Friday, May 3, 2013
Students from seven counties entered the essay contest.
Thursday night, the winners of the 5th annual Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out! contest were announced. The winners and finalists are: GRAND SCHOLARSHIP WINNER ($50,000 Scholarship) Annie Robinson, Aurora High School – 11th grade SECOND PLACE ($25,000 Scholarship) Kelly Knaser, Wickliffe High School – 12th grade THIRD PLACE ($15,000 Scholarship) Robert Edwards, Max Hayes High School, Cleveland – 12th grade SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS 6th – 10th GRADE FINALISTS 6th GRADE 7th GRADE 8th GRADE 9th GRADE 10th GRADE
Monday, April 29, 2013
The exhibit originated in Jerusalem and is the only to focus on women's experiences in the Holocaust
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage's first exhibition of 2013 is here, honoring the memory of women in the Holocaust. "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" began at the museum on March 19 and goes through June 9. Yad Vashem first created this exhibit in Jerusalem. It is the first to solely focus on stories of women's experiences in the Holocaust. The exhibit features a large video installation with various images of the women involved. According to a Maltz news release, the exhibit's focus will be women who displayed courage, creativity and initiative. It is the first exhibition of its kind, soley focusing one the female experience in such a tramatic era of Jewish history. "The exhibit demonstrates that human beings are strong …
Monday, April 1, 2013
Two Beachwood seniors finished in the Top 25 of the "Stop The Hate" essay contest.
While they didn't make it into the final round, two Beachwood High School seniors were named semi-finalists in a local essay contest. Jessica Gill and Jori Holloway are both semi-finalists in the fifth annual Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out! essay contest, according to a press release. Gill and Holloway were among 25 students from around the area to be semi-finalists. The Top 10 finalists were named and will compete for a total of $100,000 in scholarships and prizes. Their essays address a variety of issues, from living with alopecia, mental illness to LGBT issues and economic diversity and offer heartfelt and innovative solutions.
Friday, March 8, 2013
The dinner and ceremony will honor the Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Delos Cosgrove, its chief executive officer and president
Larry Pollock -- the managing partner of Lucky Stars LLC -- has been named Event Chair of the Maltz Heritage Award Dinner, which will be this May 30 at the Cleveland InterContinental Hotel. "It is an honor to be part of this inaugural event," says Pollock, who is also a member of the Maltz Museum Board of Trustees. The dinner and event will honor the Cleveland Clinic and its CEO and President Dr. Delos M. Cosgrove. Cosgrove was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in the U.S. Air Force. He has been named Cleveland Clinic’s Master Clinician Award, Innovator of the Year Award and Lerner Humanitarian Award. He is also a member of Cleveland Medical Hall of Fame and Cleveland Business Hall of Fame. Soon he will be adding the Maltz Heritage …
Monday, February 25, 2013
Karp participated in the Maltz Museum's competition to find Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage held its second ever Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi contest earlier this week. Dr. Kiva Shtull of Shir Shalom in Chagrin Falls won the prized Gold Chicken with his wealth of moyel and Geauga County jokes. But while he may have been the funniest rabbi, he certainly wasn't the only funny rabbi who performed for the crowd Wednesday. Watch all five contestants here. Rabbi Ephraim Karp of Menorah Park had recently returned from his first visit to Israel in more than a decade and he joked about the perils of modern travel. From fruit-sniffing guard dogs at the terminal to ankle-twisting airport mishaps, he wrung levity from his trip. The other competing rabbis were Rabbi Shmuel Friedman from Chabad, defending …
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Roberts participated in the Maltz Museum's competition to find Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage held its second ever Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi contest earlier this week. Dr. Kiva Shtull of Shir Shalom in Chagrin Falls won the prized Gold Chicken with his wealth of moyel and Geauga County jokes. But while he may have been the funniest rabbi, he certainly wasn't the only funny rabbi who performed for the crowd Wednesday. Watch all five contestants here. Rabbi Dan Roberts of Temple Emanu El -- the defending champion -- did his best to defend his title, breaking out the props for some of his bulletin's funniest typos and recounting a hysterical story about the time he had to perform a wedding in midair. The other competing rabbis were Rabbi Shmuel Friedman from Chabad, Rabbi Ephraim Karp from Menorah …
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Werber participated in the Maltz Museum's competition to find Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage held its second ever Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi contest earlier this week. Dr. Kiva Shtull of Shir Shalom in Chagrin Falls won the prized Gold Chicken with his wealth of moyel and Geauga County jokes. But while he may have been the funniest rabbi, he certainly wasn't the only funny rabbi who performed for the crowd Wednesday. Watch all five contestants here. Rabbi Lauren Werber of Temple B'nai Abraham joked about the differences between dining with her friends and family and her Southern Baptist in-laws. (According to Werber, one group allows for pauses in the conversation.) Watch this video to see how she and members of her synagogue even made an order for 15 waters complicated. The other competing …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Friedman competed in the Maltz Museum's competition to find Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage held its second ever Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi contest earlier this week. Dr. Kiva Shtull of Shir Shalom in Chagrin Falls won the prized Gold Chicken with his wealth of moyel and Geauga County jokes. But while he may have been the funniest rabbi, he certainly wasn't the only funny rabbi who performed for the crowd Wednesday. Watch all five contestants here. Rabbi Shmuel Friedman from Chabad cracked up the crowd with his stories of converting rabbis and jokes about his "casual Amish" wardrobe. The other competing rabbis were Rabbi Ephraim Karp from Menorah Park, defending champion Rabbi Dan Roberts from Temple Emanu El and Rabbi Lauren Werber. The contest was judged by Bert Stratton, Violet Spevack and …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Five rabbis from all around the region entertained the crowd at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage Wednesday night, but only one could be named the funniest
"This is year 5773 of the Jewish calendar," noted Victor Goodman, the master of ceremonies for the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage's second ever Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi contest. "And the thing that has kept us alive for 5,773 years is our sense of humor," he added. In the spirit of both their history and humor, five rabbis from around Cleveland competed to be named Cleveland's funniest and earn the contest's Golden Chicken. Watch all five contestants here. But it was Dr. Kiva Shtull of Shir Shalom in Chagrin Falls who won the prized poultry. It helped that he had years of experience as a moyel to pull from. The other competing rabbis were Rabbi Shmuel Friedman from Chabad, Rabbi Ephraim Karp from Menorah Park, defending champion Rabbi …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Maltz Museum hosts Purim party and funny rabbi showdown
Tonight the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage will host the Cleveland's Funniest Rabbi competition and Purim party. Tickets are $20 at the door and sold out last year. Each participating rabbi gets a few minutes to tell his or her favorite jokes, and then a winner is crowned the city's funniest. Click here to find out more about the event.
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