A photo from a 1969  Anti-Defamation League of B’nai Brith event shows several of the ‘deans’ of the St. Louis Jewish community who were being honored that evening. Shown are (seated from left) Shirley Finger, Sam Krupnick; (standing from left) Mel Cooperman, then ADL regional director, Morris Pearlmutter, Melvin L. Newmark, chairman, and Judge Robert L. Aronson, retiring chairman, Missouri Central and Southern Illinois Regional Advisory Board of ADL. File photo: David M. Henschel