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Meet the women of the National Council of Jewish Women Couturier Committee and Phil (1982)

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer

Published December 6, 2023

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Meet the women of the National Council of Jewish Women Couturier Committee and Phil

Sadly, we could not find this photo published in any specific issue of the St. Louis Jewish Light. We suspect, the photo was taken in 1982, as the caption mentions the group was planning the 18th Annual Couturier, which dates back to 1964.

The back of the photo reads:

The 18th Annual National Council of Jewish Women Couturier Committee meets to plan the fund-raiser that last year earned $100,000 for the benefit of the NCJW projects.

Shown above are seated, from left: Rosanne Abrams; Phil Melman; Selma Gidlow; Audrey Friedman; Joy Melman; chairwoman; Daisy Spitzer, cochairwoman; Debbie Rothchild; Robin Feder; Judy Milton, NCJW president; Selma Frank.

Standing from left: Marlene Kopman; Mannie Bernstein; Shirley Mosinger; Eveline Hoffman; Anna Lee Missenholtz; Reva Asckenasy, NCJW vice president; Thelma Schrier; Pat Mendel; Barbara Weil; Nancy Bornstein; Myla Rosenblum; Joan Abrams, and Audrey Birenbaum.

Not pictured: Audrey Gershenson, Maxine Levy, Edie Lipstiz, Eleane Mizews, Jerre Minner, Claire Perlmutter, Judy Smith, D.J. Serkes, Marilyn Yalem and Lotte Zinner.

About the Contributor

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer

Jordan worked at KSDK from 1995 to 2020. Jordan is a three-time Emmy award winner who produced every kind of show from news to specials during his tenure, creating Show Me St. Louis, The Cardinal Nation Show. He started ksdk.com in 2001 and won three Edward R. Murrow Awards for journalistic and website excellence in 2010, 2014 and 2020. Jordan has been married for 25 years and is the father of two college students. He is an avid biker, snowboarder, and beer lover. He created the blog drink314.com, focusing on the St. Louis beer community in 2015. Jordan has an incredible and vast knowledge of useless information and is the grandson of a Cleveland bootlegger.