Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer ...

Her optimistic outlook emerged from a childhood of unimaginable loss and struggle, making her emphasis on joy a choice, not ...

Editor’s note: The following is adapted from a eulogy Joel Westheimer delivered for his late mother, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, after her death in 2024. We’re publishing it now, in honor of her ...