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May 28, 2013 (Beachwood, OH) Thousands of visitors
have experienced the large-scale video installation at the Maltz
Museum and more will have the chance as Spots of Light: To Be a Woman
in the Holocaust is held over an extra week, ending its run Sunday,
June 16. A production of the Museums Division, Yad Vashem in
Jerusalem, Spots of Light is the first exhibition to focus exclusively
on Jewish women and their experiences in the Holocaust. Images move
and change before the visitor's eyes, giving historical material a new
and contemporary feel and perspective. Through these women's
initiative, creativity and courage, the exhibit demonstrates that
human beings are strong enough, even in the most difficult of
circumstances, to maintain those values which are the foundation of
humanity: motherhood, friendship, faith and love.
The Maltz Museum added its own contributions to the exhibition. In To
Be a Woman in the Holocaust: Cleveland Stories, produced exclusively
for the Maltz Museum, area filmmaker Steven Hacker interviews several
Northeast Ohio women survivors about their family's experience. Also
included are artifacts on loan from the Illinois Holocaust Museum,
including two women's uniforms worn by camp prisoners and precious
items hidden by women and retrieved after the war. Additional
artifacts from Cleveland survivors are regularly on display in the
Museum's permanent collection, An American Story.
Admission to Spots of Light is included with general admission: $12
Adults; $10 Seniors (60+); $10 Students (12+, including college
students); $5 Children (5-11); Maltz Museum Members and children under
5 years of age are admitted free. The Maltz Museum is open Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday, and Sunday 11am - 5pm; Wednesday 11am - 9pm; and
Saturday 12 - 5pm.
Signature Sponsors: BNY Mellon; Karen & Alan Krause; and Audrey &
Albert Ratner
Benefactor Sponsors: Creekside Financial Advisors; Lou Freiberg; PNC
Bank; and Shul Boys
Patron Sponsors: Beth & Bob Brandon; Alvin, Lottie, and Rachel Gray
Fund; Kol Israel Foundation; McCarthy Lebit Crystal & Liffman Co., LPA;
Notre Dame College; Betty Rosskamm and Family; Sisters of Charity
Foundation of Cleveland; Lauren & Steve Spilman; and Ursuline College.
About Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage: The Museum of Diversity and
Tolerance
Opened in 2005, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage introduces
visitors to the beauty and diversity of that heritage in the context
of the American experience, promotes an understanding of Jewish
history, religion and culture and builds bridges of tolerance and
understanding with people of all religions, races, cultures and ethnic
backgrounds. It includes An American Story, tracing Ohio's immigrant
history and heritage, and The Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery, an
internationally-recognized collection of Judaica. One admission fee
includes unlimited access, and all levels of membership include
unlimited admission.
Learn more at maltzmuseum.org or 216.593.0575. Become a friend on
Facebook, or follow us on Twitter.
Adam Teresi
Operations & Media Coordinator
216.593.0584
ateresi@mmjh.org |
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