Judy & Jerry Lubell's first Apartment

Our First Apartment


Our first apartment 6250 N Winthrop Ave. in Chicago.

We could not wait to move into our first home as Husband and wife but until our “Deluxe apartment” was ready - we rented a studio apartment.

This Studio was in an apartment hotel , upstairs of Ashcanaz deli. At the time Ashacanaz was a very popular restaurant, in fact it was a sort of Icon in the world of Jewish delis. It was located on Morse avenue in Rogers Park. Morse was a very crowded street; so each night we had to search for a place to park often several streets away, then walk back to the building.
The main thing we remember of our short stay there, was that we could smell the food. We are not talking about an up-scale 5 star gourmet restaurant with the subtle aromas of Sage and Basel. No this was “Real food”, “Old-World food.

We would guess from the smell what was being served--although sometimes it was easy to tell, because we could hear the orders being called to the kitchen- “I need 3 Cabbage soups, one Matzo ball, one order of Fried kippers two tongue sandwiches and a pastrami on Rye" We would be sitting in our studio and all night we would hear people ordering and smell salami omelets, corned beef on rye, cheese blintzes and Chopped Liver.

Its 50 years later, but we still remember those two weeks at the New Morse Hotel

Learning how to drive

"The Hard Way"

I was 12 when I first started to learn to drive. I was too young, and so I could not ask my dad to teach me so I had no choice but to ask Marvin. While it was nice of him to agree to teach me, it also sort of put me at his mercy.

You see because I was not supposed to be driving, how could I complain about any thing that happened.

Of course, a 1946 Plymouth is a stick shift . So learning how to drive also meant learning how to drive a stick shift . I remember the first time behind the wheel. Every time the car jumped, changing gears, Marvin would sock me. That was some way to learn to let out the clutch easier. I would drive down the street and people would say,” Isn’t that Judy driving?” I would come home black and blue, but I could not tell anyone why. That was the part I hated.

Every night I would go for a ride with the family, stop and get Ice-cream at a drive-in. I would fall asleep in the car when we would get home my mother would wake me up to walk home from the garage which was in my dad’s building by the store.

Jesus Christ and Parenthood

Last Night We Saw Jesus Christ Superstar.
The show was good, It is difficult with a “Rock “ anything, because you are use to certain voices. Bob Dylan does not have a trained voice but it is recognizable. I could not tell the difference between Pavarotti and his understudy. It’s like I can’t tell the difference between a $30.00 bottle of wine and a $300.00 bottle, but I can taste the difference between Coke and Pepsi. These people were good but the people ion the original record were “Great”. Lane on his own came to that same conclusion; But he loved it.

Changing dippers did not make me feel like a parent; but Lane leaving his retainer thing last night at Arbys last night did. There is a chance that they might have it, they were closed when we realized. Lane started crying uncontrollably, “I am a terrible person, I let the whole family down” It’s all my fault I should be punished for a month.”

Of course I am the rational adult chiming in with comments like “That’s it that is the end of braces or “That’s it, now we will have to cancel our trip to Florida.”
“It’s all my fault, Lane has my genes” I did a poor job rearing him”

Meanwhile Ilene is upset and saying “It’s my fault” I should have kept an eye on it” “I’m just over whelmed.”
Lane is crying “Blame me not your selves.”

The irony is we just came from Jesus Christ Superstar, and the three of us are all playing the part of Martyr.

You would have been rolling on the floor in laughter

I must admit It would be much funnier if we find the thing.

Judy The Beauty

Some things stick!
My sister, Sylvia, Had a wedding shower. We, of course
I brought a gift, and as a joke I signed the card “Judy the Beauty”..
There were a whole group of girls that hung out at our local drug store
The next time I was there with a few of my friends they started calling me " Judy the Beauty” After that My friends started calling me by that nickname. I don’t know if nicknames are as popular now, but then it seemed like a lot of people had them..My brother Marvin was called Bullet; as a result I as
sometimes called “Little Bullet”. Even my father had a nickname his was
Torpedo.

My trip to school

After I got dressed in the morning, I would walk over to my Dad’s store (which was a
block away) Some days my mom would be asleep, tired from the long day on her
feet the day before. Other days both my mom and dad would already have been in
the store working. My mother would be making the egg salad, pickling herring,
or whatever food was appropriate for the time of year, or up-coming Jewish
holiday. My dad would be working behind
the counter or doing stock, but would stop to make me breakfast. Like any food
store, there were always suppliers making deliveries. Who ever was delivering merchandise to the store, my Dad would
ask them to drive his “Judala” to school.
Sometimes I went with the Coca -Cola truck, sometimes with the milk
truck etc.

Today,
living across from the Latin School, I see kids getting dropped off coming out
of BMWs, Porsches, and sometimes limos. I stepped off the milk wagon and I
thought it was great.

First Cousins Second Cousins

Sol Senter Saralyn Zucker, Ronald Senter
Harold Senter Marlene Zaslove, Jerry Senter
Sidney Senter Jackie Walker, Sheri Senter
Helen Kalan Harvey Kalan, Steven Kalan, Susan Press
Louis Senter Marsha Scully
Bobby Senter L. Dawn Lopez

Bob Ross Michael Ross, Margot Kruse, Kim Kading, Vicki Ross, Donna Ross
Shirley Goldberg Irene Ezring, Maxine Cohen, Marlene Goldberg
Louise Pierce Laura Baren, Mitchell Pierce, Janet Ritter, Brad Pierce
Eileen Cohen Joe Cohen, Deborah Cohen, Robin Kwiek, Rebecca Cohen

Sarah Adelman Steven Adelman, Bev Karns
Helen Hoffman Marsha Steinberg, Arlene Mayzel
Raymond Leavitt
Irving Greenberg Louis Greenberg
Florence Slade Lynn Comen, Laurie Slade
Bernie Greenberg Barbara Joyce, Susan Demerer, Joni Bagby
George Greenberg Larry Greenberg, Mike Greenberg, Wendy DuFour

Harry Leavitt Renee Leavitt, Jay Leavitt
Robert Leavitt Ronald Leavitt, Jeff Leavitt, Debra Gilmore
Cal Leavitt Arnold Leavitt, Dana Scapa
Allan Leavitt Lee Leavitt

Sylvia Wax Alan Wax, Michael Wax
Nettie Naftal Diana Naftal
Norman Leavitt Stephen Leavitt, Seth Leavitt

Sylvia Wilk Andrew Wilk, Sheri Barenblat, Sheila Cooper
Marvin Leavitt Jori Garces, Cole Leavitt
Judy Lubell Larry Lubell, Heidi Kirsch
Terry Leavitt Matthew Leavitt

Abram Joffe Lev Joffe
Chaim Joffe Igor Joffe
Frieda Lipovich Sofia Lipovich, Danny Lipovich

Halloween

Halloween is a time for children to dress up, go door to door in an attempt to gather
as much candy as possible. Parents job is to “Try” to explain why 27 pieces
of candy is enough for one day, maybe you can save some for tomorrow!
But every once in a while the parents get to dress-up.

It is amazing what 200 Jell-O Shots can do to liven up a party













Can we learn anything from the costumes we pick













How scary is this group?
















This is a bit better!



Well, till next year!