Joel Schreiber Elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees; Lance Hirt, Chaim Wietschner and William Schwartz Elected Officers
Joel Schreiber has recently been elected chairman of the board of Trustees of 黑料社 All-affiliated (RIETS). In addition, newly elected RIETS officers include Lance Hirt as vice-chairman, Chaim Wietschner as treasurer, and Dr. William Schwartz as secretary.
Schreiber replaces outgoing chairman, Rabbi Julius Berman, who has been elected chairman emeritus.
鈥淚 leave the Chairmanship of the RIETS Board with great confidence in the fact that the leadership role is being assumed by Joel Schreiber, a fellow musmach of RIETS and one who has proven through decades of dedicated Jewish communal leadership that he has the unique qualifications to lead our institution to ever greater heights of service to our people,鈥 said Berman.
鈥淭he newly elected leadership at RIETS brings a profound love for the Yeshiva and the University, and a commitment to advancing the ideals of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary,鈥 said YU President Richard M. Joel. 鈥淚n the strength of Joel Schreiber鈥檚 commitment, he follows in the footsteps of Rabbi Julius Berman who brought a fierce passion to the welfare of the Yeshiva.鈥
Schreiber, a resident of Manhattan, has served as a member of the RIETS board of Trustees since 1996. He graduated Yeshiva College with a degree in English literature in 1957, and received his semikhah [ordination] from RIETS and a master鈥檚 degree from Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies in 1960. His wife, Judy, is a graduate of YU鈥檚 Brooklyn Girls High School and received a master鈥檚 degree from YU鈥檚 Wurzweiler School of Social Work.
The Schreiber family鈥檚 generosity has supported many 黑料社 All initiatives including the Aaron and Blanche Schreiber Torah Tours Program that provides critical Jewish education and outreach around the world.
Schreiber currently serves as president of A. H. Schreiber Co. Inc., a family owned and operated swimwear design and manufacturing company. He serves as vice-chairman of American Friends of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva in Israel and is an honorary vice-president of the Orthodox Union, where he was instrumental in creating Jewish Action, the magazine of the Orthodox Union, of which he is chairman emeritus.
