A native of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Rabbi Robert D. Schreibman is a graduate of Dartmouth College and was ordained from the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Schreibman served as Assistant Post Chaplain in Fort Leonard Wood and subsequently served congregations in Arnold, Maryland and New City, New York. He was called to the pulpit of Temple Jeremiah in 1975 from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, now known as the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), where he served as a Regional Director in New Jersey and New York. Under Rabbi Schreibman's leadership, Temple Jeremiah grew from under 300 families to over 800. Programming also blossomed to include youth groups, a senior program, adult education classes and Brotherhood and Sisterhood, among others.

Rabbi Schreibman's involvement extends far beyond the Temple Jeremiah community. He is a member of the Boards of LINKS (North Shore Youth Health Service), North Shore Hospice, Hillel Advisory Council of Dartmouth College, and the American Jewish Committee of the Avenue of the Righteous Project, as well as the Winnetka Clergy Association and Northfield Clergy Association, North Shore Fellowship of Rabbis, the Chicago Association of Reform Rabbis and the Chicago Board of Rabbis. Rabbi Schreibman is also a reader for the CCAR Journal. Rabbi Schreibman received an honorary Doctorate of Divinity in 1988 from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for dedicating over 25 years of service to the Reform movement.

In honor of his 25 years of inspirational leadership, Temple Jeremiah held a dedication service on December 13, 2002, in which it named its newly renovated sanctuary "The Rabbi Robert D. Schreibman Sanctuary."