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Ruskin (surname)
Ruskin, also Russkin, Russkina, Ruskina, is a surname can be of English, Scottish, French, Danish, German or Jewish origin which occurs especially in Russia, United States and some Asian countries. People * Effie Ruskin (1828–1897), Scottish artists' model, wife of John Ruskin * Harry Ruskin (1894–1969), American screenwriter and lyricist * Ira Ruskin (1943–2014), American politician * John Ruskin (1819–1900), English polymath, author, poet and artist * Nardwuar, born John Ruskin in 1968, Canadian journalist and musician * Joseph Ruskin (1924–2013), American character actor born Joseph Richard Schlafman * Mickey Ruskin (1933–1983), restaurateur who owned Max's Kansas City, a New York City nightclub/restaurant, and other restaurants * Morris Ruskin (born 1962), American independent film and television producer and entrepreneur * Pamela Ruskin (1920–2010), Australian freelance journalist * Scott Ruskin (baseball) (born 1963), American baseball player * Scott Ruski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jews
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, religion, and community are highly interrelated, as Judaism is their ethnic religion, though it is not practiced by all ethnic Jews. Despite this, religious Jews regard Gerim, converts to Judaism as members of the Jewish nation, pursuant to the Conversion to Judaism, long-standing conversion process. The Israelites emerged from the pre-existing Canaanite peoples to establish Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Israel and Kingdom of Judah, Judah in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age.John Day (Old Testament scholar), John Day (2005), ''In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel'', Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 47.5 [48] 'In this sense, the emergence of ancient Israel is viewed not as the cause of the demise of Canaanite culture but as its upshot'. Originally, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Ruskin
Pamela Ruskin (8 June 1920 – 20 May 2010) was an Australian freelance journalist with a special interest in the arts. Early life and education Born Pamela June Zimbler at Hampstead in London, she was the only daughter of Dolly (née Goldhill) and Samuel. Her mother Dolly died 11 June 1979. Her father was a furrier who had migrated with his family to Melbourne when she was a child of six, and conducted business until the mid-1950s in Flinders Lane, the centre of Melbourne's 'rag trade'. Educated at the non-denominational St Catherine's School, Toorak, she completed an Arts degree at the University of Melbourne. During World War II and living at 45 Bruce Street, Toorak, she served in the Royal Australian Navy decoding section, and in 1940 met Jewish refugee from Berlin, Alfred Ruskin who had been studying medicine at Berlin University, but was forced to leave during Nazi purges. He had migrated in 1938 and joined the Army to become a naturalised Australian. They were married in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bonfire Of The Vanities
''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist Peter Fallow. The novel was originally conceived as a serial in the style of Charles Dickens' writings: it ran in 27 installments in ''Rolling Stone'' starting in 1984. Wolfe heavily revised it before it was published in book form. The novel was a bestseller and a commercial success, even in comparison with Wolfe's other books. It has often been called the quintessential novel of the 1980s, and in 1990 was adapted into the critically and commercially unsuccessful film of the same name by Brian De Palma. Title The book is named for the historical bonfire of the vanities, which happened in 1497 in Florence, Italy, when the city was under the sway of the Dominican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmerdale Farm
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ''Emmerdale Farm'' was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Interior scenes have been filmed at the Leeds Studios since its inception. Exterior scenes were first filmed in Arncliffe in Littondale, and the series may have taken its name from Amerdale, an ancient name of Littondale. Exterior scenes were later shot at Esholt, but are now shot at a purpose-built set on the Harewood estate. The series originally aired during the afternoon and was intended to be a three-month television series. However, more episodes were ordered and transmitted during the daytime until 1978, when it was moved to an early-evening prime time slot in most regions. In the late 1980s, a new production team oversaw the name change and introduced more dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Ruskin
Susan Ruskin is a film producer. Selected filmography * '' The Woman in Red'' (1984) * '' Haunted Honeymoon'' (1986) * '' Anaconda'' (1997) References External links * American film producers Living people American women film producers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-film-producer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Ruskin
Sheila Ruskin (born 28 March 1946) is an English actress. She played Vipsania in the BBC adaptation of '' I, Claudius'' (1976); Kassia in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Keeper of Traken'' (1981); and Alta One in the ''Blake's 7'' episode "Redemption" (1979). Her other TV credits include: ''MacKenzie'', ''Special Branch'', '' The Pallisers'', '' How Green Was My Valley'', '' The Sweeney'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', '' The Professionals'', ''Minder'', '' Bergerac'', '' Boon'', ''Taggart'', ''Miss Marple'', '' Parnell and the Englishwoman'', ''Casualty'', ''Rumpole of the Bailey'', '' Strangers and Brothers'', ''The Bill'', ''Dalziel and Pascoe'', ''Holby City'', ''Midsomer Murders'', '' The Intruder'', and '' The Lost Boys''. She was married to the actor David Wood from 1966 until 1970. The couple wrote a musical play, ''The Owl and the Pussycat Went To See'', based on the works of Edward Lear. In 2005 and 2008, she appeared in numerous episodes of the BBC medical soap ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Ruskin (cricketer)
Scott Ruskin (born 12 January 1975) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Hertfordshire. He was born in Hertford Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census. The town grew around a Ford (crossing), ford on .... Ruskin, who made his debut for the team in the 2000 Minor counties Championship, played in two C&G Trophy matches, during the 2001 season. From the tailend, he finished on 8 not out on his debut, and in his second match, a month later, he scored 6 runs. As of 2008, Ruskin still plays for Hertford Cricket Club in the Evening Standard Challenge Trophy. External linksScott Ruskinat CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruskin, Scott 1975 births Living people English cricketers Hertfordshire cricketers Sportspeople from Hertford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Ruskin (baseball)
Scott Drew Ruskin (born June 8, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player who was a pitcher for four Major League Baseball seasons. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in , Montreal Expos from 1990 to , and Cincinnati Reds from to . Career Ruskin was born in Jacksonville, Florida.Baseball-Reference.com, Players Scott Ruskin Retrieved November 19, 2010. He attended Sandalwood High School in Jacksonville, and played high school baseball for the Sandalwood Saints. Ruskin received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Joe Arnold's Florida Gators baseball team from 1982 to 1985. In 1983, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He received All-Southeastern conference (SEC) honors in 1984 and 1985 and was a second-team All-American in 1984. Ruskin returned to the university after his professional baseball career was over, and completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris Ruskin
Morris Ruskin is an American independent film and television producer and founder and chairman of Shoreline Entertainment, an international sales agency. He is also the co-founder of MoJo Global Arts, a production and management company. Biography Ruskin was born in South Africa to anti-Apartheid parents.IndieWire: "ISA of the Day: Shoreline Entertainment: A Discussion with Founder and Head Morris Ruskin ISA of the Day: Shoreline Entertainment: A Discussion with Founder and Head Morris Ruskin" by Peter Belsito November 5, 2013 At the age of 9, his family moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effie Ruskin
Euphemia Chalmers Millais, Lady Millais (''née'' Gray; 7 May 1828 – 23 December 1897) was a Scottish artists' model and writer who was married to Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais. She had previously married the art critic John Ruskin, but she left him with the marriage never having been consummated; it was subsequently annulled. This famous Victorian "love triangle" has been dramatised in plays, films, and an opera. Early life Euphemia Chalmers Gray was born on 7 May 1828 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland to lawyer and businessman George Gray (1798–1877) and Sophia Margaret (1808–1894), daughter of Andrew Jameson, Sheriff-substitute of Fife.Mervyn Williams (2012) ''Effie'' She grew up at Bowerswell, an Italianate-style house near the foot of Kinnoull Hill. Though she was given the pet-name "Phemy" by her parents as a child, she started to be known as "Effie" by the time she was a teenager. Her sisters Sophie and Alice often modelled for John Everett Millais. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max's Kansas City
Max's Kansas City was a nightclub and restaurant at 213 Park Avenue South in New York City, which became a gathering spot for musicians, poets, artists, and politicians in the 1960s and 1970s. It was opened by Mickey Ruskin (1933–1983) in December 1965 and closed in 1981. History Max's I Max's quickly became a hangout of choice for artists and sculptors of the New York School, like John Chamberlain, Robert Rauschenberg and Larry Rivers, whose presence attracted hip celebrities and the jet set. Neil Williams, Larry Zox, Forrest (Frosty) Myers, Larry Poons, Brice Marden, Bob Neuwirth, Dan Christensen, Ronnie Landfield, Ching Ho Cheng, Richard Bernstein, Peter Reginato, Carl Andre, Dan Graham, Lawrence Weiner, Robert Smithson, Joseph Kosuth, Brigid Berlin, Viva, Edie Sedgwick, David R. Prentice, Roy Lichtenstein, Peter Forakis, Peter Young, Mark di Suvero, Pat Lipsky, Larry Bell, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Richard Serra, Lee Lozano, Carlos Villa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Ruskin
Joseph Ruskin (born Joseph Richard Schlafman; April 14, 1924 – December 28, 2013) was an American character actor. Early life Ruskin was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. After graduating high school in Cleveland, he served in the U.S. Navy and studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University, and began acting at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Although he gained his greatest recognition in television and film, he continued to appear on stage throughout his career. He was Jewish. Career Ruskin appeared in an episode of '' The Outer Limits'', called " Production and Decay of Strange Particles". He played in ''The Time Tunnel'' episode "Revenge of the Gods", as well as two separate, two-part '' Mission: Impossible'' episodes—"Old Man Out" and "The Slave"—as well as the episodes "The Brothers" and "The Puppet". He had a non-credited role as the voice of the Kanamits in ''The Twilight Zone'' episode " To Serve Man", a season after playing the genie in another episode, " The Man in the Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
