Rabbi David Segal

Rabbi David Segal was born and raised in Houston, TX, where he attended Congregation Emanu El. He was ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 2010. Together with his wife, Cantor Rollin Simmons, he served the Aspen Jewish Congregation in Aspen, Colorado, until 2017. Today, he and his family reside in Houston, where he is the Texas Organizer of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, as well as a teacher and writer.

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RAC-TX Protects the Freedom to Vote in Texas

Rabbi David Segal

To misquote the Grateful Dead, what a short, strange trip it’s been! None of us would have predicted that before the 2021 Texas legislative session began, the signature omnibus voting restriction bill would go down in flames in the 11th hour, just before

Get Involved with RAC-TX's School Finance Reform Campaign

Rabbi David Segal
So you've registered for RAC-TX's Austin Advocacy Days (March 25-26) ... now what? There are many strategic ways to prepare for our gathering at the state capitol in late March. This list, though not exhaustive, should help you start the conversation in your community about how to build relationships and

Mixed Multitude: On Judaism and Racial Justice

Rabbi David Segal

We carry memories of racial solidarity past even as we turn a blind eye to racial injustice today. We love to celebrate our legacy as leaders in the civil rights movement, forgetting, by the way, how many Jews 50 years ago thought we should keep our heads down and stay out of it. We pat ourselves on the back with pictures of Rabbi Heschel marching with Rev. Dr. King, even as we let that legacy lapse. As one of my colleagues put it: “Are we just running on the fumes of Heschel?” When did prophetic zeal turn to privileged complacence? How did solidarity turn to silence and separation?

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