Israel Segal ( he, ישראל סגל, 26 May 1944 – September 27, 2007) was an Israeli journalist, author, and longtime political commentator.
[Frenkel, Sheera Claire. (January 12, 2007]
The magic touch: A charm or a curse for Israeli politics?
Jerusalem Post. Accessed October 13, 2007.
Biography
Segal was born in the
Sha'arei Hesed
Sha'arei Hesed (also Sha'arei Chessed) ( he, שערי חסד, lit. ''Gates of Loving-kindness'') is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem, bordering Rehavia, Nahlaot and Kiryat Wolfson.
History
One of the founders of the neighborhood was Yoel Moshe ...
neighborhood of
Jerusalem in
Mandate Palestine, in 1944.
After his start at ''Haolam Haze'' magazine, Segal moved first to
Israel Radio
''Kol Yisrael'' or ''Kol Israel'' ( lit. "Voice of Israel", also "Israel Radio") is Israel's public domestic and international radio service. It operated as a division of the Israel Broadcasting Service from 1951 to 1965, the Israel Broadcastin ...
, where he covered religious stories, and then on to a position as a lead anchor at
Israeli Broadcasting Authority
The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA; ) was Israel's public broadcaster from 1948 to 2017.
History
The Israel Broadcasting Authority was an outgrowth of the radio station ''Kol Yisrael'', which made its first broadcast as an independent st ...
.
[Crystal, Merav. (September 27, 2007]
Journalist Israel Segal dies at 63
Ynet News. Accessed October 13, 2007. Later, he joined Israel's
Channel 2, operating as an editor and news anchor for the
Reshet network.
After his death in 2007, he was described as "one of the most influential journalists of the past three decades".
Segal's 2004 novel, ''My Brother's Keeper'', a semi-autobiographical work, was a best-seller. He wrote four additional books.
Bibliography
*''Out of the womb'' (1964)
*''Prophecy-man dies in the middle of gymnastics class'' (1988) (for children)
*''To Fly like a Bird'' (1989) (for children)
*''Neilah'' (1990)
*''One from the two of us'' (1995)
*''My brother's keeper'' (2004)
References
External links
Review of ''My Brother's Keeper''
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1944 births
2007 deaths
Israeli journalists
20th-century journalists