E arly this spring, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC, famous as a time capsule of American history and culture, reached out to Dr Ruth Westheimer and asked her to donate an object to its vast collection. Soon you will also be able to find the microphone that Westheimer used at WYNY, the New York radio station that helped cement her fame as a frank-talking sex therapist in , in no small part thanks to her unmistakable accent. Westheimer thinks for a moment. Not a problem, I assure her. Whatever is easiest. We are in Manhattan where Westheimer has lived for 55 years in a two-bedroom apartment overlooking the Hudson River. From the window, she points to the other bank — a steep escarpment known as the Palisades. Being a widow, she says, is harder than being an orphan. Children are resilient, adults less so. These are busy days for Westheimer, the subject of a new documentary, Ask Dr Ruth , that receives its European premiere at Sundance Film Festival London later this month.


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My first dream lover was a Jew and I—I did not know. His name was Benny, and he lived in Tel Aviv in the late s. Benny was a fictional character, a main protagonist in the hugely popular teenager movie series known as Eis am Stiel in Germany and Eskimo Limon in Israel. It gained considerable success across the rest of Europe and in Japan under the international title Lemon Popsicle. Benny was friends with Bobby and Johnny. Benny was the shy sweet one, but he still wanted to go all the way.
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By subscribing I accept the terms of use. Jerusalem Post Israel News. Prostitution in the Holy Land Some men are deterred by fines that Israel now imposes on those who hire prostitutes, but others struggle to overcome the addiction. We were three year-old guys with raging hormones. We decided, however, to go it alone. He currently works in real estate, and used to work with at-risk teens.
Having voted against the creation of Israel at the UN in , India held back from establishing full diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv until For decades, Israel's presence in India was limited to an immigration office in Mumbai. In between, India voted with the majority to pass UN resolution , condemning Zionism as a form of racism, became one of the first non-Arab states to recognise Palestine's declaration of independence in , and was generally among the more vocal non-Arab voices against Israel. Today, India is Israel's closest eastern ally and its largest arms market. Since , the diasporas of the two countries have emerged as energetic allies against a shared enemy: Islamic extremism. A survey by the Israeli foreign ministry in found India to be the most pro-Israel country in the world, well above the US. Once a bastion of pro-Palestinian sentiment, India recently appeared at the bottom in a worldwide poll of countries sympathetic to Palestinian statehood. Throw a stone in Panaji and it is likely to land on an Israeli backpacking through India after his post-mandatory service. What precipitated this dramatic shift? Israel had all along been a quiet ally of New Delhi, volunteering clandestine support as India sought to repel attacks by China in and Pakistan in