Penn’s Hillel Director Receives Huge Honor

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Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, honored Penn Rabbi Mike Uram with one of its top awards.

Uram, executive director and campus rabbi of Penn Hillel, received the Edgar M. Bronfman Award at the annual Hillel International Gala on June 5 in New York City.

The award aims to recognize “a Hillel professional who has served the movement with distinction and honor,” according to the Hillel International website.

Uram is the fourth person to receive the annual award, following three recipients whom he described as “legends of Hillel”: Rhoda Weisman, the co-founder and former director of the Steinhardt Jewish Campus Service Corps; Michael Brooks, the former executive director of University of Michigan Hillel; and Jeffrey Summit, the executive director of Tufts University Hillel.

Uram said he was surprised to receive the award in light of the achievements of previous honorees.

“I feel like I’m too early in my career to get an award like this,” he said, “but I’m very touched and excited about it.”

(Source: The Daily Pennsylvanian)

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