URI SEGAL

URI SEGAL (March 15, 1909-1942?)

            He was born in Sasov (Sasów), Galicia.  He studied in religious elementary school and yeshiva.  He was a leading member of the “Tseire Agudat Yisrael” (Agudat Yisrael youth) in his home city.  In 1928 he began publishing in Lemberger morgen (Lemberg morning), and he continued writing for it until WWII.  His articles would also be republished in other newspapers.  He was murdered in the Złoczów ghetto together with other Sasów Jews.