14 Friday, September 19, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Community Pays Tribute to Nationally Prominent Rabbi Jacob Segal
National leaders in Con-
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Rabbi Jacob E. Segal, who
died Erev Yom Kippur,
shorly after noon last Sun-
day, at Hutzel Hospital. He
had been ill for several
months. He was 62.
Adat Shalom sanctuary
was filled to capacity Tues-
day at the funeral service
which was arranged by Ira
Kaufman Chapel.
Rabbi Seymour Rosen-
bloom, who shared the Adat
Shalom pulpit with Rabbi
Segal for the past three
years, gave the eulogy, and
participants in the service
included Rabbi Jules Har-
low, who has been promi-
nent as editor of supplemen-
tary prayers in Conservative
Siddurim and Mahzorim,
representing the Jewish
Theological Seminary of
America; Rabbi Benjamin
Gorrelick; Gerald Rosen-
bloom, Adat Shalom presi-
dent; Dr. Martin Lerner of
HufZel Hospital's medical
staff, who supervised medi-
cal care at the hospital for
Rabbi Segal; Dr. Larry
Klein, Rabbi Segal's son-in-
law; the synagogue's Asso-
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Vieder, and Cantor Nicholas
Fenakel, who retired as the
synagogue's cantor two
months ago to settle in Flor-
ida and came here to partici-
pate in tributes to the rabbi
with whom he served for a
quarter of a century.
Rated nationally as a
leader in Conservative Juda-
ism, the messages from
many parts of the country
included expressions of sor-
row to the family and ap-
preciation for his many la-
bors for American and
world Jewry by heads of the
Jewish Theological Semi-
nary and other movements.
Local rabbis in nearly
all of the Detroit syn-
agogues paid honor to
Rabbi Segal's memory at
Yom Kippur services. Hil-
lel Day School, of which he
was a founder and its hon-
orary president, was
closed on Tuesday in trib-
ute to him.
Born in Jerusalem, Rabbi
Segal was brought to the
U.S. as a child. He was
graduated magna cum laude
from the College of the City
of New York, where he was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa
national honorary. He re-
ceived a master's degree in
English literature at Colum-
bia University and was or-
dained in 1939 at the Jewish
Theological Seminary
where he earned the degree
of master of Hebrew letters.
He occupied his first pul-
pit at Cong. Bnai Zion in
Chicago from 1939-1943.
Rabbi Segal entered the
Armed Forces in 1943 and
was an Army chaplain for
31/2 years. During his term
of service overseas, he
worked with displaced per-
sons in Germany, France
and Belgium. He left the
service in June 1946 with the
rank of major and was en-
gaged as spiritual leader of
the then Adas Shalom Syn-
agogue.
With his acceptance, the
spiritual affairs of the syn-
agogue became intensified
and broadened in scope. At
an installation dinner in
March 1947, Rabbi Segal
was inducted as the spirit-
ual head of the synagogue
by Dr. Max Arzt, vice
chancellor of the Jewish
The Uncharitable
To claims of charity who
shuts his eyes, to idol-wor-
shippers himself allies.
—The Talmud
4
WOODWARD, 2 BLOCKS SOUTH OF MAPLE
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RABBI JACOB SEGAL
Theological Seminary,
who died last month.
In October 1946, Rabbi
Segal organized an adult
study institute, established
regular late Friday evening
services, instituted confir-
mation and consecration
classes, formed a post-Bar
Mitzva club and established
a congregational bi-weekly
publication, The Voice, of
which he was editor.
Rabbi Segal has written
numerous articles on Jewish
religious affairs for various
magazines and Anglo-Jew-
ish periodicals. He is the au-
thor of "A Bialik Treasury"
— a collection of the En-
glish translations of the
poetry, stories and essays of
the great. Hebrew poet
Haim Nakhman Bialik —
published by the National
Academy of Adult Jewish
Studies, affiliated with the
seminary.
He was the recipient of
the annual award of the
Detroit Round Table of
Christians and Jews, as well
as the American Jewish
Congress Amity Citation,
which he received "in recog-
nition of outstanding service
in behalf of inter-faith rela-
tions."
He has written two can-
tatas — one celebrating
the rebirth of the state of
Israel, and another on the
theme of the tercentenary
of American Jewish life.
Both cantatas had their
Teaching Manual
for Sukkot Printed
NEW YORK — The Jew-
ish Education Press of the
Board of Jewish Education
in New York has published
the second in its series of
holiday teaching guides,
"Kavim La'Moreh for Suk-
kot."
Written by Netanel
Cohen and Raphael Yarchi,
the book offers new ideas
for each level in grades one
through eight, avoiding re-
petition of the same mate-
rial year after year. It in-
cludes summary tables and
an index.
The second in a series of
holiday teaching manuals, it
follows "Kavim La'Moreh
for Pesach."
For information, or a cat-
alog of recent JEP publica-
tions, write Eileen G. Roth,
Marketing Services, Board
of Jewish Education, 426
W. 58th St., New York
10019.
Essence of Religion
All virtues doth benefic-
ence transcend — with it
the Torah doth begin and
end.
—The Talmud
initial performance at
Adat Shalom Synagogue,
and the latter, "In Free-
dom's Light," has been
nationally published and
produced in many U.S.
communities.
stowed an honorary doctor
of divinity degree on Rabbi
Segal "in recognition of his
years of service to the
American rabbinate."
of Israel Bonds. Under his
leadership Adat Shalom has
for several years raised a
record sum for Israel Bonds
on the High Holy Days. In
recognition of this annual
achievement Rabbi Segal
received the first Israel
Bond "man of the year"
award.
In the summer of 1967,
following the Six-Day War,
he participated in a special
leadership seminar in Is-
rael, and presided at one of
its major sessions featuring
David Ben-Gurion and other
notable Israeli and Ameri-
can leaders and educators.
He resided at 30120 West-
gate, Farmington Hills.
Besides his wife, Rabbi
Segal leaves two sons, Jona-
than and Jeremy; two
daughters, Deborah and
Rebecca; four brothers,
Rabbi Henry, Joseph, Rabbi
Shalom and Julius; and a
sister, Mildred.
In September 1974,
Rabbi Segal was honored
Rabbi Segal was one of by his congregation and
the 20 Conservative rabbis the community on his 35th
in the country serving on anniversary in the rabbi-
the National Rabbinic Cabi- nate. In honor of the occa-
sion, the congregation
net of the seminary.
He was a member of the named the synagogue li-
National Rabbinic Advisory brary for him, "in recogni-
Council of the United Jew- tion of his many gifts to
ish Appeal. He has been the congregation and the
especially active in the cause community."
From January to July
1969, he spent a six-month
sabbatical with his wife,
Jean, and children in Is-
rael.
He was an amateur pho-
tographer and he loved to
take pictures in Israel on his
several visits there.
In 1971, the seminary be-
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