Thursday, June 4, 2026 | 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Virtual – via Zoom
We hope you will join us for Hillel UW’s annual meeting. Together we will reflect on the past year, celebrate our community, and look ahead to the future.
The evening will include gratitude to our outgoing board members and staff, confirmation of our new slate of officers, awards announcements, and official board business.
This event is open to any and all members of our broader community. Please contact anna@hilleluw.org with any questions!
Congratulations to our well-deserved 2026 award winners!
2026 Pruzan Fellow
TBA
2026 Nachshon Awardees
Undergraduate: TBA
Jconnect: David
The Pruzan Fellow
The 2012 HillelFEST Fundraising event honored Herb and Lucy Pruzan for their five decades of leadership and dedication to Hillel at the University of Washington. As part of this celebration, Lucy’s brother, Gordon Sondland, and his wife, Katy Durant, gave an endowment gift that created the Pruzan Fellow in honor of Herb and Lucy.
Each spring at Hillel’s Annual Meeting, a Pruzan Fellow is designated from among the emerging undergraduate leaders at Hillel UW. The intent is for the Pruzan Fellow to become a key leader, role model, and driving force behind the undergraduate student programming at Hillel UW.
The Nachshon Award
Each year, Hillel UW awards deserving students and Jconnectors the “Nachshon Award.” This award is named after the Biblical character Nachshon ben Amminadav. The Midrash (story) relates that during the Exodus, when the Israelites reached the Red Sea, it did not automatically part. The Israelites stood at the banks of the sea and cried with despair, but Nachshon entered the waters. He walked in head-deep until the sea parted. Nachshon is remembered as someone who took initiative, was an innovator, and led the people in important times. He was a person who was willing to fill a void, stepping up when nobody else was ready to do so. Hillel UW is pleased to award the Nachshon Awards to those who stepped up and initiated, filled a void, and truly showed passion and courage in leading our community this past year.
