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Ruth Westheimer
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German-American sex therapist
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Ruth Westheimer, born Karola Ruth Siegel on June 4, 1928, in Karlstadt am Main, Germany, was a sociologist, university teacher, radio personality, and television presenter. She held citizenship in the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the United States, and Germany. Westheimer was educated at the University of Paris, Columbia University, and Weill Cornell Medicine. She resided in Washington Heights and was a member of the New York Academy of Medicine.
Her career included work as an author, with titles such as *Joy of Connections*, *Power*, *Dr. Ruth Talks about Grandparents*, *Dr. Ruth's Sex After 50*, and *Roller Coaster Grandma*. She received the Leo-Baeck-Medal and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Westheimer spoke English, German, French, and Hebrew. She had two children and practiced Judaism. She died on July 12, 2024.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 June 1928
- Works
- 117
Top works
- Joy of Connections
- Power
- Dr. Ruth Talks about Grandparents
- Dr. Ruth's Sex After 50
- Roller Coaster Grandma
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Karlstadt am Main, Germany
Ruth Westheimer, better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German-American sex therapist, media personality, and author. Her media career began in 1980 with the radio show Sexually Speaking, which continued until 1990. She also hosted at least five television shows on the Lifetime and other cable television from 1984 to 1993. Wikipedia
Known for
- Israel - Promised Land, Threatened State — Herself2023
- Sex: Unzipped — Self2021
- Ask Dr. Ruth — Self2019
- Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
- The X Change Rate — Self - Special Guest2019
- The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
- Markus Lanz — Self2008
- Lipshitz Saves the World — Dr. Ruth2007
- 1 vs. 100 — Herself2006
- Inside Deep Throat — Self2005
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 8
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,945x
- AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility
· 2009 · cited 23,178x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,871x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,961x
- Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
· 2020 · cited 14,073x
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Key facts
- Born
- Karola Ruth Siegel , ( 1928-06-04 ) June 4, 1928, Wiesenfeld , Bavaria , Germany
- Died
- July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12) (aged 96), New York City , U.S.
- Other names
- Dr. Ruth Ruth K. Siegel Ruth K. Westheimer
- Citizenship
- German Reich (until 1935), United States (from 1965), Germany (from 2007)
- Education
- University of Paris ( BA ) The New School ( MA ) Columbia University ( EdD ) Cornell University
- Occupations
- Sex therapist academic talk show host author
- Years active
- 1959–2024
- Height
- 4 ft 7 in (140 cm)
- Board member of
- Museum of Jewish Heritage
- Spouses
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- Children
- 2, including Joel Westheimer
- Awards
- Radio Hall of Fame Magnus Hirschfeld Medal Ellis Island Medal of Honor Leo Baeck Medal Margaret Sanger Award Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Allegiance
- Israel
- Branch
- Haganah
- Service years
- 1946–1949
- Conflict
- 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- Website
- drruth .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ruth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- sniper
- Educated at
- Weill Cornell Medicine
- Employer
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Conflict
- 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- Military branch
- Haganah
- Official website
- drruth.com
- Image
- Ruth Westheimer (10877).jpg
- Height
- 140
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Washington Heights
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- date of birth
- 1928-06-04
- Commons category
- Ruth Westheimer
- name in native language
- Ruth Westheimer
- birth name
- Karola Ruth Siegel
- writing language
- English language
- member of
- New York Academy of Medicine
- social media followers
- 9100
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-07-12
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Karola Ruth Westheimer (née Siegel; June 4, 1928 – July 12, 2024), better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German and American sex therapist and talk show host.
Westheimer was born in Germany to a Jewish family. As the Nazis came to power, her parents sent the 10-year-old girl to a school in Switzerland for safety while they remained behind because of her elderly grandmother. Both were killed in concentration camps. After World War II, she emigrated to British-controlled Mandatory Palestine. At 4 feet 7 inches (140 cm) tall and 17 years of age, she joined the Haganah, and was trained as a sniper. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruth Westheimer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.