Posted on May 30, 2012
Cheers! Dr. Ruth Westheimer will celebrate her 84th birthday next week — and her new wine line, which will be sold in grocery stores and bodegas. (Photo by Tamara Beckwith)
“I was an orphan at the age of 10, Hitler didn’t want me to be alive. Today, when I see my grandchildren, I say: ‘I won and not Hitler.’ I’m alive when 1.5 million Jewish children were killed, and I have an obligation to make a dent in this world. When I was younger, I didn’t know I was going to be a sex therapist, but that dent was me writing and talking about sex.” Dr. Ruth’s Vin d’Amour will be sold for $7.99-$9.99, with a portion of the profits going to the Museum of Jewish Heritage.