Over the course of her career, she authored more than 40 books, and amassed an audience of millions through television, radio, newspaper columns, and extensive lecturing and educational work.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the sex therapist, media star and best-selling author, has passed away. She died on Friday at 96, in her home in New York City, surrounded by her family, as reported by Israel National News.
She was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1928, and originally named Karola Ruth Siegel. An only child, she was sent by her parents to Switzerland to escape Kristallnacht at age 10. She never saw her parents again, and believed they were murdered at Auschwitz.
At 16, she moved to British Mandatory Palestine, and trained as a sniper in the Haganah. She was severely wounded in a bombing and was only able to walk again due to exceptional surgical intervention.