Pity she belonged to a terrorist group. Haganah I can see, but a group that used terrorism and bombings on civilians, peacekeeepers and other Jewish defensive groups I find beyond the pale. At least it was not the Stern Gang.
On Monday, February 27, 2012, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Dr. Ruth also talks a little about her Orthodox Jewish parents. During > World War II, Westheimer was sent from Frankfurt to a children's home > in Switzerland after her father was rounded up by the Nazis; both her > parents later died in the Holocaust. She was an only child. The war > ended when she was 16. "I then went to Palestine, lived on a kibbutz, > which is a collective farm," she explains, "and then worked in the > underground movement as a sniper." (Dr. Ruth was a member of the > Zionist paramilitary group the Irgun.) "So if you don't ask me good > questions today, watch out," she teases interviewer Derek Blasberg. "I > can still put five bullets in a little red circle." > > From the article: > > http://jezebel.com/5888692/exclusive-dr-ruth-is-a-trained-israeli-sniper-who-doesnt-like-to-treat-people-who-are-into-bondage > > Huh. Definitely something I did not know about Dr. Ruth. She's a > fascinating individual and damn smart. I'd love to have a drink with > her some time. > > Cheers, > Judah > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347524 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
