2023

Muhlenberg Receives Award From Hillel International

The College’s Hillel was recognized with a Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Outstanding Campus Award at the 2023 Hillel International Global Assembly. Muhlenberg was also featured in the 2023 Hillel College Guide.

 Friday, December 15, 2023 10:27 AM

Far left and far right, Hillel International Vice President for Measurement & Strategic Grants Batya Kopelowitz and President and CEO Adam Lehman; center, Jewish Agency for Israel Fellow Lior Shakargy and Muhlenberg Hillel staff April Cunningham, Ira Blum and Olivia Rosenblum

Hillel International, the largest Jewish campus organization in the world, honored Muhlenberg College’s Hillel at the 2023 Hillel International Global Assembly, an annual gathering of Hillel professionals from around the world.

Hillel International awarded Muhlenberg a Philip H. and Susan Rudd Cohen Outstanding Campus Award, which honors two campus Hillels for their achievements in empowering student leadership and reaching a breadth and depth of students. Muhlenberg’s Hillel was honored specifically for its excellence in strategically engaging students on the periphery of Jewish life.

“To me, this honor affirms the unique environment here at Muhlenberg that enables Jewish life to thrive, the expansive creativity of our students and the commitment of talented staff and colleagues including Hillel and Religious & Spiritual Life. Together we strive to build enduring relationships, not only with all Jewish students but more broadly across the entire student body,” says Director of Hillel at the Leffell Center for Jewish Student Life Ira Blum ’10.

“Jewish students have faced unprecedented challenges on college campuses this fall, and Muhlenberg College has gone above and beyond to protect, educate, inspire, advocate for and support their Jewish student communities in this fraught period,” Hillel International President and CEO Adam Lehman said in a press release.

This fall, Muhlenberg was also featured in the 2023 Hillel College Guide as one of the top colleges Jewish students choose. The College is 50th on the guide’s list of top private universities ranked by Jewish population and 23rd on its list of institutions ranked by percentage of Jewish students on campus.