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Laura and Benyamin interview Dr. Ruth Westheimer for her 95th birthday, and discuss how MDMA 'cured' a neo-Nazi
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The Schmooze Dr. Ruth Explains How To Have Good Sex Even As The World Goes To Hell
You’re not imagining it — things are getting really hard out there. Or not, as it were. With constant news alerts — children enduring what is essentially state-sponsored torture, the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, and the roiling national dispute surrounding civility and protest — it can be hard to keep up. And to…
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Fast Forward Dr. Ruth Turns 90 — And Still Wants To Know Your Intimate Secrets
At her 90th birthday party, legendary sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer was teased over her penchant for grilling strangers about what goes on in the bedroom, according to Page Six. During the 350-guest affair at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Israel’s consul general in New York, Dani Dayan, joked that Westheimer asks every detail about…
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Culture As Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine Folds, Remembering Some Of Its Best Work
Andy Warhol gave the world many things, among them that iconic Campbell’s soup can, those even more iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe, an eight-hour film of the Empire State Building from a single perspective and Interview Magazine. As of Monday, that last item, which Warhol founded in 1969, is no more. Employees of the magazine…
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The Schmooze Planned Parenthood ‘Kills Females’ Nominee Asked About Dr. Ruth Quote
There’s a lot that people don’t know about sex therapist and sexual evangelist Doctor Ruth Westheimer. The 4’7” Holocaust survivor was a sniper in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. She maintains one of the best Twitters in existence. She is quadrilingual. And one of her early jobs was as a researcher at Planned Parenthood. In…
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The Schmooze Dr. Ruth Tweets About Sex, Matzo — And The Holocaust
It’s only the fourth day of 2018, but facts are facts: Ruth Westheimer’s Twitter is the best thing on the internet this year. Westheimer’s feed is a strong combination of sex advice, thoughts on self-driving cars and withering takedowns of Barbra Streisand’s visit to the Holocaust museum. If you don’t have a little bit of…
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Fast Forward Dr. Ruth Drops A Timely Twitter Truth Bomb
“The big advantage of whispering sweet nothings in your love’s ear over texting,” renowned feisty sex and relationship expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer tweeted on May 8, “is that no Russian can hack your communications.” The big advantage of whispering sweet nothings in your love’s ear over texting is that no Russian can hack your communications….
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The Schmooze Jewish Moms Give Their Funniest, Wisest Dating Advice
Sometimes mothers really do know best. We gathered up some of the funniest, sauciest and wisest dating advice from just a few of our favorite moms in pop culture. Take notes! Nora Ephron “Beware of men who cry. It’s true that men who cry are sensitive too and in touch with feelings, but the only…
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