Segal was born in Saratov , Russia and moved to Palestine as a toddler . 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 . During this period , Segal also served a three-year term as president of the Rabbinical Council of America , from 1968 to 1971
1929 Hebron massacre
1929 Hebron massacre
Zev Segal