For over 80 years, Hillel UW has provided opportunities for our community to come together and celebrate Passover. Morris Polack, z”l, for whom our annual Passover Fund is named, gave generously of his time and resources to Hillel UW. It was during Passover lunches that he would personally greet, and then solicit, all of his friends to give so that we could continue to come together as a whole community to celebrate Passover at Hillel.
Hillel’s 2023 Morris Polack Campaign Donors of $500 or more include:
Visionary Sponsor
Acme Food Sales, Inc.
Lead Sponsor
James and Leatrice Keller
Major Sponsors
Anonymous
Rabbi Arthur A. Jacobovitz Donor Advised Fund
The Herman and Faye Sarkowsky Foundation
Tillie and Alfred Shemanski Foundations
Champion Sponsors
Audrey Covner and Dianne Dougherty
Heike and Edward Malakoff
Jennifer Malakoff
Michelle Feder and Lewis Malakoff
Brian and Nancy Quint
Patron Sponsors
Anonymous
Jack and Adina Almo
Joseph and Karyn Barer
Glazer’s Camera
Rochelle and Bernard Goffe
Laura and Irv Karl
The Okrent Family Foundation
Phillip and Therese Stein
Benefactor Sponsors
Anonymous
David and Terry Azose
Martin Brashem
Carolyn Cohen and Scott Cline
Davis B. Fox and Rosemary J. Coleman
Ralph and Lisa Katsman
Aaron and Nancy Marcus
The One Eight Fund
Donald and Jo Anne Rosen
Henrika and Michael Sandorffy
Allan Steinman and Diane Sigel-Steinman
Jacob Van de Rhoer and Lucille Noel
Dean Polik & Paul Malakoff z”l
Upon Morris’s passing in 1993, Paul Malakoff z”l took over this role and made sure that he was there, at Hillel’s front door, warmly welcoming community members and students to our annual Passover lunches while wearing a red apron inscribed with, “Pesach’s my name and matzah’s my game!”
When we lost Paul in 2017, Dean Polik, Morris’s nephew, took on the responsibility of helping to greet everyone along with Paul’s two sons, Lew and Ed. And, in loving memory of Paul, we started the Red Apron Society to annually recognize two current students who reflect the type of person Paul would want to honor, “the mensch who is doing good for Hillel without being conspicuous” and having them wear one of Paul’s special red aprons during lunch.
Red Apron Society Awardees
2023
Talya Lehrich
Mika Peizer
2022Lauren HarrisSolomon Lubell
2021
Addie Bjornson
Haley Masters
2020
Shana Edouard
Liam Geisser
2019
Abigail Freeman
Jacob Freyd
2018
Anna Kornfeld Simpson
Noah Zwiren
