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‘Ruth: A Little Girl’s Journey’ Screening and Q&A with Dr. Ruth Westheimer

The animated short film was adapted from “Ask Dr. Ruth,” the award-winning 2018 Hulu documentary about sex therapist and Shoah survivor Dr. Ruth Westheimer. 
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September 11, 2020

Holocaust Museum Los Angeles (formerly Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust), the USC Shoah Foundation and Delirio Films will present a screening of “Ruth: A Little Girl’s Journey,” an animated short film adapted from “Ask Dr. Ruth,” the award-winning 2018 Hulu documentary about sex therapist and Shoah survivor Dr. Ruth Westheimer. 

Westheimer serves as the film’s narrator and will participate in a Q&A following the screening hosted by Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation, and Susan King, film journalist and historian. It will take place Sept. 15 at 4 p.m.

Other Jewish museums are participating so space is limited. Click here to register. Suggested donation: $10.

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