Mr. Zaretsky has been a Vice President of Temple Beth El in West Palm Beach; a Board member of the Jewish Community Day School; a past member of the Professional Advisory Committee of the Foundation of the Jewish Federation; a member of the Legal Affairs Committee and Planned Giving and Civil Rights Committees of ADL; and served for 10 years on the National Board of Directors of the American Society for Technion, where he has previously served as national co-chairman of Technion 2000. Before serving two terms as President, he was Vice President of the Palm Beach Region of the American Society for Technion, and remained on that local Board of Trustees and its Executive Committee until 2004. Mr. Zaretsky and his wife Esther have been long time supporters of Israel Bonds, and were honored in 2006 with a reception that raised over $2,000,000.
Besides tennis, golf, water and snow skiing, Mr. Zaretsky’s hobbies include Amateur Radio, and he has maintained and operated his station under the call sign WB2VGL for over 48 years.
Mr. Zaretsky is a member of Temple Emanuel and the Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue. He serves as legal advisor to WXEL, the Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue, and The President Country Club.
Besides the practice of law, he was for 20 years President of Medical Educational Corporation, a company involved in foreign medical education consulting, and Somax Management Company, a private investment company specializing in real estate tax certificates and still active in bulk purchases and disposition of defaulted secured loan portfolios.