Community Service and Charitable Work
Siegel sits on the Board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Cornell University Hillel, and the Heschel School. He has been on the Heschel School Board continuously since 1989 and was made an honorary trustee in 2010. Siegel is now in his second four-year term on the Cornell University Council and also sits on the Advisory Board of the ILR School at Cornell University. He was also the creator and primary funder of the ‘Building Community Through Literature’ reading project at P.S. 165 in Queens, New York that ran for nine years. In connection with Siegel’s elementary school education efforts, he appeared on The Today Show, where he was interviewed by Matt Lauer.
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