Dr. Ruth Westheimer may best be known for pioneering explicit discussion about sex on radio and television, but as it turns out, that is only a small part of her rich and diversified life. Born in Germany, Dr. Westheimer lived in Switzerland during WWII, and then in Palestine, where she joined the Haganah, the Israeli freedom fighters, and trained to be a sniper. She later moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne and in 1956 went to the U.S. where she obtained her Masters Degree in Sociology from the Graduate Faculty of the New School of Social Research and Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) in the Interdisciplinary Study of the Family from Columbia University Teacher’s College.
Dr. Westheimer’s work for Planned Parenthood led her to study human sexuality and from there her career as one of the most well-known therapists in the United States. She is an Adjunct Professor at N.Y.U., and a fellow of both Calhoun College at Yale, and Butler College at Princeton, where she taught a seminar from 2005-2010; she is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and currently serves as the Honorary President of the Council on Sexuality and Aging at the National Sexuality Resource Center. She has her own private practice in New York and lectures worldwide. Dr. Ruth, as she is fondly known, is the author of 35 books and the executive producer of five documentaries. Shifting Sands: Bedouin Women at the Crossroads is currently being shown across the country on PBS stations, and she has finished filming her fifth, about the Circassians, which is in post-production.
TOPICS
The Importance of Grandparents
The Value of Family
Popular Culture
Relationships
Couples
Sex Therapy
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