November 18, 2019
By Rabbi Jerome M. Epstein, The New York Jewish Week
Morton K. Siegel, who died Oct. 25 in St. Catherine’s Nursing Home in Smithtown, L.I., was a master teacher. Teenagers in the 1950s who attended United Synagogue Youth (USY) conventions had the unique privilege of sitting in a hotel ballroom with 1,300 other participants listening to Morton inspire them with his words of Torah. He taught without “talking down” to the USY members, who sat without a whisper. Rather, Morton Siegel had the unique skill of teaching by challenging his students to stretch their minds and reach to his level.
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