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Dr. Ruth Westheimer Will Speak at Federation’s Main Event
Be sure to make plans to attend
“Sex and the Queen City - A
Conversation wi^ Dr. Ruth” on
Tuesday, February 5, 2002. To
kick-off the Jewish Federation’s
2002 Annual Campaign, Dr. Ruth
Westheimer, the psychosexual
therapist who helped pioneer the
field of media psychology, will
speak at 7:45 PM at Temple Israel.
According to event co-chair Stacy
Gorelick, “We are anticipating a
sell-out for this event. Dr. Ruth
spoke engagingly on behalf of the
Memphis Federation in October
on a Monday evening to a ‘stand
ing room only’ crowd.”
Dr. Ruth Westheimer’s radio
program, Sexually Speaking,
began in September of 1980 as a
fifteen minute, taped show that
aired Sundays after midnight on
NBC in New York. One year later
it became a live, one-hour show
airing at 10 PM on which Dr.
Ruth, as she became known,
answered call-in questions from
listeners. Soon distributing Dr.
Westheimer’s expertise became
part of a communication network,
which includes television, books,
newspapers, games, home video,
computer software and a page on
the Worldwide Web.
Bom in Germany in 1928, Dr.
Westheimer was sent at the age of
ten to a school in Switzerland,
which became an orphanage for
most of the German Jewish stu
dents who had been sent there to
escape the Holocaust. At 16 she
went to Israel, where she fought
for that country’s independence as
a member of the Haganah, the
Jewish freedom fighters. She then
moved to Paris where she studied
at the Sorbonne and taught kinder
garten. She immigrated to the
United States in 1956 where she
obtained her Masters Degree in
Sociology from the Graduate
Faculty of the New School of
Social Research. In 1970, she
received a Doctorate of Education
in the Interdisciplinary Study of
the Family from Columbia
University.
She worked for Planned
Parenthood for a time, and it was
that experience that prompted her
to further her education in human
sexuality by studying under Dr.
Helen Singer Kaplan at New
York Hospital-Comell University
Medical Center. She later partici
pated in the program for five years
as Adjunct Associate Professor.
She has also taught at Lehman
College, Brooklyn College,
■Adelphi Unviersity, Columbia
Unviersity and West Point.
Currently Dr. Westheimer is an
Adjunct Professor at N.Y.U. She is
a fellow of the New York
Academy of Medicine and in
addition to having her own private
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
practice, Dr. Westheimer leads
regular seminars on adolescent
sexuality for residents and interns.
She frequently lectures at univer
sities across the country and has
twice been named “College
Lecturer of the Year.”
During her days as a college
professor. Dr. Westheimer never
envisaged that one day she would
be making such wide use of the
mass media to help spread what
she has labeled “sexud literacy.”
However, with her unique style,
she has been able to communicate
effectively through almost every
avenue available. In addition to
radio, her television career has
spanned both broadcast and cable,
in the United States and in Europe.
She even donned the title of
Executive Producer for a docu
mentary on Ethiopian Jews titled
“Surviving Salvation,” which
aired nationally on PBS.
Her syndicated newspaper col
umn Ask Dr. Ruth circles the
globe, and she is the author of
nineteen books. A book signing
will follow the February 5 pro
gram, during which time Dr. Ruth
will sign three of her books -
Rekindling Romance for
Dummies, Grandparenthood, and
Heavenly Sex, which describes
sex in the Jewish tradition. These
books will be available in the
Federation office for anyone wish
ing to purchase them in advance.
Dr. Ruth has two children and
three grandchildren, and was
named “Mother of the Year” by
the National Mother’s Day
Committee. She has been awarded
numerous medals for her achieve
ments, and in May 2000, she
received an Honorary Doctorate
from Hebrew Union College -
Jewish Institute of Religion for
her work in Human Sexuality and
for her commitment to the Jewish
People, Israel and Religion.
To purchase tickets, which cost
$36.00 each, please call the
Federation office at 704-944-
6757. Attendees will have the
opportunity to make their 2002
Annual Campaign pledges during
this event. 0
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