Feldshuh, on the set of ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth,’ at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, December 8, 2021. (Courtesy Josh Halpern)
December 24, 2021, 4:49 am
Dr. Ruth gushes over ‘brilliant’ portrayal of her in one-woman show
Famed sex therapist and radio host says she was at the edge of her seat watching friend Tovah Feldshuh play her in off-Broadway production
By julia GERGELY
Shirley Zussman was a pioneering sex therapist who continued to see patients past her 100th birthday. (Dignity Memorial via JTA)
December 20, 2021, 11:57 pm
Pioneering sex therapist Shirley Zussman dies at 107
New Yorker and her gynecologist husband were among first sex therapy practitioners in ’60s; ‘I wouldn’t be talking about orgasms if it wasn’t for Shirley,’ Dr. Ruth Westheimer says
By Shira Hanau
Tovah Feldshuh, in ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth,’ at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC, on December 8, 2021. (Courtesy/Carol Rosegg)
December 17, 2021, 4:10 pm
Tovah Feldshuh is very becoming in ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth’
Through Jan. 2, a limited performance of the one-woman show based on the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer is at NYC’s Museum of Jewish Heritage
By Jordan Hoffman
Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
January 15, 2021, 10:07 am
Sex therapist Dr. Ruth gets COVID-19 vaccine in NYC
92-year-old applauds ‘organized’ rollout of shots in video uploaded by an aide to New York Gov. Cuomo
By Gabe Friedman
Shira Haas speaks with Jonah, Henry and Ben Platt during a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration, April 29, 2020. (Screenshot via YouTube)
April 30, 2020, 10:25 am
Stars join virtual ceremony for Israel’s Independence Day
Actors Shira Haas, Ben Platt and Josh Malina send greetings, sing songs; event features discussion by chefs on falafel, messages from President Rivlin and Dr. Ruth Westheimer
By Josefin Dolsten
A question-answer session was part of 'couples therapy' for Israeli and American journalists, and diplomatic staff, at a 'Valentine's Day' event for Israeli and Diaspora Jewry at the home of the consul general in New York. (Office of the Consul General of Israel)
March 7, 2020, 4:06 pm
At NY consulate, Dr. Ruth gives couples therapy to Israeli and Diaspora Jews
Israeli Consul General Dani Dayan hosts celebrity sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer to moderate journalists’ event and help keep the Israel-Diaspora marriage alive
By Emily Benedek
'Ask Dr. Ruth' chronicles the life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist. (Austin Hargrave/via JTA)
May 11, 2019, 5:13 am
Documentary on Dr. Ruth delves into the sex therapist’s Holocaust past
In ‘Ask Dr. Ruth,’ now playing in a few New York theaters and streaming June 1 on Hulu, viewers learn that there’s a lot more to Westheimer’s story than they might think
By Curt Schleier
A still of Dr. Ruth Westheimer speaking with WNYC from the film 'Ask Dr. Ruth.' (Courtesy of Sundance Institute/David Paul Jacobson)
January 30, 2019, 3:54 am
Documentary on sex therapist Dr. Ruth one of snowy Sundance’s hottest films
Through animated footage mixed with current clips, the Holocaust survivor, onetime Haganah sniper and American TV star still exudes her distinctive charisma and wit
By Jordan Hoffman
Dr. Ruth Westheimer in her Washington Heights, New York apartment. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
June 30, 2018, 6:25 am
At 90, spunky Dr. Ruth Westheimer now focuses on what comes before foreplay
With a new TV show in the works, the contagiously cheery Holocaust survivor continues to help couples maintain a healthy intimate relationship — even in a sterile online world
By Cathryn J. Prince
Thousands of pupils at World ORT schools participated in the World Jewish Congress #WeRemember campaign ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, 2017. (World Jewish Congress)
January 27, 2017, 11:37 am
Global initiatives virtually commemorate the Holocaust — in a very real way
Meaningful social media campaigns by Israel’s Yad Vashem and the World Jewish Congress make history and remembrance accessible to all ages
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Elie Wiesel in his office in New York, September 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
January 27, 2017, 4:58 am
A star-studded ‘Night’ to honor Elie Wiesel in New York
Five-hour January 29 event at Museum of Jewish Heritage will feature diverse community reading of the slim 116-page volume that changed the world
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A soldier from the Lions of the Jordan Battalion participates in an exercise on June 8, 2015. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flickr)
March 13, 2016, 6:36 am
New combat positions for women in the IDF, same old obstacles
As the army makes strides in increasing gender equality, both physiological and cultural barriers keep female officers from the General Staff
By Judah Ari Gross
French-Polish film director Roman Polanski attending a press conference at the Bonarowski Palace Hotel in Krakow, Poland, October 30, 2015. (Adam Nurkiewicz/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 18, 2015, 3:06 am
11 Hollywood Jews open up about surviving Holocaust
‘Looking at my four grandchildren: Hitler lost and I won,’ Ruth Westheimer tells The Hollywood Reporter
By Gabe Friedman
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