age of 91, gave an interview to Jewish
Educational Media in 2007.
Born in 1917, Segal came from a family that traces its lineage back to the 18th century sage known as the Vilna Gaon. His father was a respected rabbi in Chicago, and in the 1920s the son went to Israel to embark on his own Jewish studies. Segal later characterized his years in Jerusalem's Chevron Yeshiva as affording him the privilege to learn from the great Jewish teachers of the day.
Rabbi Zev Segal Traveled Around the World for Sake of Jewish Community
age of 91, gave an interview to Jewish
Educational Media in 2007.
BROOKLYN, NY — Longtime Jewish activist Rabbi Zev Segal was remembered by colleagues as a strong leader who cared passionately about his community, the Land of Israel and the greater Jewish nation. After a day-long search, the 91-year-old was found dead on Thursday in Jersey City, N.J. He was 91.
Born in 1917, Segal came from a family that traces its lineage back to the 18th century sage known as the Vilna Gaon. His father was a respected rabbi in Chicago, and in the 1920s the son went to Israel to embark on his own Jewish studies. Segal later characterized his years in Jerusalem’s Chevron Yeshiva as affording him the privilege to learn from the great Jewish teachers of the day.
A newly-minted rabbi, he returned to the United States in the late 1930s to take up the pulpit at Newark, N.J.’s Young Israel congregation, where he remained for more than 40 years.
“He was a brilliant leader,” remarked Rabbi Moshe Kasinetz, who served as Segal’s assistant rabbi for six years. He was “a man of principle who had a unique way of taking charge of the community while speaking the language of the young American crowd of the 1940s and 50s.”
