Ruth joined the Haganah, which would later become the IDF, and was trained as a scout and a sniper. In 1948, during Israel’s War of Independence, Ruth suffered near fatal wounds in a mortar attack in Jerusalem. It took several months of recuperation before she could walk again.
Noted "sex doctor" Ruth Westheimer shuffled off this mortal coil Saturday at the age of 96.
Many
people did not know (though she didn't try to hide her background) that
she fought in the Israeli war for independence. Tough little lady.
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