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Rabbi Ze’ev Smason will be retiring after 25 years in the pulpit at Nusach Hari B’nai Zion. He will continue to be the spiritual leader until August. Smason will then continue his support with Israel advocacy. Among the 2022 inductees of the Clayton Alumni Hall of Fame are Chuck Cohn (2004), founder, chairman and CEO of Nerdy (parent company of Varsity Tutors), Clayton; David Garfield (1974), musician, songwriter, composer, producer, record label owner, Los Angeles; Larry Gellman (1966), former TV news reporter, financial advisor, Tucson, Ariz.; John Rosenfeld, M.D. (1970) pediatrics specialist, Ketchikan, Ala.; and Vanessa Merit Nornberg (1993), owner of Metal Mafia wholesale jewelry company, Paris. They will be honored at a joint induction, with the class of 2020, on April 22, at Clayton High School with a gala celebration the following night at the St. Louis Club. Photographer William Greenblatt, a news and sports photographer, is one of 13 people and five high school programs/ teams recently inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. His career spans 49 years, and he has worked as a staff photographer for United Press International since 1980. He also has been an official photographer for the St. Louis Fire Department, the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame, the St. Louis Cardinals and politicians on both sides of the aisle.
TOP ROW, FROM LEFT: Rabbi Ze’ev Smason, Chuck Cohn, David Garfield, Larry Gellman, Dr. John Rosenfeld and Vanessa Merit Nornberg. SECOND ROW: William Greenblatt, Dr. Kenneth M. Ludmerer, David Rubin, Richard Tishler, Rick Cornfeld and Daniel Levy. THIRD ROW: Alex Abramson, Alice Handelman, Michael Staenberg and Carol Staenberg. Dr. Kenneth M. Ludmerer has received the 2022 John C. Gienapp Award for Distinguished Service to Graduate Medical Education from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). He is being recognized for chronicling the residency experience in his book “Let Me Heal,” for amplifying the
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role of clinician well-being and for playing a vital role in the development of the current ACGME Common Program Requirements. The ACGME, based in Chicago, is responsible for establishing and enforcing standards in residency and fellowship programs in all specialties at all U.S. hospitals. David Rubin has been named to the 2022 edition of U.S. News and World Report list of Best Lawyers in America. For the past five years, the Law Offices of David A. Rubin has been included on its list of the Best Law Firms in America. Richard Tishler, managing shareholder of Riezman Berger P.C., is listed in Missouri Super Law yers 2021for business/corporate law. He attends Congregation Shaare Emeth. Rick Cornfeld of the Law Office of Richard S. Cornfeld has been selected president of the Class Action Trial Lawyers Association Top 25. This group is composed of and limited to the top 25 trial attorneys from each state or region who serve individuals and families. In addition, Cornfeld, a member of United Hebrew Congregation, was listed in Missouri Super Lawyers 2021 for consumer protection and class action law.
Daniel Levy of the Law Office of Richard S. Cornfeld has been selected again as a Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer in Missouri. He was also listed as a Rising Star in class action/mass torts by Super Lawyers 2021. Alex Abramson is on the Forbes Under 30 list for 2022. A postdoctoral fellow at Stanford, he and his team developed an ingestible robotic capsule to deliver biologic drugs that normally require an injection or infusion. His approach, published in Science, has worked in large animal models with drugs including insulin and Humira, and his patent portfolio has been licensed by Novo Nordisk. The St. Louis Press Club has announced a new scholarship called the Alice Handelman Scholarship Fund for Feature Writing. Thanks to an $18,000 grant by Jewish philanthropists Michael and Carol Staenberg, $3,600 will be donated annually for the next five years to her Scholarship Fund. Handelman, a member of Temple Israel, is a longtime board member and past president of the Press Club as well as a vice president of the Jewish Light’s Board of Trustees. Continued on opposite page
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