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...first thing that will surprise them is that I was a sniper in the Haganah, before there was an Israeli defense force, and since I’m 4’ 7” they’re certainly surprised that I was a sniper—but I’ve never killed anybody, I was badly wounded...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Dr. Ruth | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

...feel that your time training as a sniper for the Haganah in Israel has left a lasting imprint on your life...

Author: By Asli A. Bashir, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Dr. Ruth | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

...while Rinere was serving as one of the school’s deans. Dr. Ruth, whose full name is Ruth K. Westheimer, was born in Germany, but escaped to Switzerland at age 10, Rinere said. Dr. Ruth also once taught kindergarten in France and served as a sniper in Haganah, a Jewish paramilitary group. “She’s not just the most famous sex therapist in the United States,” Rinere said. Dr. Ruth isn’t having a one-night stand with Harvard. She is scheduled to appear this morning at Studies...

Author: By Candace I. Munroe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dr. Ruth Titillates Students in Cabot | 3/6/2007 | See Source »

...Perhaps, the most famous player of the "whack-a-mole" game is Aaron Weisburd, 42, a computer programmer who operates one of the Society's projects from his home office in southern Illinois. His Web site, Internet Haganah - the name is an homage to Israeli paramilitary fighters - tracks Hizballah and other groups as they wander the Web. Weisburd's hijack logs go back for several years and include the latest Hizballah hijacks since fighting began. "Notice to the jihadis in the audience," he writes on his site. "You can't hide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hizballah Hijacks the Internet | 8/8/2006 | See Source »

Sharon, known as Arik to everyone, was just 14 when he joined the Haganah, a Jewish militia in British mandatory Palestine. Six years later he fought in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that erupted after Israel declared its independence. As he rose through the ranks, he played a significant role in every one of Israel's wars. In 1967 he commanded one of three divisions that wrested the Sinai peninsula from Egypt. In 1973 he led a counterattack in Sinai that broke through Egyptian lines and ended up just 60 miles outside Cairo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lonely Warrior | 1/9/2006 | See Source »

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