Thanks to the generosity of the Greater Seattle Jewish community, Hillel UW has been in the Karen Mayers Gamoran Family Center for Jewish Life modern multi-use building since 2004. This incredible three-story building features a huge auditorium, dining hall with a commercial kosher kitchen, cafe, living room, wide-screen TV, library with printer, Beit Midrash, garden, and basketball court.
Feel free to stop by and check out the entire facility.
Renting Rooms in our Facility
Rooms at Hillel are available to be rented for your next celebration, meeting, or special event! To learn more about the spaces available to be rented, visit our Venue Rental pages, or email info@hilleluw.org for rates and availability.
GETTING TO Hillel
There are many transportation ways to get to Hillel: bike and scooter share, bike routes, bus lines, and Link Light Rail. We want to encourage using these alternative and sustainable modes of getting to us! See the King County Metro Trip Planner here.
Link Light Rail – We are .5 mile walk from the U District Station.
Hillel Parking Lot – There is free parking in the lot adjacent to the Hillel building (to the south), and in the spots behind the Hillel building (to the West). Enter from the alley on 50th St NE. No overnight parking without acquiring a parking pass from Hillel.
Street Parking – There is free street parking on most of the nearby streets, although during the day open spots can be scarce.
Parking on the UW Campus – There is parking available on the UW campus three blocks south of Hillel. Enter campus at 17th Ave NE and NE 45th St. Campus parking is free on week nights after 9:00 pm, Saturday after Noon and Sunday all day. Click here for campus parking rates.
Cafe LeVine
Come by Hillel’s Cafe LeVine! It’s a great place for students – undergrads and graduates – to relax or hang out with friends, plus who can beat the delicious free snacks and drinks! Relax with the free wi-fi, big screen TV, cable, and Wii.
Hillel’s Cafe LeVine is open during the school year. Items served from behind the café counter are kosher or kosher-style vegetarian/dairy.
GYM
Our gym is currently closed due to Covid-19 safety precautions.
