OThis past December, three members of the CUNY community won coveted awards at the Hillel International Global Assembly (HIGA) for embodying the organization’s mission, empowering Jewish voices and fostering an inclusive, positive campus climate in which Jewish students feel comfortable expressing their identity. Rozeeta Mavashev, director of Jewish Campus Life and Engagement at The Tanger Hillel at Brooklyn College, won the Richard M. Joel Exemplar of Excellence Award after being nominated by her peers for her impact on the Jewish future, while Jenna Citron and Rav Sara Zacharia accepted the Joseph Meyerhoff Award for Jewish Educational Vision on behalf of Queens College (QC) Hillel won for creating an interfaith space and the Building Bridges Fellowship.
