Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at Temple–Tifereth Israel is a 1200-seat historic arts and religious venue on the campus of

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located on the Hough and University Circle border at Silver Park in Cleveland, Ohio. The converted

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serves as the main performance venue of the Case Western Reserve music department and holds campus special events. Silver Hall is still used by the local Jewish congregation for yearly religious and special events. In 2021,
Phase 2 construction project
was completed, which added additional performing arts spaces to the Temple. Phase 2 consists of two theaters, scenic and costume shops, classrooms, storage, and the offices of the CWRU Department of Theater, which manages operations of the additional space.

History

Completed in 1924, the temple served as the home

for the Tifereth-Israel. A large W. W. Kimball pipe organ was built for the opening, with specifications designed by temple organist Carleton H. Bullis. In 1963, a branch synagogue, Tifereth-Israel, was established in suburban Beachwood, which is now the main place of worship. The congregation now known as The Temple - Tifereth Israel still owns the University Circle building, whose Silver Sanctuary, named for longtime rabbi,

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, is still used on the High Holy Days as well as for life cycle events and meetings. In Mar 2010,

and the Temple Tifereth-Israel announced a historic partnership to create the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, which was led by a donation of $12 million from the Maltz Family Foundation of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. The university estimates that the total renovation of the building will require $25.6 million, with an additional $7 million needed for construction of a pedestrian bridge/walkway to connect the building to the university campus. Renovations and conversions were completed in 2015. The multi-phased project, carried out by architectural firm

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, allowed the sanctuary to accommodate music performances, lectures, as well as a place of worship and expanded the facility for the university’s theater and dance departments.

Temple Museum of Religious Art

The Temple at University Circle is one of three gallery locations for the Temple Museum of Religious Art, operated by Temple-Tifereth Israel. Other locations include the Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery at the

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is a private non-profit museum in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood that celebrates the history of the Jewish community of Greater Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, as well as the diversity of the human experience ...

and Temple Tifereth-Israel in Beachwood. The museum was founded in 1950 by Rabbi

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. They depict

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, Samson and

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References

External links

Cleveland Jewish History: History of The Temple

Temple Museum of Religious Art

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