Judge Judith Sheindlin (born October 21, 1942), better known to the public as Judge Judy, is an American author and television personality. After retiring in 1996 as the supervising family court judge in Manhattan, New York, she became famous for presiding over her own syndicated courtroom show, Judge Judy. is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... A family court is a court convened in the UK to make orders in respect of childrens residence. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... For the person off screen, see Judith Sheindlin. ...

Personal life and education

Sheindlin was born Judith Blum in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents Murray and Ethel Blum; she has a brother named David.^[1] Sheindlin stated in her autobiography that she had an erratic relationship with her mother until close to the end of her mother's life. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

Sheindlin attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn before going on to American University in Washington, D.C. After graduating in 1963, she received her law degree from New York Law School in 1965. In 1964, Sheindlin married her first husband, Ronald Levy. James Madison High School is a public high school located at 3787 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, and educates grades 9 through 12. ... For other universities known as American University, see American University (disambiguation). ... New York Law School is a private law school in Lower Manhattan in New York City. ...

In 1972, Sheindlin became a prosecutor in juvenile court. She and Levy divorced in 1976 over disagreement about her career. A year later, she married Jerry Sheindlin, a judge and also a divorcé. The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries adopting the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. ... Juvenile courts or young offender courts are courts specifically created and given authority to try and pass judgments for crimes committed by persons who have not attained the age of majority. ... Judge Gerald (Jerry) Sheindlin was a judge on The Peoples Court from 1999 to 2001. ...

Judy and Jerry Sheindlin divorced in 1990; Judy Sheindlin has said that the cause of the divorce was the stress caused by the recent death of her father, with whom she had a close relationship.^[2] They remarried in 1991. The Sheindlins have five children from their previous marriages and eleven grandchildren. Jerry Sheindlin performed the marriage ceremonies for all four of their married children.^[3]

Although her show Judge Judy is produced in Los Angeles, Judy resides in Greenwich, Connecticut and Naples, Florida. She also maintains an apartment in New York City.^[4] She is flown to California for the show's taping in her own private jet.^{[citation needed]}

The Sheindlins co-own a yacht, called "Her Honor," with their friends Denise and Brian Cobb, and were featured in ShowBoats International magazine.^[5]

Author

In February 1993, before her TV show had begun, Sheindlin's outspoken reputation made her the subject of a Los Angeles Times article.^[6] She was subsequently featured in a segment on the newsmagazine show 60 Minutes, bringing her national recognition.^[6] This led to her first book, Don't Pee on My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining, published in 1996 by Harper Collins.^[7] Her second book, Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever, was published in January 1999 and became a national bestseller.^[8] In 2000, she published Keep It Simple, Stupid, and an illustrated children's book, Win or Lose by How You Choose.^[6] This just IN !!!:paris hiltons new dog. ... This article is about the CBS news magazine. ... Collins was a Scottish printing company founded by a schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819. ...

Judge Judy

Main article: Judge Judy

Sheindlin's syndicated courtroom series Judge Judy debuted in September 1996. The show met with instant success and made Sheindlin a celebrity, known for her stern, no-nonsense attitude and wit. For the person off screen, see Judith Sheindlin. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... For the person off screen, see Judith Sheindlin. ...

Despite her tough personality on the show, which Sheindlin claims is necessary for a judge to control his or her courtroom, many people who have met her in person have said that she is actually warm and soft-spoken.^[9][10] Upon viewing a clip of herself from her show during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Sheindlin commented, "Who is that woman? She's so nasty. I can hardly believe myself sometimes."^{[citation needed]} For the television sitcom, see Ellen (TV series) and The Ellen Show. ...

Sheindlin considered retiring from her show in 2005, following her tenth season in syndication. However, she signed a four-year contract that would take her through the 2009-10 season at the beginning of her tenth season in late 2005. Sheindlin said, "I'm certainly not tired, I'm not bored, and I'm not burned out. If I said goodbye after ten years, because the public said 'Enough', I would have been fine. I think the public is still interested. And I hope I'll be smart enough to know, at the end of four years, to say whether it's time to go."^[11] In January of 2008, it was reported that the show's renewal through the 2009-10 season (the show's fourteenth) had been extended through the 2011-12 season (its 16th season). The extension was made because of high ratings as well as Sheindlin believing that people are still engaged in the program. Sheindlin admits the show is "seductive" and hard to give up, but that it's unlikely she'll go past the 2011-12 season. As part of the renewal of the show, Sheindlin's contract deal was sweetened. Sheindlin is not at liberty to disclose the details of her latest contract. ^[12]

The 2005 four-year contract was worth $100 million, making Sheindlin one of the highest paid women in television history, with the highest being Oprah Winfrey who earns $250 million.^[13][14][15] Sheindlin's net worth is $95 million.^[16] Oprah Winfrey, (born January 29, 1954) is a multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest rated talk show in television history. ... Net worth (sometimes net assets) is the total assets minus total liabilities of an individual or company. ...

Sheindlin appeared on American Idol in May 2007. She also served as a judge for the 1999 Miss America Pageant.^[17] In February 2006, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[6] References to Sheindlin as Judge Judy have appeared on TV shows including Will & Grace, NBC's The Weakest Link, ABC's The Duel, My Wife and Kids, Judge Mathis, Back To You, and the Academy Awards.^[18] For the current American Idol season, see American Idol (season 7). ... For the patriotically-themed comic book superheroines, see Miss America (comics). ... Buskers perform on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Will & Grace is a popular American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006. ... The Weakest Link (known as Weakest Link in many countries) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ... My Wife and Kids is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 29, 2005, starring Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell. ... Judge Mathis is a syndicated television show, on the air since 1999. ... Back to You is an American situation comedy series created and executive produced by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

Needle exchange controversy

In 1999, while promoting her book Beauty Fades, Dumb is Forever in Brisbane, Australia, Sheindlin decried needle exchange advocates as "liberal morons." She also said there was "no point talking about how best to approach the problem since the solution is simple. Give them dirty needles, and let them die. I don't understand why we think it's important to keep them alive."^{[citation needed]} A needle-exchange programme is a controversial social policy, based on the philosophy of harm reduction, whereby people can obtain hypodermic needles and syringes without a prescription for little or no cost. ...

A chief executive of Queensland, Australia's Alcohol and Drug Foundation released a statement that "the arrogance of a TV celebrity using the tragedy of young lives struck down by drugs for her own commercial gain is nothing short of repulsive." Liberal American commentator Arianna Huffington slammed Sheindlin in her syndicated column with an editorial titled "The New Callousness." Three sponsors of the Judge Judy show, Herr's Potato Chips, Papa John's pizza, and a joint venture of Shell Oil and Chase Manhattan Bank, replied to e-mail inquiries that they would cease advertising on the program. The controversy also led to the launch of a website, DumpJudgeJudy.com. Arianna Huffington (born Arianna Stassinopoulos (Greek: Αριάννα Στασινόπουλου) on July 15, 1950 in Athens, Greece) is an author and nationally syndicated columnist in the United States. ... Herrs is a Nottingham, Pennsylvania-based brand of snack foods, most notably potato chips. ... Papa Johns Pizza is the third largest carryout and delivery pizza restaurant in the United States behind Pizza Hut and Dominos Pizza; it is based in Louisville, Kentucky. ... A Shell petrol station sign in the UK The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies (called Shell Oil in North America), has its headquarters split between the Shell Centre in London, United Kingdom and The Hague, Netherlands. ... The Chase Manhattan Bank, now part of JPMorgan Chase, was formed by the merger of the Chase National Bank and the Bank of the Manhattan Company in 1955. ...

Sheindlin released two public statements on her web site responding to the controversy. In a press statement, she said: "Anybody who thinks that I would advocate the government supplying tainted needles to addicts is a fool - and that includes journalists with an agenda. What I do oppose is a policy which even tacitly sends the message that we, as a society, approve or condone drug use and that includes free needles and a government sponsored place to shoot up." Sheindlin also told the New York Post: "If they're looking for me to say I'm sorry to the families who lost children or loved ones [to AIDS or drugs] -- absolutely. I feel badly if words that I used hurt them. But am I going to apologize to a [drug advocacy] group that has an agenda -- absolutely not. This group has an agenda, and that's legalizing drugs." Sheindlin added that she didn't remember her exact, original quote, but said it was changed or taken out of context.^[19][20][21] The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily. ...

References

External links

• Judith Sheindlin at the Internet Movie Database
• Judge Judith Sheindlin at the Notable Names Database
• Judge Judy marks 10 years laying down the law, CTV News, February 15, 2006