RIETS and Yeshiva College
In 1915, Harry Fischel, on the Board of Directors of the newly merged RIETS, asked Revel to come back East and head the institution. In him, Mr Fischel saw a learned and forward thinking educator to lead the yeshiva on the path of becoming a college. Rabbi Revel took up the position and was appointed RIET's first president and Rosh yeshiva.
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