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Jerome Michael Segal
Born (1943-11-25) November 25, 1943 (age 80)
New York, New York, USA
Other namesJerry Segal
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationCity College of New York (AB, Philosophy, Economics), University of Michigan (PhD), University of Minnesota (MPA)
Occupation(s)Political philosopher, Conflict-resolution practitioner
EmployerThe Jewish Peace Lobby
Known forArab-Israeli peace work
Notable workCreating the Palestinian State, Agency and Alienation, Negotiating Jerusalem, Graceful Simplicity, Joseph's Bones
Political partyDemocratic

Jerome Michael Segal (born November 25, 1943) is a philosopher and political activist in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Segal is a research scholar at the University of Maryland and the president of the Jewish Peace Lobby.[1] He is a Democratic primary candidate for U.S. Senate in the 2018 election in Maryland.[2]

Early life and education

Segal was born and raised in The Bronx. His father, a socialist and member of the Jewish Labor Bund, was born in Poland and immigrated to the United States, where he found employment as a factory worker in the garment industry.[3] After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, Segal went to City College of New York, where he received honors in philosophy and economics, and was awarded the Brittain Prize in Moral Philosophy.[4] Segal went on to receive a PhD from the University of Michigan, and taught in the philosophy department of the University of Pennsylvania. He later received an MPA from the Hubert Humphrey School of the University of Minnesota.[5]

Career

After receiving his MPA from the University of Minnesota, Segal moved to Washington, D.C. in 1974 to work as an aide to Congressman Donald M. Fraser and administrator of the House Budget Committee's task force on distributive impacts of economic policy. In 1979, he became Coordinator for the Near East in the policy bureau of the US Agency for International Development and, later, Senior Advisor for Agency Planning. After leaving government, he joined the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland as Senior Research Scholar.[6]

Segal has been a leader of the American Jewish peace movement, starting in 1982 with Washington Area Jews for Israeli-Palestinian Peace (WAJIPP), a group that opposed the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. In 1987, he traveled to Tunis to meet Yasser Arafat and leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization. No American Jewish delegation had ever met with the PLO, which the U.S. government officially considered a terrorist organization at the time.[7] In August 1988, Israel raided the offices of Faisal al-Husseini, a Palestinian militant, and discovered a plan, drafted by Segal and others, for a ''declaration of Palestinian independence."[8] That plan, along with other writings by Segal in Palestinian papers such as Al-Quds, were a catalyst for the Palestinian Declaration of Independence later that year.[9][10]

In May of 1989, Segal founded the Jewish Peace Lobby, which would act as a counterweight to the right-wing American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).[11][12] The Peace Lobby remains active today, with about 5,000 members (including 400 rabbis).[13]

Personal Life

Segal is married to Naomi Nim. They live in Silver Spring, MD, and have one child.

Books

Creating the Palestinian State[14]

Agency and Alienation[15]

Negotiating Jerusalem[16]

Graceful Simplicity[17]

Joseph's Bones[18]

Agency, Illusion, and Well-Being[19]

References

  1. ^ "Search - The Washington Post - Jerome M. Segal". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-12-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ "United States Senate election in Maryland, 2018". Wikipedia. 2018-01-16.
  3. ^ Pear, Robert; Times, Special to the New York (1988-08-24). "WASHINGTON TALK: FOREIGN AFFAIRS; Jewish Father for Palestinian State?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  4. ^ "Graduation Is Set at City College". The New York Times. 1964-06-17. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  5. ^ Segal, Jerome M. (2009). Agency, Illusion, and Well-being: Essays in Moral Psychology and Philosophical Economics. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739129692.
  6. ^ Andrews, Cecile; Urbanska, Wanda (2009-09-01). Less is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness. New Society Publishers. ISBN 9781550924312.
  7. ^ "Jerome Segal: Visionary who led Congress to establish $10 Million Annual Peace Fund · Jewschool". Jewschool. 2015-02-26. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  8. ^ Pear, Robert; Times, Special to the New York (1988-08-24). "WASHINGTON TALK: FOREIGN AFFAIRS; Jewish Father for Palestinian State?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  9. ^ User. "MIDDLE EAST DIALOGUE 2013 CONFERENCE PRESENTERS ABOUT THE AUTHORS". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Creating the Palestinian State: A Strategy for Peace by Jerome M. Segal, Author Lawrence Hill Books $9.95 (177p) ISBN 978-1-55652-055-6". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  11. ^ "Liberal U.s. Jews Lobby For Israel-plo Talks". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  12. ^ Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta (1995). American Jewish Year Book. VNR AG. ISBN 9780874951080.
  13. ^ "The Jewish Peace Lobby". www.jewishpeacelobby.org. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  14. ^ 1943-, Segal, Jerome M., (1989). Creating the Palestinian state : a strategy for peace (1st ed ed.). Chicago, Ill.: Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN 9781556520556. OCLC 18779422. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ 1943-, Segal, Jerome M., (1991). Agency and alienatiion : a theory of human presence. Savage, Md.: Rowan & Littlefield. ISBN 9780847676286. OCLC 23356376. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ 1943-, Segal, Jerome M., (1996). Agency and alienation : a theory of human presence (1st pbk. ed ed.). Lanham, Md.: Rowan & Littlefield. ISBN 0847682072. OCLC 35295628. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ 1943-, Segal, Jerome M., (2003 printing). Graceful simplicity : the philosophy and politics of the alternative American dream ([Pbk. ed.] ed.). Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. ISBN 0520236009. OCLC 49531032. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ 1943-, Segal, Jerome M., (2007). Joseph's bones : understanding the struggle between God and mankind in the Bible. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN 1594489394. OCLC 76261878. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ 1943-, Segal, Jerome M., (2009). Agency, illusion, and well-being : essays in moral psychology and philosophical economics. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. ISBN 0739129694. OCLC 243674284. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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