Zev Segal Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rabbi
Zev Segal
Synagogue:Young Israel of Newark
Synagogueposition:Rabbi
Organisation:Rabbinical Council of America
Organisationposition:President
Began:1968
Ended:1971
Predecessor:Pesach Levovitz
Successor:Bernard L. Berzon
Birth Date:7 January 1917
Birth Place:Saratov, Russia
Death Place:Jersey City, United States
Buried:Jerusalem, Israel
Denomination:Orthodox
Spouse:Esther Piperburg
Children:Nachum, Moshe, Yigal, Chaim Nathan, Leah, and Peninah
Semicha:Skokie Yeshiva

Zev Segal (7 January 1917 –) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi.

Biography

Segal was born in Saratov, Russia and moved to Palestine as a toddler.[1] He survived the 1929 Hebron massacre. He was the founding rabbi of the Young Israel of Newark, and served there for thirty-three years, from 1945 to 1978.[2] During this period, Segal also served a three-year term as president of the Rabbinical Council of America, from 1968 to 1971.

Segal was the father of radio broadcaster Nachum Segal, and Rabbi Nate Segal of Staten Island.

Segal was found dead in his car at the bottom of the Hackensack River on March 6, 2008, after being reported missing a day earlier.[3] He was traveling from an appearance on his son's radio show to an appointment in Livingston, New Jersey. Segal was 91.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: A Classic of the Time, Rabbi Zev Segal, Dead at 91. Levi Julian. Hana. 9 March 2003. Arutz Sheva. 16 March 2010.
  2. The congregation moved to South Orange in 1970, see Inventory to the Young Israel South Orange Jewish Center (South Orange, N.J.) Records.
  3. News: Rabbi Zev Segal, Orthodox Leader Who Took Interfaith Approach to Social Issues, Dies at 91 . Hevesi. Dennis. March 9, 2008. New York Times. 16 March 2010.
  4. News: Rabbi Is Found Dead in River, Inside His Car. March 7, 2008. The New York Times. 24 April 2010.