Sex therapist “Dr. Ruth” becomes anti-loneliness ambassador
Published: Tuesday, Nov 14th 2023, 02:50
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German-born sex therapist Ruth Westheimer (95) is the new anti-loneliness ambassador for the US state of New York. Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Westheimer would take on the first honorary position of its kind in the country in order to counteract the growing "loneliness epidemic" in the state. "Hallelujah," Westheimer was quoted as saying. "I am deeply honored and have pledged to the governor to work day and night to make New Yorkers feel less lonely."
Dr. Ruth" was born Karola Ruth Siegel in 1928 in Wiesenfeld near Frankfurt into a Jewish family. At the age of ten, shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, she came to Switzerland on a Kindertransport and escaped the Holocaust. She later went to the USA and became famous as a sex therapist with shows on radio and television.
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