BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published December 7, 2016
Not many people can lay claim to being a “historic figure,” but Missouri Supreme Court Justice Richard B. Teitelman, who died Nov. 29 at the too-young age of 69, indeed made history when he was named to the court in 2002 by then Governor Bob Holden,...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published November 30, 2016
Richard Teitelman, who was the first blind and the first Jewish Missouri Supreme Court justice, died Tuesday at his home in the Central West End. He was 69. He had struggled with diabetes and pulmonary issues.Teitelman had served on the Supreme Court...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published January 4, 2012
St. Louis had a year of ups and downs in 2011, saying farewell to some beloved communal leaders, one local congregation and two longtime kosher mainstays. The community pulled together in response to the tragic devastation of the tornado that struck Joplin....
