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Vista Del Mar’s Grand Dame

Michael Aushenker January 29, 2004

Ruth Shuken\’s backyard is a floral wonderland. Shuken, who turns 94 on July 4, strolls through aisles of roses, lilacs and azaleas. Her green thumb has also served her well in cultivating a garden of mitzvahs.\n\nShuken\’s Beverlywood manor, which she has called home for 55 years, is a short drive from Vista Del Mar, the place she has served for more than five decades. Vista Del Mar operates on a $32 million annual budget to assist teens from troubled backgrounds.

Big Apple Of His Eye

Michael Aushenker August 21, 2003

He was the guy with all the good lines. The late Saul Steinberg helped establish The New Yorker magazine as a purveyor of visual excellence. \”Art of the Spirit,\” an exhibit at The Jewish Federation running through Dec. 15, is a welcome reminder of the late illustrator\’s visual wit.

Habush Wrapped Life in L.A. History

Michael Aushenker August 7, 2003

Jerry Freedman Habush led excursions through historic Jewish Los Angeles as vice president of tours at the Jewish Historical Society of Southern California (JHS) for more than 20 years. In recent months, Habush\’s commitment slowed, but not from a waning passion. He was receiving chemotherapy for cancer that spread through his pancreas, liver and lungs. Habush died on July 29 at age 60.

Writers: Redd Still Gold on TV Land

Michael Aushenker July 31, 2003

Fred calls Lamont a \”big dummy.\” Aunt Esther warns Fred to \”Watch it, sucka!\” Fred fakes a heart attack, crying out heavenward, \”Elizabeth, I\’m comin\’ to join you!\”\n\nThirty years ago, when few representations of blacks appeared on television, \”Sanford & Son,\” starring Redd Foxx, brought such gags into the pop culture lexicon. And for most of its 1972-1977 run, a couple of Jewish boys, Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein, oversaw the writing on the top-rated African American sitcom. Today, \”Sanford\” is the second most-watched program among viewers age 25-54 on rerun cable outlet TV Land, trailing only its doppelganger — the wholesome, decidedly white \”The Andy Griffith Show.\”

Ariel Avrech

Michael Aushenker July 24, 2003

iel Avrech died of complications from severe pulmonary fibrosis on July 1. He was 22.\n\n\”He was incredibly learned,\” said Avrech\’s father, Emmy-winning screenwriter Robert Avrech (\”The Devil\’s Arithmetic\”). \”I always learned from him. Our roles were reversed. He was also very funny and had a very dry, ironic sense of humor.\”

The Madman of Montparnasse

Michael Aushenker June 26, 2003

Before his life was tragically cut short in 1920 at the age of 35, Amedeo Modigliani left an impression on every person he met. Take fellow artist Jacques Lipchitz, whom the possessed Italian Jew liked to visit at 3 a.m.

Thursdays With Pini

Michael Aushenker May 8, 2003

The moment you enter Tempo restaurant in Encino on a Thursday night, you realize that it\’s Pini Cohen\’s town, and we just dance in it.

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