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REFLECTIONS
An American Story
SPRING 2009
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Where were you on 9/11/01?
Most Americans vividly remember where
they were on that day the world changed, but it was far from
the first time America faced terror and enemies operating within our borders.
The United States has been threatened by domestic terrorists and foreign agents,
Beginning April 3rd,
experience these events
through historic
photographs, themed
environments, interactive
displays, films, video,
artifacts – and much more.
With support from:
militant radicals and saboteurs, traitors and spies, ever since our founding. The
A Creation of
Enemy Within: Terror in America offers an unprecedented look at this history, from
Revolutionary times to slavery and westward expansion, through the war years to
communism, from the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building to the tragedies
of 9/11, exposing hate, radicalism, extremism and terrorism and exploring the delicate
balance between national security and civil liberties.
Exclusive!
Inside this Issue:
Essay Contest Awards Ceremony.
See who won the $100,000 scholarship.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Presidents' Day bring record crowds.
TM FOX
Traveling Exhibition
organized by
From the
executive director
Judi Feniger
A rose is still a rose, but
many words have more
ambiguous meanings.
Bad can mean good,
and a blackberry is
now more than a fruit.
Each year, the MerriamWebster dictionary
adds words that have entered common
usage - these include dwarf planet, sudoku,
prosecco and subprime. Language dates
us, creates perceptions, evokes emotions.
Holiday happenings
Take center stage at the Maltz Museum
For the second year, the Museum was open for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day and Presidents' Day, with tours, musical performances and dramatic
re-enactments.
One word that isn’t ambiguous is hate.
Like yelling fire in a crowded theater, you
don’t throw the word hate around lightly.
We used it very deliberately when naming
Stop The Hate! Youth Speak Out. It
was meant to elicit strong opinions and
it did, becoming catalyst for an explosion
of sentiment, insight and ideas from
1,200 students across seven counties in
Northeast Ohio. Every one of them is
a winner, and you can see each of their
names at www.maltzjewishmuseum.org,
even as you read about the finalists and
winner of the life-changing $100,000
scholarship.
Hate is central to The Enemy Within:
Terror in America (cover story). Focusing
on terror and the lessons of the past, we
help visitors learn about the forces that
feed hate and terror and move past them,
to build tolerance and understanding
central to our Museum’s mission.
AMERICA IS FREE AND SO ARE WE!
FREE SATURDAYS THROUGH MAY.
March madness has hit and will last all the
way through May as the Maltz Museum
opens free to the public on Saturdays,
12-5 pm. Whether Saturday is your day to
run errands, spend time with family or just
relax, make the Museum one of your
regular stops. With so many people having
a hard time right now, we want everyone
to be able to enjoy an afternoon of
entertainment, enjoyment and learning.
The Museum remains free to members all the time.
Free Saturday admission applies to individual visits only,
not to group tours.
Nate Arnold (as George Washington),
Don Kalish (as Abraham Lincoln)
Over 800 guests turned out
for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Pictured here, Docent Sonya
Shultz leads a tour through the
Permanent Collection.
Temple links learning
to Museum Exhibition
© 2009 Herb Ascherman
ZAP! POW! BAM!: The Superhero opened up a perfect opportunity
for 65 fourth-grade families from The Temple-Tifereth Israel to see how
the comic book creators modeled the heroic characteristics expressed
in the Torah. Mark Davidson, Manager of School and Family Programs
collaborated with Iree Riech, a Family Educator at The Temple to
create Chanukah: A Celebration of
Heroes as a special Sunday morning
event, held jointly at the Museum
and the synagogue. Through textbased learning tours, families gained
a greater understanding of heroism
as seen in the Hanukkah holiday.
Masked superheroes descended on the Maltz Museum for
the first-ever Cool Cleveland Kids Party. Melissa, Bradley
and Lilly Rothschild came dressed for the costume parade
and contest. Lilly (back row) took home Runner Up honors!
Students from
Randallwood
Elementary in
Warrensville Heights
spent some time
touring Zap! Pow! Bam!
Their teacher could
not tear students
away from drawing
their own comics!
Jody Heyman and her daughter work on
their dreidel-making project.
Fun with Kryptonite!
Hundreds braved the cold
to visit Maltz Museum
activities at the 5th
Annual Legacy Village
Hanukah Celebration.
The Museum provided
arts and crafts activities.
Children made candles
and “Discover Your
Inner Superhero”
shields.
© 2009 Marc Golub
Calendar of Events
EXCLUSIVE FOR
MUSEUM MEMBERS
THE ENEMY WITHIN:
Private reception for
members
Sunday, April 5, 2009 4pm to 6pm
Members, enjoy an exclusive benefitattend a special preview
of our spring exhibition.
Not a Member? Become
one today – or renew
your membership – to
get your invitation. Enjoy
food, entertainment, and
be the first to see this
exciting new show.
$18/member; children
12 and under free.
To RSVP, call the membership office
at 216.593.0583 or register online at
www.maltzjewishmuseum.
org/?myPageID=memberevent.
HOURS
Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday & Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 am – 5 pm
Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noon – 5 pm
Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Closed
MAY
Film: America at a
Crossroads: Security vs.
Liberty (60 minutes)
Wednesday, April 22, 7pm
Performance:
Unlikely Heroes—The
Amazing, True Stories of
Three Jewish Women Spies
$10/$8 members
Wednesday, May 6, 7pm
Following 9/11, the U.S. government adopted
$15/$12 members
controversial new policies to prevent
Palestine on the threshold of the First World
terrorism at home, including warrantless
War! France invaded by Nazi Germany! The
eavesdropping, the Patriot Act, and the use
newborn state of Israel threatened by Arab
of FBI sting operations. This provocative
nations! Elaine Rembrandt’s one-woman
film explores the urgent national debate
show celebrates
with compelling real-life stories of people
the fascinating
whose lives have been directly affected.
stories of
Civil rights attorney, law professor and CNN
three women
correspondent Avery Friedman leads a
spies who put
post-viewing discussion.
themselves
in harm’s way
for the Jewish
people.
CLOSED:
Erev Passover (Wednesday, April 8th) closed at 3PM
First Day of Passover (Thursday, April 9th)
Eighth Day of Passover (Wednesday, April 15th)
Memorial Day (Monday, May 25th) Shavout (Friday, May 29th)
Museum open for group tours and private events
at 9AM daily, including Mondays.
Guest Lecture: The Enemy
Within with Peter Earnest
HOLIDAY HOURS
Peter Earnest, former CIA operative and
Museum open for group tours and private events
at 9AM daily, including Mondays
Wednesday, May 20, 7pm
$15/$12 Members
Executive Director of the International
Seating is limited
Spy Museum, talks about The Enemy
To reserve tickets to programs or for more
information, call 216.593.0575.
Within with emphasis on what’s changed
DROP-IN TOURS
highlights and relevance for our country
Our Favorite Things
Wednesdays at 2pm
today, particularly for the FBI and CIA. Mr.
Free with admission
Meet your volunteer docent in the lobby for an insider’s
look at the American Story or Temple-Tifereth Israel
galleries. There’s always something new to see at the
Maltz Museum.
The Enemy Within: Terror in
America 1776 to Today
Sundays at 2pm
Free with admission
View this exciting, special exhibition with a docent-led tour!
Groups of ten or more, please schedule in advance
([email protected]).
(Tear Here)
April
For FREE admission every day, exclusive
events and reduced program fees, become a Maltz Museum
member today!
To purchase tickets or become a member, please call
216.593.0575 or email [email protected].
Check www.maltzjewishmuseum.org often for new programs.
since the exhibition was created, recent
Earnest’s
thirty-six
year career
includes
over twenty
years in the
Agency’s
Clandestine
Service.
Calendar of Events
Panel Discussion:
Our Own Backyard: Terrorism
in NorthEast Ohio
Dog Day Afternoon: Police
Dog Demonstration
JULY
Sunday, June 14, 1pm
Wednesday May 27, 7pm
Free in Museum Parking Lot
Film: Of Civil Wrongs and Rights:
The Fred Korematsu Story
(60 minutes)
$10/$8 members
Join the excitement with this awe-inspiring
Wednesday, July 8, 7pm
A cache of weapons and explosives is found
demonstration of police K-9 dogs by B.A.R.K
in a storage locker in Bedford; anti-war
(Buckeye Area Regional K-9) and see
protestors target a Cleveland art treasure;
exactly how these amazing animals keep
1999 Presidential Medal of Freedom
a bomber terrorizes the schoolchildren of
our community safe.
recipient Fred Korematsu was probably
$10/$8 members
Beachwood. Hear the inside stories from
never more American than when he
law enforcement officials who investigated
resisted, and then challenged in court, the
these and other terrorist crimes in our
forced internment of Japanese Americans
community. Panelists include U.S. Marshal
during World War II. This engrossing
Pete Elliot and bomb expert, retired Police
documentary reveals the untold story
Chief Edward Kovacic.
of the 40-year legal fight to turn a
civil injustice into a civil rights victory.
Former inturnee, Roy Ebihara leads a
JUNE
post-viewing discussion.
Officer Dana Gollner and Guido
Guest Lecture: The
Oklahoma City Bombing Reflections of a Prosecutor
Wednesday, June 24, 7pm
$10/$8 members
Music: I Ain't Marching Anymore:
Protest Music in America -1776 to Today
Wednesday, June 10, 7pm
$15/$12 members
American protest music did not begin
CSU Law School Dean Geoffrey Mearns,
Since this country's earliest times, songs
one of the federal prosecutors in the
have inspired and incited -- anti-war songs
successful prosecution of Terry Nichols
from the Revolution to Iraq; human rights
for his role in the bombing of the federal
songs from slavery to the civil rights
building in Oklahoma City, discusses why
movement; songs about everything from
Nichols and Timothy McVeigh planned
the Depression to pollution to nuclear
and executed the most deadly domestic
proliferation to urban sprawl; and in every
terrorist attack at the time in our country's
genre of music– folk, country, jazz, pop rock,
history. Dean Mearns will also discuss
punk, R&B and hip-hop. Join musicians from
lessons learned from the response
the Roots of American Music in a lively
to domestic terrorism in combating
evening of music and history.
international terrorism.
Check www.maltzjewishmuseum.org
often for new programs
(Tear Here)
with Bob Dylan, or even Woody Guthrie.
VISITOR INFORMATION
HOURS
Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday & Sunday...... 11 am – 5 pm
Wednesday .................. 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday ....................... Noon – 5 pm
Monday ......................... Closed
Closed:
Erev Passover (Wednesday, April 8th) closed at 3PM
First Day of Passover (Thursday, April 9th)
Eighth Day of Passover (Wednesday, April 15th)
Memorial Day (Monday, May 25th)
Shavout (Friday, May 29th)
Israeli products
back by popular demand
Last spring, the Museum Store debuted the colorful and exceptional Kakadu Designs
pieces. We quickly sold out as customers clamored for more! We heard your pleas
- Kakadu products fill our shelves again. Kakadu is a marriage of talents producing
functional items that are art. If you are looking for unique gifts, their handcrafted
wooden products are a delight, they are committed to
recycling and conservation. Stop by the Museum Store to
see the new collection today!
Museum open for group tours and private events at 9AM daily,
including Mondays
e: [email protected]
p: 216-593-0575
w: www.MaltzJewishMuseum.org
DROP-IN TOURS
OUR FAVORITE THINGS
Wednesdays at 2pm
Free with admission
Meet your volunteer docent in the lobby for an insider’s look
at the American Story or Temple-Tifereth Israel galleries.
There’s always something new to see at the Maltz Museum.
THE ENEMY WITHIN: TERROR IN
AMERICA 1776 TO TODAY
Sundays at 2pm
Free with admission
View this exciting, special exhibition with a docent-led tour!
Groups of ten or more, please schedule in advance
([email protected]).
The Shabbat Challah Cutting Board adds that something special to
your family's Shabbat dinner. 16" x 12" x 1", with bread knife.
$100 ($90 members)
REFLECTIONS
VOL. 4, NO. 14, SPRING 2009
The Sunset Vase is perfect to display spring
blossoms - and brighten up any home.
14" x 4 1/2."
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
$90 ($81 members)
Board of Trustees
Milton Maltz, Chair
Rene Chelm
Irving B. Fine
Jordan Goldberg
Robert D. Gries
David Katz
Alan M. Krause
Barbara Miller
Albert B. Ratner
Bill Stern
Judith Weiss
This Pomegranate Seder Plate will
liven up your Passover table - or make
a wonderful hostess gift! 15" x 2."
Tamar Maltz, President
Ronald B. Cohen
Louis Freiberg
Lois Goodman
Jacob Hennenberg
Margery Kohrman
Keith Libman
Larry Pollock
Barbara Robinson
Phil Wasserstrom
Honorary Trustee - Adele Silver
Ex-officio Members
Rabbi Richard A. Block
The Temple-Tifereth Israel
Judi Feniger
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
Stephen Hoffman
Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is a partnership of The
Maltz Family Foundation, the Jewish Community Federation’s
Centennial Initiative and The Temple-Tifereth Israel, with
research support from the Western Reserve Historical Society.
$140 ($126 members)
AMERICA IS FREE AND SO ARE WE! FREE SATURDAYS THROUGH MAY.
March madness has hit and will last all the way through May as the Maltz Museum
opens free to the public on Saturdays, 12-5 pm. Whether Saturday is your day to run
errands, spend time with family or just relax, make the Museum one of your regular
stops. With so many people having a hard time right now, we want everyone to be able
to enjoy an afternoon of entertainment, enjoyment and learning.
The Museum remains free to members all the time. Free Saturday admission applies to individual visits only, not to group tours.
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