Dr. Ruth Westheimer created her own career and niche ... Her initial training was as a scout and a sniper because of her short stature. She says she did not kill anyone and that she did learn ...

Westheimer, better known simply as Dr. Ruth, lived a long and adventurous life. As a young girl, she escaped the Holocaust and trained as a sniper for a Jewish paramilitary group in Palestine.

At 16, she moved to the Palestine region, eventually serving as a sniper in the Israeli military. From Holocaust Orphan to Israeli Soldier to Sex Therapist: The Amazing Story of Dr. Ruth She later ...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the sex therapist who became ... and was trained to be a sniper for the Israeli Army. From there, she moved to Paris to study psychology at Sorbonne University and then ...

Westheimer trained as a scout — and also a sniper. She never shot anyone ... Speaking to a reporter following the release of “Ask Dr. Ruth,” the woman once described in a newspaper article ...