Looking for a gift this holiday season? Let me personally recommend a Smateria bag from the Museum Store. While initially I was attracted to the design and generous size of the large cross-body design, I worried it might be cumbersome. After…

This Giving Tuesday, give a gift that your colleagues, friends and family can enjoy all year long! On November 29, we’re offering 20% off new and gift  Individual, Household and Advocate memberships.  #GivingTuesday Members also receive a free 80-page Museum catalogue.…

The most requested student tour at the Maltz Museum is a Holocaust tour followed by a survivor talk. You can see the difference the physical countenance of a high school student before and after they have a chance to talk…

We need your help to recognize students who stand up to indifference and discrimination. Each year, we reward student upstanders with $100,000 in scholarships, awards and anti-bias grants. This year we anticipate receiving more essay submissions in our annual Youth…

In 1902 Mt. Sinai was just a 29-bed institution on Prospect Avenue. Operational because of the fundraising efforts of The Jewish Women’s Hospital Society, the hospital provided free care, regardless of race and religion. As a result of the growing…

In June, Akron native Courtney Krieger joined Maltz Museum staff as Manager of Student Learning and Community Engagement. Prior to joining the Maltz team, she taught in the Jewish Studies Department at The Lippman School in Akron, Ohio. Courtney also…

Irene Shaland and her husband Alex have a lifelong passion for travel, evidenced by the fact that their daughter had visited 24 countries even before graduating high school. Irene, an author, educator and lecturer, regularly captivates Maltz Museum audiences with…

Last night, for an hour or so here at the Maltz Museum, the antidote to our country’s state of conflict felt shockingly, impossibly simple. How do we overcome fear and mistrust? We meet people, we talk to them and we…

In June, Maltz Museum Members shared a bagel and coffee with the Honorable Judge Bruce J. Einhorn, a former Special Federal Prosecutor and Chief of Litigation for the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Special investigations. In that capacity, Judge Einhorn…

The Torah commands us to wear Tzitzit (fringes) at the corners of our garments as a reminder of mitzvot (good deeds).  The mitzvah to wear tzitzit applies only to four-cornered garments, which were common in biblical times but are not…