Zev Segal

Zev Segal ((1917-01-07)January 7, 1917 – (2008-03-05)March 5, 2008) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi.

Rabbi Zev Segal
Personal life
Born	(1917-01-07)January 7, 1917 Saratov, Russia
Died	March 5, 2008(2008-03-05) (aged 91) Jersey City, United States
Spouse	Esther Piperburg[1]
Children	Nachum, Moshe, Yigal, Chaim Nathan, Leah, and Peninah
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Denomination	Orthodox
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Pesach Levovitz
Successor	Bernard L. Berzon
Position	Rabbi
Synagogue	Young Israel of Newark
Position	President
Organisation	Rabbinical Council of America
Began	1968
Ended	1971[2]
Buried	Jerusalem, Israel
Semikhah	Skokie Yeshiva

Biography

Segal was born in Saratov, Russia and moved to Palestine as a toddler.^[2] 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.^[3] During this period, Segal also served a three-year term as president of the Rabbinical Council of America, from 1968 to 1971.^[2]

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.^[1] He was traveling from an appearance on his son's radio show to an appointment in Livingston, New Jersey. Segal was 91.^[4]