{"id":78199,"date":"2023-11-12T22:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T03:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=78199"},"modified":"2023-11-26T22:56:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T03:56:30","slug":"dr-ruth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/dr-ruth\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ruth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Ruth was just named New York State\u2019s Ambassador to Loneliness, with a charge to help New Yorkers cope with the loneliness epidemic. Dr. Ruth, the Holocaust survivor who gained fame as a sex therapist, says that she began focusing on this issue when she was isolated during the COVID lockdown, which reminded her that she had written in a childhood diary about being lonely. She located that diary from her time in Switzerland after World War II, and found this quote: \u201cI live with 150 people \u2014 and am alone.\u201d She also noted that she was \u201clonging for a friend.\u201d Ruth Westheimer emigrated to Palestine where she joined the Haganah at age 17 and suffered serious injuries in a mortar-fire attack during the War of Independence. She subsequently moved to Paris, studied psychology at the Sorbonne, later earning a masters degree in sociology and a doctorate in education in the United States. She taught at universities and established a practice offering sex therapy, eventually gaining a world-wide following from radio and television programs in which she discussed sexual issues with knowledge, frankness, humor and respect. What else is true about Dr. Ruth?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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