Rest in Peace Dr. Ruth

Sex Therapist and Israeli Sniper

Dr. Ruth passed away yesterday at the age of 96. Most know her as an outspoken and humorous sex therapist. But there is far more to her story. Here’s just a little bit of it.

When Karola Ruth Siegel was sent to Switzerland at age 10 while her parents remained in Germany in 1938. Her father was sent to Dachau and then Auschwitz, where he was killed in the Shoah (The Holocaust). Her mother disappeared without a record being made by the Germans. At the end of WW2, Karola moved to Mandatory Palestine, which was an English possession and had been since the end of WW1. She also began using her middle name, Ruth.

Ruth joined the Haganah, a paramilitary force formed to protect Jews in the territory and the forerunner of the Israeli Defense Force. Haganah took the lead in the rebellion against the English occupation forces and became the core of the military after Israeli independence in 1948. Ruth was only 4 feet, 6 inches tall and this is apparently the primary reason why she was trained as …