Tribute Book: Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal

In gratitude to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal for their lifelong dedication to Congregation Beth Yeshurun we graciously present the Segal family with this tribute book comprised of personal messages from our congregants and community.

THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2023

CONGREGATION BETH YESHURUN

HOUSTON, TEXAS

R abbi b R ian S t R au SS SuSie and Scott bendeR SenioR Rabbinic chaiR

Dear Members of our Beloved Community,

It is with deep respect and appreciation that I write to honor our beloved Rabbi Jack Segal and his devoted Toby. Throughout their years of dedicated service to our community, they have touched countless lives with their wisdom, compassion, and unwavering commitment to Jewish values and traditions.

Rabbi Jack Segal has been a spiritual leader and mentor, guiding us through times of joy and sorrow with wise counsel and inspiring teachings. His tireless efforts to strengthen our community, build bridges with other faiths, and promote egalitarian values have earned him the respect and admiration of all who know him.

Likewise, Toby has been a source of strength and inspiration. Her warm and welcoming spirit, boundless energy and enthusiasm, and unwavering support for her husband and our community have made her an integral part of our congregational family.

I know we are all filled with gratitude for all they have given us. They have been an enduring presence in our lives, and their legacy will continue to inspire and guide us for generations.

On behalf of the entire community, I offer our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal for their lifelong dedication to Congregation Beth Yeshurun. We wish them both health, happiness, and fulfillment in all their future endeavors, and we look forward to continuing to benefit from their wisdom and guidance in the years to come.

With love and respect,

Rabbi Brian Strauss

MAZEL TOV Toby & Rabbi Jack Segal

I am so honored to be the President of Congregation Beth Yeshurun for this momentous occasion.

Rabbi Segal- you and your family have been a major part of my life, well, ever since I was born. You were the Rabbi at my Bar Mitzvah, my teacher for confirmation, and officiated at my wedding to my beautiful wife Andrea. You have taken both my parents and grandparents on Astro trips to Israel. I vividly remember Sunday mornings coming to TNT-SOS-VIP and not just learning and praying but hoping to win one of your raffle prizes as well. We have shared many life cycle events together both sweet and bittersweet.

With Toby by your side, ever stylish and with her warm and welcoming smile, you Jack became an inspirational leader for the synagogue. You were on call 24/7 to be at the side of your congregants always guiding and caring for all of us.

To say you have been a major part of the history of Beth Yeshurun would be an understatement. To put it in your words – you have been stupendous! I could not think of anyone more deserving to be honored than you and your family.

Mazel Tov to you and Toby and on behalf of Congregation Beth Yeshurun, thank you for all you have done and continue to do.

With m pect,

David Stein, President

Toby and Jack,

Thank you for being our teachers and our friends!

Yehoshua said:

Make for yourself a Rav (a teacher); acquire for yourself a friend; and judge every person on the positive side.

(Pirkei Avot 1:6)

Rabbi Brian & Lisa Strauss

Cantor Rachel Goldman & Chris Ruiz

Rabbi Steve Morgen & Cantor Diane Dorf

Rabbi Sarah Fort

Rabbi David & Marcie Rosen

Rabbi Danny Horwitz & Tobi Cooper

To Rabbi Segal, my friend, my Rav,

Tonight, it is my great pleasure to wish you a happy 94th birthday, which will take place just a few weeks from now – and to celebrate with our entire congregation your extraordinary rabbinate and life!

with a strange “accent” immediately captured everyone’s –

Rosens and Segals, 2003

In 1964, when I was only 14 years old, you were introduced to me and my USY friends as the new young assistant rabbi at Beth Yeshurun. We all liked what we saw: a tall, youthful rabbi with jet-black hair, who talked fast with a strange “accent” that immediately captured everyone’s attention – and kept it for the next 58 years. I could never have imagined then that, 32 years later, in 1996, I would be the new young rabbi who would follow you as Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Yeshurun, and you would be the Rabbi Emeritus for the duration of my career.

what it means to truly love one’s congregation. I saw how you could put big smiles

Rosens and Segals, 2003

Clearly, you have been an extraordinary influence in my life. I learned from you what it means to truly love one’s congregation. I saw how you could put big smiles on the saddest faces, and how you appreciated that, when a congregant needed you, it meant now, not later. And I learned, too, about courage from the pulpit in your willingness to never shy away from hard topics, but to always speak up when you felt there was something important to be said.

eshet hayil

And by your side all these many years has been Toby, a genuine eshet hayil, who has enriched your rabbinate from the first day you came to Houston with her own warmth, caring and kindness towards all. Toby has surely been a treasure to you, Jack, and a remarkable gift to everyone at Beth Yeshurun.

B’shalom,

You have been blessed with the proverbial length of years, and you have clearly used them wisely and well. May you continue to do so and, with your beloved Toby by your side, may you continue to enjoy good health and great joy every day, in every way!

B’shalom

, Rabbi David B. Rosen

Words can never describe what you mean to us.

Words can never describe the love and dedication that you have given our community.

Words can never describe all the hearts that you have touched over the years.

Words can never describe all the lives you have lifted with your happy smiles.

Words can never describe the joy you spread all around you.

Words can never describe the beautiful role models that you have been to this world.

Words can never describe the wonderful friendships that we have shared over these many years.

We love you and we are very proud of you!

Mazel Tov dear friends

Carolyn & David Axelrad and Karen & Buster Freedman Families

Toby & Rabbi Segal

Mazel tov to you and the family for your incredible service to Beth Yeshurun, the Houston community and the State of Israel!

With love and admiration,

The Susie & Scott Bender Family

When someone is at the center of as many life cycle events in your family as Rabbi Segal was for ours, he is considered family. That is the way we feel about Rabbi Segal and his beautiful Toby. The older we get, the more we understand that it takes amazing skills to work in a community for as many years as Jack Segal and still be loved and well regarded by so many different kinds of people. We also respect Toby for sharing him with all of us for all these years, too.

We wish you much more joy and the rewards of a loving family and grandchildren. We still have so much more to learn from you.

Love, Sarah & Denis Braham

pictured: sarah daily braham and rabbi jack segal, ketubah signing 4/4/1971

TOBY AND RABBI JACK SEGAL

It has been such an honor to be a congregant at Beth Yeshurun with you at the helm and, over the past few decades, in your emeritus role. Your outstanding service to our community and our synagogue has not gone unnoticed. You are people of your word who have been there for everyone who calls upon you. Your legacy at Beth Yeshurun is unparalleled in its depth and it is with the most sincere gratitude and appreciation and that we thank you for all that you have done for our shul, and for our Family.

Rhona & Bruce Caress

Rabbi Segal and Toby,

It was with great pride and pleasure that I served as President of Congregation Beth Yeshurun during your last two years as Senior Rabbi. It’s hard to believe that it was 29 years ago that you officially retired after 32 “tireless” years of service.

My family and the entire congregation are excited to celebrate with you once again. Thank you for all your kindness, thoughtfulness, knowledge and spiritual leadership.

May G-d bless you and Toby and the Segal Family for years to come!!

With Much Love and Appreciation, Steve

Epstein & Family

Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal

Your Presence

Your Scholarship

Your Character

Your Kindness

Your impact . . . . Priceless

Thank you!

Trudi & Max Esses and Family

Dearest Toby & Rabbi Segal,

From consecration to our wedding, to all our family simchas and milestone events –YOU have been the defining element!

Thank you for serving as a constant source of inspiration, wisdom, compassion, comfort, guidance and friendship to us and to all our community through the many seasons and years.

Todah Rabah, Mazel Tov, Yasher Koach, L’Chaim!

You and your family are our family!

Deepest respect, gratitude and love, Kelli & Martin and all the Fein Family

Rabbi Segal,

You have been an important part of all of our lives since you arrived at Beth Yeshurun. You have been there for our simchas and have comforted us in times of sorrow. We are grateful for your spiritual and emotional support throughout the years. You have taught us so much, not only by your words but also by your actions. We wish you, Toby and the entire Segal Family good health and a life as sweet as the chocolate bars you love to hand out to the congregation.

Much love,

Sylvia Freedman

Elaine Epstein

Jason & Kimberly Schlanger and Family

Gabriel & Hayley Maislos and Family

Jason & Stephanie Kohll and Family

Scott & Elizabeth Miller and Family

For our entire lives, you have been there and guided us through every life cycle event. You were such an important part of my parents, Leon & Zelda Herzog’s, life at Beth Yeshurun.

TNT/SOS/VIP and Junior Congregation help mold me into the Jew I am today. You married us 41 years ago and presided over our daughters’ (Allie and Meg) namings. Under your watch, ESP services brought our families together, every Friday evening, at Beth Yeshurun and then at the Shabbat table.

Thank you for being such an influential part of our lives. You have made us better people and Jews.

Dear Rabbi and Toby,

The contribution the two of you have made to congregation Beth Yeshurun since you first arrived has left an indelible mark on the families with whom you interacted and the institution itself. Toby, you were ever present, with your beautiful smile and calm demeanor. It served as an inspiration to all who were juggling jobs, busy lives and small children and showed that we could make time in our own lives for the various levels of synagogue life. You were there for sisterhood meetings, services, school PTO meetings and every event. You were exemplary in all that you did.

Rabbi, you paved a path for many of us to follow and taught us the value of a Jewish life, service and commitment. Your vision to grow the synagogue and involve the congregants in its rituals took all of us on an important journey. You understood the importance of relationships with congregants of all ages, from the youngest in our schools to the most elderly. You are the personification of what a Rabbi is meant to be; a source of inspiration, a teacher, a person of the highest integrity and a person of the Torah. Everyday you actually lived what you taught and still do. As a result we are better for knowing you.

The two of you educated the congregation by your example. In Proverbs we are taught, “He who acquires knowledge without imparting it to others is like a flower in the desert where there is no one to enjoy it”

Thank you and Mazal Tov from both our families. This recognition is long overdue, and aptly demonstrates the legacy you have given the synagogue and the esteem in which you are held.

With deep friendship, love and admiration, Kenny Horwitz and Annette

& Larry Sondock and Our Entire Family

Dear Toby and Jack

You have been family to us since your arrival in Houston.

You are synonymous with kindness and strength

You have given us laughs, we have cried together and shared joy for our children and grandchildren.

You are both the pillars of the congregation because of your warmth, charm, and heart.

We love you, Sue and Stuart Jacobson

We are all so proud of both of you. We are so fortunate to have suck amazing parents and grandparents. You have taught us everything not by words but through examples. Dad, you are everyone’s Rabbi but you are our father and the best Poppy. Mom, there is no better match than you and dad. Dad could not have accomplished all that he did without you by his side. You are truly a match made in heaven.

We love you both so very much. to many more celebrations together as a family!

Love,

Jeff & Shelley, Jordan and Josh

Mike & Sharon, Shawn, Eedan and Ella

Lisa & Matt, Ali, Nicole, Zach and Rebecca

Scott & Dena, Elexis and Brandon

Our friendship began in August of 1966 and has ripened in the passage of time. You have each been inspirational to us and to the community in a multiplicity of ways. You have been there for us on happy occasions but also when we needed support and encouragement. Your marriage and the relationship which you enjoy with your children and grandchildren continue to be a model for all who know the two of you. It has been a privilege to call you “Rabbi” and “cherished friends” over the decades. We thank the Good Lord for your blessing of long life and pray that you will each know many more years of vibrancy, strength and good health. Thank you for all of the Solomonic gifts which you have bestowed upon us and upon the greater community. We celebrate the example of your lives which will be a blessing and guidepost for generations to come. We join with the entire Congregation in thanking you for enhancing each of our lives and making this world a far better place.

Our love and devotion always,

Diane & Alan Levin

Rabbi Segal, you always found the right Judaica message for the right person to do the right thing at the right time: While walking along a road, a sage saw a man planting a carob tree. He asked him: “How long will it take for this tree to bear fruit?” “Seventy years,” replied the man. The sage then asked: “Are you so healthy a man that you expect to live that length of time and eat its fruit?” The man answered: “I found a fruitful world, because my ancestors planted it for me. Likewise I am planting for my children.”

Talmud Ta’anit 23a

Not only are we grateful for your indomitable derech eretz for tikkun, but we also so appreciate that you have always done this so capably with open hands and an open heart. In the bible, 60 means support, the idealism of harmonious fulfilment, and rest. Thank you Toby, Rabbi Segal and family for your 60 wonderful years of support, fulfilment, service, sehol, scholarship, and the shalom you brought to so many. We love you!

Lee & Milton Levit Family

Dear Jack and Toby,

You are a perfect team. Thank you so much for the splendid support you have given to all of us since your arrival in Houston 65 years ago. Your selfless devotion to, and effort on behalf of, Congregation Beth Yeshurun are unsurpassed. The Musher Family is deeply grateful to you for all you have done for the Congregation and for us.

Karol & Daniel Musher

Thank You

For Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal

Our deepest appreciation, respect and admiration for your many years of devoted service to Beth Yeshurun.

May G-d bestow multiple blessings on you and your family.

thank you

Dear Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal

There are no words to express our heartfelt thanks for the lifetime of service and devotion that you have given the members of our Beth Yeshurun congregation, our Houston community and to Israel.

We love you and thank you!

Glen Rosenbaum,

Gail & Gary Swartz and Family

Thank you, Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal, for your leadership and devotion to Congregation Beth Yeshurun for so many years.

When Carl and I were looking at synagogues, Jack’s willingness to take a stand on issues that were important to him and the community was very refreshing and drew us to Beth Yeshurun. Over the years, through sadness and joy, I have never regretted that decision.

Toby, you are truly a woman of valor, and one of the kindest people I have had the pleasure of knowing.

Best wishes through whatever lies ahead; may you enjoy your family, friends and congregants in good health.

Mazel tov!

Susan Sandler

Dear Mom and Dad, Dear Poppy and Grammy, Dear Jack and Toby,

What a lovely event, a concert in your honor, one which is truly deserved. Beautiful melodies will be sung by some of the best Cantors in the world in honor of two beautiful people who we love and who are loved by many in Beth Yeshurun and the entire Houston community. This is an exciting and wonderful evening for all of us.

You are and have been outstanding role models for us, for so many members of Beth Yeshurun, for so many Jews, and for so many of other faiths. You exemplify and share love. Your love for each other, for your family, Beth Yeshurun, Jewish, and non-Jewish people is well known. Your love is wrapped with devotion, kindness, and understanding. You listen with loving hearts and an open mind. We are very proud of you.

We love you very much, and we thank God for giving you to us. We thank God for for letting all of us live to reach and celebrate this happy moment. Mazel Tov.

Love,

Dena & Scott Segal Family Sharon & Richard Kammerman Family

Mazal Tov to Toby and Rabbi Segal on being honored for your devotion to Beth Yeshurun

You have been a part of the Stein/Schooler Family from the beginning. We have always treasured your friendship.

You are a very special couple and we wish you many more years of good health

Marsha & Lonnie Schooler and Family

The Women of Beth Yeshurun Sisterhood are so pleased to honor you and celebrate with you.

Thank you for your continued support of the Sisterhood and your many years of dedication and leadership at Congregation Beth Yeshurun

Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal

The Stein Family

Loves and Respects

Toby and Jack Segal

Be well and be happy

Bruce & Shirley

Gary &Tracy

Brad & Robin

David & Andrea

Dearest Rabbi Jack and Toby, You both are the foundation and pillars of Congregation Beth Yeshurun.

When we think of our synagogue, the two people that first come to mind are Jack and Toby.

You have been there for our simchas whether it be baby namings, day school and Hebrew school events, weddings - just to name a few! And you have been there for our tough times as well, always comforting.

Thank you both for being the wonderful, dynamic duo that you are and we are so grateful to have you as part of our Beth Yeshurun family for as long as you have been here!

With love,

Jill & Charlie Talisman and Family

Thank you

Thank you for your teaching

Thank you for your consoling

Thank you for your humor

Thank you for your friendship

Thank you for your guidance

Thank you for enriching our lives

Wishing you both Mazel and Nachas!

Mimi and Leon Toubin

Fran and Jeff Toubin

Robin and Brad Stein

Rachel and Andrew Toubin

My faith has only strengthened since I had the joy of you and Toby joining and leading our Congregation.

Thank you to the Segal Family for all that you have brought the Croft and Lass Families since day one.

Jimmie Lass

With deep appreciation and enormous gratitude for your relentless commitment to Beth Yeshurun. There are many beautiful and very special memories our family will always cherish.

Richard Leibman & Family

The achievements of Toby and Jack Segal are self evident. For more than a quarter of a century, they have served this community with honor and commitment.

We hope their endeavors will continue through the years to come. Their work has made Beth Yeshurun what it is today. Their example serves as an inspiration for future generations.

They are well-deserving of this honor.

Stan Shniderson and Family

Dear Toby and Rabbi Segal, We wish you many more years of health and happiness!

We love you, Marc & Cindi Steinberg

Kevin, Morgan, Collin and Kayla Steinberg

Sam, Leslie, Hailey and Jaden Sutin

Jason, Allison, Jackson and Aiden Steinberg

Ryan, Lindsy, Madison, Easton and Palmer Steinberg

Dearest Toby and Rabbi Segal, Thanks for the memories throughout the past 58 years - especially this particular wedding (October 27, 1974)the baby namings, bris, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, acronyms, personal letters, “Sweetie”, and so much more.

Thank you for the inspiration and selfless service you’ve given to so many. May y’all always know how much you are respected and loved!

Judy & Ronnie Yambra

The Zubowski Family thanks you for your many years of dedication to Congregation Beth Yeshurun. Mazel Tov to Toby and Rabbi Segal

Thank you Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal for all of your years of leadership, dedication and friendship. With much love, Esther & Woody Fox, Cari & Jack Brandt, Lisa & Eric Cohen

Congratulations and mazal tov on receiving this well deserved honor. We thank you and appreciate you, Toby and Rabbi Jack, our dear friends, for all the years of your dedicated service to Beth Yeshurun and its congregants.

We cherish our friendship with you.

Frieda & Melvin Dow

Your wisdom is only exceeded by your humanity.

Janice & Larry Finder

Congratulations and thank you from Pasadena Insurance Agency / The Karkowsky Families

Rabbi Segal and Toby, Thank you for all that you have done for Congregation Beth Yeshurun through the years and for the special connection between our families. We wish you continued good health and much happiness.

Love, Susan and Steve Berdinis

Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal, An awesome caring couple and friends. Marty, Laya, Brian, Carol, Patti, Mike Shirley Bloom

Mazel tov and our gratitude for all of your many kindnesses

Sharon & Danny Brenner

Mazel Tov to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal for your limitless warmth and wisdom. You have been an inspiration to our family for so many years. May you both enjoy many more years of good health and happiness.

Linda & Andy Burger and Family

Dear Toby and Rabbi Jack, Sincere congratulations sent with love and admiration!

Ada Caplan and Family

A BIG MAZEL TOV Rabbi and Toby! Your thoughtfulness, kindness, knowing our names, knowledge of all Judaism and sermons have been very important, thought-provoking and educational. We wish good health and joy for many more years.

Linda & Joel Chess

Mazal tov Jack and Toby Segal for your years of distinguished service to Beth Yeshurun and the Houston Jewish community, and thank you for your leadership, inspiration, and personal friendship. May G-d continue to grant you blessings.

Robin & Lu Dorfman

Dearest Toby and Rabbi Segal, You officiated at my Bar Mitzvah in 1966. You officiated at our wedding in the Chapel in 1979. You were always there for us in all of our happy and sad life cycle events. For this and everything else you did for Beth Yeshurun and our family for so many years, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

L’shalom, Sherry & Lenny Dubin and Family

Thank you for your nearly 60 years of dedication and service to Beth Yeshurun. And thank you for your nearly 60 years of personal friendship with our family.

Tootie & Steve Fradkin

Thank you for many years of inspiration, friendship and...

Mah Jongg. Bam!

With love and gratitude, Renee Gerber, Andrea Gerber, Howie & Teri Gerber, and Gail & Norman Stalarow

Thank you for a lifetime of devotion and service to our beloved synagogue. You have been there for our family in both sad and happy occasions, and we were blessed by your presence. May you continue to enjoy a long and happy life.

Jerry Paine

Dear Toby and Rabbi Jack, We wish you good health and naches always. Thank you for your warmth and inspiration over the years.

With love, Lillie & Ben Hurwitz, Jackie, David, Alyssa and Cara Janco, Seth Hurwitz, Alexandra Penzell & Sadie Hurwitz-Penzell, and Sara, Daniel, and Eli Hurwitz

Rabbi Segal and Toby: We want to thank you for your many years of dedication to the congregation and to our family, including our deceased parents, Marian and Allan Kaplan. You were both there for our family simchas including our bat mitzvahs, weddings, and numerous other cherished occasions. We wish you many more years of health and happiness. Love, Susan & Ken Fenson, Denise & Steve Moore, Lisa Thurman and Families

Mazel Tov to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal. Together you have been not only our family’s spiritual advisors, but also mentors, educators, and especially friends! You are icons of the Jewish community.

We send our gratitude and love, The Herman Gillman Family

Thank you for your leadership, wise counsel and spiritual passion.

Mazel tov!

Lauren & Jordan Mintz

Congratulations to Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal who have always energized the congregation with their enthusiasm and made everyone feel a vital part of the CBY community.

Arlene & Joe Staller and Family

Dear Toby and Rabbi Segal,

We are so honored to have you both in our lives and so happy to share in this tribute. Thank you for all the wisdom and kindness that you have shared with all the people you have touched over the years. You are truly an inspiration!

May God bless you, Carl & Terry Dyer

Toby and Jack, You both mean so much to our families. We will forever have fond memories of growing up with you as our Rabbi, teacher and friend. We will always think of you with love and admiration. May your life be filled with good health and much happiness. Love, Miriam Joachim, Lisa and Abrey Rubinsky, Susan and Bruce Hurta, and David Joachim

Toby and Rabbi Segal, Mazel tov and thank you for your lifelong dedication to Beth Yeshurun, its congregants and the Houston Jewish community! You have made such a difference in the lives of so many, and we are all so fortunate and grateful to have had you and your beautiful family in our city for all these years! Mom and Dad loved you very much, and we all appreciate your caring and sharing so many occasions with all of our family. Love, Paula and Rick Stein Family

Thank you, Rabbi Jack and Tobi, for your friendship and support all these years! You are truly amazing and we are so blessed to have you in our lives. Blessings of love and good health!

Love,

Mindy & Miles Wertheimer

Mazal tov and thanks for the memories of many happy events!

Marlene & Norman Rosenthal

Lanie, Jerry Myles, Deborah, Darren, and Jennifer Rose offer their congratulations and warmest regards to Toby and Rabbi Jack, who embody the warmth, the wisdom, the humanity that define our congregation. We are forever grateful for your compassionate concern for our precious Marnie and your Hebrew blessings offered yearly at our Run for the Rose.

Fondly, Myrna, Sheldon, Stacy, and Jonathan Zwickel

To Rabbi and Toby,

We send our heartfelt gratitude and love.

Lynn & Willy Goldberg

Rabbi Segal is one of the most caring, thoughtful, feeling, gentle people I can think of! He treated me as though I could be one of his own in a wonderful way. There will never be a duplicate of him. Thanks Rabbi and wife, Toby.

Tillie & Jeffrey Koch

Thank you Rabbi for your devotion and caring all these years.

The Levin Family, Leorah & Jack, Doron & Cindy, Daniel & Melissa, Ilan & Kelly and Grandkids.

Dear Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal, Over the years you have been admired by each of us who have enjoyed knowing you. Happy to join in paying tribute to both of you! Best wishes for continuous good health and togetherness to the whole Segal Family.

Mazel tov!

Edith Mincberg

Mazel tov! Abei Gazunt!

Mazel Tov to Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal.

An Honor well deseserved, you are truly an inspiration!

Todd & Debbie Rosengart

Loving sentiments to Toby & Rabbi Jack and all their family. It is with overwhelming heartfelt gratitude to Rabbi Segal who was such an important part of our daughter Ilana’s Bat Mitzvah in 2012 with special tribute to her younger brother Isaac & forevermore is a part of us. Our love/Mazel tov, always, Lenora Noroski & Frank Inselbuch with Ilana & Isaac

Rabbi, we were so lucky that you came to Beth Yeshurun in the mid 1960’s as an assistant then later head Rabbi. The enthusiasm and participation from the wonderful events that you created brought children, teenagers and families from Beth Yeshurun together for a fun time enlightened with Jewish education. To mention a few, Tallis and Tefillin (T&T) and the Passover Exodus down Braes Bayou to the JCC with you as Moses. Finally thank you for your great sermons that were inspiring and informative. The Wuntch Family

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Thank you for being an integral part of so many of our family’s life cycle events. Thank you for your incredible leadership and your many contributions to the synagogue and the Houston community. And most importantly, thank you for your friendship!

With love, Barbara & Geoffrey Koslov and Family

Mazel Tov on this honor to Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal and the entire Segal Family.

With love and respect for the past 58 years, Joe Rice and Family

Mazel Tov to Toby and Rabbi

Segal. Thank you for your many years of dedication to Congregation Beth Yeshurun and the Houston Jewish community. Your loving Los Angeles fans,

Paul & Wendy Goldman

Cantor Goldman’s parents

We love you, Rabbi Segal!

Thank you for being an amazing rabbi, teacher, and friend!

You’re a true gem.

Much love, Dori, Adam, Amelia, Dalia, and Lila Goldman

Dearest Toby & Rabbi Segal,

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for enriching our lives through your wisdom, compassion, and love; for every kind word, prayer, life cycle event, and life lesson; for the memories we have shared, and the community you have created.

To us, you are family. Mazel Tov on this most deserving honor. We love you and wish you good health, joy & happiness, on this special day and always.

With much love and admiration, Adele & Steve Croft

Mazel Tov! Your leadership, guidance, and inspiration have touched the lives of so many in our community, and we are grateful for all that you have done. Your wisdom and insight have helped us to navigate life challenges and to find meaning in even the most difficult circumstances. We are grateful for all that you have done and continue to do, and we are proud to call you our Rabbi and our Friend.

With Deep Respect and Admiration. Linda & Sanford Herskovitz

Rabbi Segal,

Rabbi & Toby, Through the years, you have always been such role models and mentors. Your love for all things Beth Yeshurun has made our simchas sweeter & our lives richer. When life happens, you’re always by our side. We are forever grateful for you. Mazel Tov on this beautiful night!

Elyse & Howard Schultz and Family

Mazal Tov Rabbi Jack & Toby Segal! Thank you for everything you have done for us and our family. May you go from strength to strength!

Shirley Cooper, Rabbi Danny Horwitz & Tobi Cooper, and Cindy & Dr. Mark Saper

With warm wishes and beautiful memories.

Rochelle Skibell

Dear Rabbi Jack and Toby, Thank you for a lifetime of friendship, support, education, innovation and dedication.

Congratulations and Mazel Tov on this well-deserved honor.

With love and respect, Ricki & Milton Frankfort and Family

Martin & Denise & Yudovich, Gabriel Monica & Stephanie Yudovich Kramer, Dana & Kenneth Katz, Alex

Mazel Tov on this special ocassion. We appreciate all that you’ve done for our synagogue and wish you continued health and happiness.

Chaya & Eitan Kuperman

In honor of Toby and Rabbi Segal

With love, admiration and thanks for your endless support, wisdom, kindness, humor and so much more

The Kornfeld Family

Mazel Tov Rabbi and Toby!

Thank you for being life-long leaders and inspirations in our community and in our own lives.

From my Bat Mitzvah (1981), to our wedding (1994), and our oldest son’s Bris (1999), you have always been such an important part of our lives!

Much love, Hayley & Marc Feldman

Our lives have been enhanced by Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal. Together, we made memories. Rabbi Segal officiated at so many of our simchas and has been our rock for the tough times. We travelled to Israel and Egypt together, a trip that remains a highlight. We will be forever grateful for their generosity.

We send you hugs and love

The Jordan & Bernice Loftus Family

Dear Toby and Rabbi Jack,

As role models, you have given many gifts to our Congregation Beth Yeshurun family. Your dedication, leadership, courage, optimism, kindness, and zest for life has been inspirational! Our warmest good wishes to you and your family for good health and many more indelible, special moments in the years to come.

Respectfully and with affection, Barbara Winthrop & Jay Steinfeld

With admiration, appreciation and affection, we pray that G-d will bless you with many more years of health and happiness.

Esther & Gary Polland

Thank you.

With much love and appreciation

Merryl & Gordon Zuber

Mazel Tov to Toby and Rabbi Segal and family.

Thank you for all you’ve contributed to our community.

Alan & Haley Finkelman and Family

With great admiration and love, our continued best wishes - Barbara, Stuart Aaron and family

Thank you for your unconditional support you showed my family and me when my husband was ill many years ago. I will always be grateful to you both. Mary Aboulafia

Philip & Lynn Abrams appreciate your: B’nai Mitzvah of David (1989) & Danny (1991); Spirited philosophical debates with David; Inculcating “modeh ani” prayer with your trademark New York accent; Warm greetings to all Shabbat attendees; Inspirational sense of humor!

Rabbi Segal, you have been the backbone of our relationship with Beth Yeshurun and we’re grateful for your participation in our live cycle events. To you and Toby a big hug and all the very best, Jack N. Alpert and Family

Mazel tov & fond regards from Judy & Dr. Kenneth Arfa

Kol Kavod Rabbi & Toby, We very much appreciate your friendship and guidance you have shared with us through the years. Wishing you only the best. Bobbi & Tom Asarch

Sending a T'kiah G'dolah salute to Rabbi Jack and Toby Segal. You set the gold standard for devotion to your congregants. Good health to both of you. Warmly, Judy and David Bell

Thanks for always being there with our family through good times and bad. You are truly a blessing and the essence of Beth Yeshurun! Wishing you and Toby continued years of good health - Love and Mazel Tov, Ed and Madelyn Bernstein

You have been a tremendous part of our lives. Mazel Tov, Wendy and Ira Bleiweiss and Family

Thank you for being so generous and wonderful to us over the years Rabbi Segal. All the best always to you and Toby!! Mazel Tov! Joey & Rene Bloom

Mazel Tov to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal Ronnie Bormaster

Mazel tov Toby and Rabbi Jack! Thank you for your friendship and thoughtfulness to our family. Love, Linda Katz Brandt & Elyse Brandt

Mazel tov for this well-deserved recognition and for all of your hard work and dedication to Beth Yeshurun for so many years. Karen Buckwold

Mazel tov to Rabbi and Mrs. Jack Segal--You were always there for all of our life events. We love you. Iris and Nathan Caplovitz

Mazal Tov to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal. May you both enjoy many more years of good health and happiness. We love you. Shirley K. and Alan Cohn and Family

Mazel Tov and thanks for everything! Randy & Marcia Davidoff

With gratitude and appreciation for all you have shared with our family in times of sorrow and grief, and happiness and joy. With the fondest of memories. Connie and Douglas Dotan

Mazel tov! Harriett & Arnold Eisenstein

Dear Toby and Rabbi Segal, Thank you both for all the wonderful things you have done to put Beth Yeshurun on the map. Best wishes, The Paul Engel Family

שתגדל מהכוח אל הפועל Thanks for all the memories. May you both continue to grow from strength to strength. Honey, Stanley, and Fran Epstein

Mazel tov to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal, and many thanks for all you both have done for Beth Yeshurun for so many years! With gratitude, Sheryl Eskowitz

Yasher Koach to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal. Elaine Feiner

Thank you for being such a special part of our lives across multiple generations! With love, Judy and Michael Feinstein and Family

You two are a gift to our synagogue and to Houston. You've made a difference for the better in the lives of so many people. May you always be blessed with good health and joy. Judith Finkel

Dear Toby and Rabbi Segal, Thank you for your lifelong dedication to Congregation Beth Yeshurun as well as your spiritual guidance over the years to both of us and our family - Sharron Devere Fisherman and William Fisherman

Both of you have always been an inspiration to me and my sons and we are eternally grateful for everything you have done for us. May Hashem keep on blessing you. Dorothy Fraifeld Jenkins

Sending admiration and affection to Toby and Jack--special as individuals and outstanding as a couple. Thank you both for embracing Beth Yeshurun as your family over the years. Fran D. Friedman

To Jack & Toby - You were and still are the best of the best. You have set the bar so high and are so inspirational. You are both very special. Much love, Teresa and Lenny Friedman

A hearty Yasher Koach to both of you. With our love and appreciation. Marshall and Charlett Frumin

Inch by Inch you have changed everyones life. With Love Ed & Shelly Gardner

Mazel Tov to Toby and Rabbi Jack for their many years of service to Beth Yeshurun. Fondly, Janice and David Gerber

My love and appreciation for your being such an important part of our Beth Yeshurun family. Barbara Golub

With our total respect and love - you've been role models for a good marriage and a Jewish couple. Fondly, Debbie and Mark Gottesman

Mazel tov on your lifetime of service to the Jewish community. With gratitude and love, Janice, Alan and Sarmantha Aronowitz and Ali & Andrew Green

Mazel Tov and thank you both for helping us celebrate so many important events in our lives. Aron and Amy Grenader

Rabbi Segal and Toby, There aren’t enough words to say how much you mean to Beth Yeshurun and to us personally. Mazel Tov on this special honor! It is well deserved! Love, Dora Lee and Israel Grinberg

Thank you for your kindness and presence throughout all our family’s generations. family milestones were each a blessing with you. Your unwavering support during difficult times were always a comfort. Muchos, muchos Mazel-Tov. The Halfon Family

Mazel Tov! You are an inspiration to us and to the entire Jewish community. Celine and David Hecht

MAZEL to an inspirational couple who are treasures to our community and friends to all! With love and thanks from Gayle and Scott Hoffer & Family

Mazel Tov to Toby & Rabbi Jack Segal for all you have meant to the Hyman Family. Norma & Jonathan Hyman

We have fond memories of you being in our lives, blessing our children when they were born and presiding over each of their B’nai Mitzvahs. Mazel tov. Sandy & Lindy Kahn

Best wishes to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal. It has been an honor and a privilege to have you part of our family’s spiritual lives. Jill & Herb Kalman

Thank you for everything. Love, the Diane & Howard, Samuel and Rachel Kaplan Family

Mazel tov to a well deserving couple! Wishing you good health and happiness, From Joan & Louis Katz

Thank you for sharing your lives with us. Steven King and Jo Rosenblum King

To our teacher, our adviser, our spiritual inspiration. You have been such an important part of our lives. G-d bless you. Susan & Michael Klaiman

Mazel Tov Toby and Rabbi Jack from Lary and Lois Kupor and Family

Thanks for your hard work and devotion. The Lefkowitz Family

Rabbi Segal and Toby, Mazel Tov and thank you for your guidance and energy for over fifty years. Laura Dattle Lempert

A heartfelt thank you for all you have done! Marc Levin

Mazel Tov Toby & Rabbi Jack Segal! Wishing you only the best of health & happiness always! Love, Martine Levine, Jeff Levine & Sara Beth Berman & Adele Levine and Lisa & Eric Rubin

Thank you for always being there for me. Mazel Tov to two wonderful people. Love, Judi Marcoe

Mazel Tov for your dedication to Congregation Beth Yeshurun and especially for your participation and leadership at our family’s simchas. With gratitude, Pearl and Meir Monk

Rabbi Jack Segal & Toby, the Pappert Family wishes you both our love and appreciation for all the years of good work at Congregation Beth Yeshurun.

Mazel tov to the greatest mensch we know. The Pearl Family

A wonderful rabbi for the Price Family for 50+ years.

Thank you for all the kindness and blessings you have brought to our family. You have shared so many important events with us over the years. G-d bless you both. Karen Reichek

To the amazing legacy you have constructed not only at our Congregation but the community at large. Love from Melanie and Gregg Rosenberg and Family.

Dear Rabbi and Toby, you are a TREASURE to our community. Bless you for all you do and for all you are. Sheila Rosenberg and Family

Rabbi Jack and Toby. Mazel tov on this wonderful honor. Love you both, Mark and Shirlee Rosenthal

Thanks for the many memories. Georga Rudoff

Mazel tov and thanks for your lifelong devotion to both Beth Yeshurun and the entire community. By sharing your Guta Nashama and sense of humor, you’ve kept us going through the years! Gladys, Gayle & Elyssa Schnurr

Billy and I have always loved and admired you both. Mazel tov on a life filled with great successes - your family, your shul, and the greater community. Leah Schultz

With all my love Mazal Tov to my dear friends, Rabbi Jack model of true leadership, and Toby star of sweetness, may you continue from hayil to hayil. Rabbi Diana R. Siegal

Very Best Wishes Always to you and your family! Thank you for all of your kindnesses through the years. Love, Sheryl (Tapper) and Larry Smith, Greg, Julie, Dori and Cady Smith, and Scott Smith

From Brownsville, Brooklyn to Houston, Texas, we thank you for all you have done for our family and for this community. Beverly & David Sufian

Thank you for all you have done for our family and community. Mazel Tov! Sarah & Andrew Toubin

As a longtime member of Beth Yeshurun, I appreciate, and am thankful for all your wisdom and kindness. Mazel Tov to you both on this special day. Marsha Turrell

Mazel Tov to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal. Maureen Wainer

Rabbi Segal, you are a great rabbi and we are grateful to have listened to your voice and words over the past 40 years! Mazel Tov to you and Toby! Stu and Sandy (S&S) Waller

You are a great team whose energy and devotion to Beth Yeshurun is exemplary! My thanks! Evelyn Weisenberg

Mazel Tov Toby & Rabbi Jack Segal! Frida and Stuart Wilson

Thanks for your leadership and dedication to CBY over the years. Yasher Koach! Alex & Irene Wolchansky

Mazel tov to Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal for the many years of dedicated service to Beth Yeshurun and the Houston Jewish community. Bernard Woolf

Thank you for your love, commitment and support of Beth Yeshurun and our Houston Jewish community for so many years. All of our very best wishes - Ro & Lee Wunsch

Congratulations Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal for your many years of dedicated service. We love you both. Brenda and Ed Yosowitz

Mazal Tov Rabbi Jack and Toby. In gratitude for your dedication to your Beth Yeshurun family, and the warmth, personal interest and caring you have shown to us for over four decades. The Zadok Family