Robert Ephraim Segal [1] [2] (December 11, 1903 – November 18, 1995) was the longtime executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Boston [3] and an activist against discrimination and for human rights.
Segal spent much of his life dealing with fair practices regarding race, religion, education, labor and housing. [4]
Beginning in 1940, Segal was a consultant on human relations and lectured and wrote on the field. He also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Boston University Human Relations Center and a member of the Executive Board of the Boston Mayor's Committee. [3] As a close correspondent with Archbishop Richard Cushing, Segal played a key role in Jewish-Catholic relations in Boston. [5]
Segal was a long-time columnist for the World News Service/Seven Arts Feature Syndicate. [6] He had a column entitled "As We Were Saying"; he wrote on issues such as bigotry, [7] Israel and the Arabs, ex- Nazis, neo-Nazism and its backers, [8] and the civil rights movement. [9]
Segal was a leader of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Boston [10] [11] and was its executive director from 1943 to 1972, [12] [13] [14] [15] a period that included the Council presidency of David A. Rose. [16] [17] [18] [19] [2] In 1954 Segal explained to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency that the Council was established in part due to juvenile delinquency and anti-Jewish violent acts. [20]
In 1947, Segal endorsed the Temporary Displaced Persons Admission Act, a federal law to assist displaced persons in post-World War II Europe and permit the admission of 400,000 of them to the U.S. [21]
Segal's activism against discrimination has been recorded at least since the 1940s. [22] [23] He was involved with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination [24] and was an activist for fair housing. [25] [26] He was a member of the Newton Fair Housing Federation [27] and a co-ordinator of the 1962 "Housing For All of Our People" Conference [28] In 1966, he was vice chairman of the Massachusetts State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. [29] In 1972, advocating for housing for Puerto Ricans, he chaired the same committee and continued in that position for several years. [30] [31]
Segal was executive director of the Aid to the Blind-Jewish Guild, serving the Boston area. [32] [33] [4] In 1990, in his 80s, he helped in uplifting the spirits of seniors. [4]
His brother was Henry C. Segal (1900-1985), of the American Israelite. [34] [6] His wife, Jane Segal, whom he married in 1932, [4] died in 2004. [35]
Robert E. Segal died on November 18, 1995, [36] in Lexington, Massachusetts. [37]
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Robert Ephraim Segal [1] [2] (December 11, 1903 – November 18, 1995) was the longtime executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Boston [3] and an activist against discrimination and for human rights.
Segal spent much of his life dealing with fair practices regarding race, religion, education, labor and housing. [4]
Beginning in 1940, Segal was a consultant on human relations and lectured and wrote on the field. He also served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Boston University Human Relations Center and a member of the Executive Board of the Boston Mayor's Committee. [3] As a close correspondent with Archbishop Richard Cushing, Segal played a key role in Jewish-Catholic relations in Boston. [5]
Segal was a long-time columnist for the World News Service/Seven Arts Feature Syndicate. [6] He had a column entitled "As We Were Saying"; he wrote on issues such as bigotry, [7] Israel and the Arabs, ex- Nazis, neo-Nazism and its backers, [8] and the civil rights movement. [9]
Segal was a leader of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Boston [10] [11] and was its executive director from 1943 to 1972, [12] [13] [14] [15] a period that included the Council presidency of David A. Rose. [16] [17] [18] [19] [2] In 1954 Segal explained to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency that the Council was established in part due to juvenile delinquency and anti-Jewish violent acts. [20]
In 1947, Segal endorsed the Temporary Displaced Persons Admission Act, a federal law to assist displaced persons in post-World War II Europe and permit the admission of 400,000 of them to the U.S. [21]
Segal's activism against discrimination has been recorded at least since the 1940s. [22] [23] He was involved with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination [24] and was an activist for fair housing. [25] [26] He was a member of the Newton Fair Housing Federation [27] and a co-ordinator of the 1962 "Housing For All of Our People" Conference [28] In 1966, he was vice chairman of the Massachusetts State Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. [29] In 1972, advocating for housing for Puerto Ricans, he chaired the same committee and continued in that position for several years. [30] [31]
Segal was executive director of the Aid to the Blind-Jewish Guild, serving the Boston area. [32] [33] [4] In 1990, in his 80s, he helped in uplifting the spirits of seniors. [4]
His brother was Henry C. Segal (1900-1985), of the American Israelite. [34] [6] His wife, Jane Segal, whom he married in 1932, [4] died in 2004. [35]
Robert E. Segal died on November 18, 1995, [36] in Lexington, Massachusetts. [37]
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