2007年2月5日 · 16, the orphaned girl moved to Israel and joined Haganah, an underground Jewish military organization. She served as a lookout and trained as a. sniper, but she avers that she never killed (or...

2024年7月13日 · Before beloved sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer began teaching couples how best to shoot their shot, she was taking some shots of her own. As a sniper with the Haganah, forerunner to the...

At 4 feet 7 inches (140 cm) tall and 17 years of age, she joined the Haganah, and was trained as a sniper. [2] On her 20th birthday, she was wounded in action by an exploding shell during mortar fire on Jerusalem during the 1947–1949 Palestine War, and almost lost both feet.

Perhaps best known for her work as a world-renowned psychosexual therapist, Dr. Ruth lived a multifaceted, inspirational life through her experiences on the Kindertransport and as a Haganah sniper. Behind her amusing and candid demeanor about sex and sexuality was a story of resilience and strength.

2014年11月20日 · In 1947, 48, I was in the Haganah, the forerunner of the Israel Defense Forces, and I did not know that I have that talent of being a sniper. I’m a super good shot.

2022年9月22日 · While in Jerusalem, Westheimer joined the Haganah Jewish Zionist underground paramilitary organization. She was trained as a scout and a sniper. She became an expert sniper, though stated that she never killed anybody, and claimed that her small height of 4′ 7″ meant that she was more difficult to shoot.

The USC Shoah Foundation mourns the loss of Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who fled Nazi Germany without her parents at the age of 10 and went on to become a renowned and beloved sex therapist and media personality. She was 96 years old.

2024年7月17日 · After moving to Mandatory Palestine at age 16 in 1945, she worked at Kibbutz Ramat David and later became a Haganah sniper. She was wounded by a mortar shell in Jerusalem, nearly losing both of her legs, on her birthday in 1948.

2024年7月13日 · As a teenager, Westheimer lived in Jerusalem and trained as a sniper with the Haganah, a controversial Zionist militant group which later became part of the Israel Defense Forces.

2020年6月16日 · Did you know that long before becoming a household name, “Dr. Ruth” was a scout and sniper for the Haganah paramilitary organization that fought for the establishment of Israel? Jmore spoke with Dr. Ruth about her commitment to Israel, her latest book and more.