I'm really not familiar with the various groups that operated in the area between the end of WWII and the declaration of statehood in 48.
Judah On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:347525 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
