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April 26, 2015 – (Cleveland, OH) – More than a half dozen organizations across the community have come together to bring the historic Violins of Hope to Northeast Ohio this fall. Played before and during the Holocaust, the instruments have been painstakingly restored and serve as testaments to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of music to lift hearts in even the most horrific of circumstances.

Among the organizations inspired to partner on a project combining performances, educational programs and a major exhibition are:  The Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve, the Cleveland Institute of Music, Facing History and Ourselves, ideastream, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

“The opportunity to bring these extraordinary instruments to greater Cleveland immediately united organizations and individuals across the region,” said Richard Bogomolny, Musical Arts Association Chairman of the Board and one of the leaders of the Violins of Hope Cleveland effort. “A profound personal story lives within each violin, and together they possess the potential to leave an indelible impact on every person who sees and hears them.”

Details about all of these programs and events, including ticket information, will be available this summer.  More details about the project and associated activities can be found at violinsofhopecle.org.

Amnon Weinstein, a second-generation violin-maker based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has collected and repaired more than 45 Holocaust-era violins from around the world, some with the Star of David on the back and others with names and dates inscribed within the instrument. The violins have been played in concerts around the world, most recently by the Berlin Philharmonic in late January of this year.

The Cleveland visit will mark the violins’ second trip to the U.S. The violins first came to this country in the spring of 2012, when the University of North Carolina Charlotte hosted a two-week visit. UNC Charlotte musicology professor James A. Grymes published Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust – Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour last year and is curating an exhibition of the violins at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage that runs from Oct. 1 through Jan. 3, 2016.

Among the highlights of Violins of Hope Cleveland will be a September concert featuring The Cleveland Orchestra, under the direction of Franz Welser-Möst, which will dedicate newly renovated Silver Hall, part of Case Western Reserve’s Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel.

“These violins carry extraordinary meaning across generations,” said Milton Maltz, one of those who catalyzed the effort to bring the instruments here. “To have members of one of the world’s finest orchestras play them in the newly renovated Silver Hall, and also have them available to view at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, represents a remarkable opportunity for education of people’s hearts and minds.”

Members of the Cleveland Orchestra will play the restored violins, while the Israeli violin virtuoso Shlomo Mintz also will perform with one of the instruments. The hall is named for The Temple’s longtime leader, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, who also was among the leaders in the effort to establish the nation of Israel after World War II.

“We can think of no more fitting way to mark the opening of Silver Hall than this extraordinary concert,” Case Western Reserve President Barbara R. Snyder said. “We also look forward to hosting extensive public programs featuring our faculty and collaborating with the rest of the organizations involved.”

ideastream, the region’s nonprofit public media organization that includes WVIZ/PBS, 90.3 WCPN, and WCLV 104.9 Classical, will record September’s Violins of Hope Cleveland Concert live for broadcast by WVIZ/PBS and WCLV Classical 104.9 radio. ideastream also will develop a half-hour documentary highlighting Northeast Ohio’s experiences with the project as well as individual stories involving the instruments.

“This is a once-in-a lifetime event for the Greater Cleveland community, and it’s essential to record and document the series of Violins of Hope events and exhibitions,” said Kit Jensen, ideastream chief operating officer. ”The live broadcasts and recordings will amplify the amount of people who can participate in this uniquely historic project, both today and in the future.”

Case Western Reserve faculty already have begun planning lectures and programs that will provide students and the broader Cleveland community opportunities to learn more about the complex role of music in concentration camps and the larger religious, cultural and historical contexts involved. The university’s Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will play a pivotal role in outreach across the region, and also will join with the Department of Judaic Studies to bring internationally renowned Jewish scholars to speak in Cleveland.

Local students also will have ample opportunity to participate in public programming, and to consider the violins within their classrooms. The Cleveland regional office of Facing History and Ourselves has scheduled teacher workshops and is developing lessons and other materials for Northeast Ohio educators to use.   Facing History is an international non-profit education organization dedicated to using lessons from history to encourage students to consider how their own choices can make a positive impact on society. 

“These violins are a dramatic memorial to the lives lost in the Holocaust,” said Mark Swaim-Fox, Director of the Cleveland office of Facing History. “Learning about their story is an emotional lens that allows students to experience the many ways that Jews in Europe used music to survive and to resist the Nazis.”

The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) Orchestra, meanwhile, will present Music of the Violins of Hope, a free concert for the community at Severance Hall on October 14 in which CIM students play the restored violins from the Holocaust. In addition, CIM will present several faculty and student concerts featuring chamber music of the time, including music written by composers held in concentration camps. CIM's Distance Learning program will support the project's education efforts with offerings that prepare students and area residents for their visit to the exhibition and concerts.

“The Violins of Hope will serve as a reminder to us all of the timeless power of music over adversity,” said Joel Smirnoff, President and CEO of CIM. “The Cleveland Institute of Music is proud to partner in bringing these historic instruments to Cleveland and in bringing their sound back to life for our community.”

The breadth of activities planned for Violins of Hope Cleveland touches multiple elements of the mission of the 112-year-old Jewish Federation of Cleveland – perhaps most significantly in the organization’s commitment “to promote the well-being of our community.”

“The Jewish Federation of Cleveland is thrilled and proud to be a partner in bringing the Violins of Hope to Cleveland.  Through this program, our entire community will have the opportunity to learn about the enduring lessons of the Holocaust–not only the tragedy brought about by baseless hatred but also the resilience of the Jewish people,” said Hedy Milgrom, Chief Development Officer at the Federation. “One manifestation of that resilience is embodied in the violins owned and played by thousands of Jews, most of whom perished, but some of whom survived. These violins were played throughout the years of the Holocaust–because where there was music, there was hope.  And through these violins, the Jews who perished are immortalized and serve as an inspiration for us today.”

To learn more about programming and events, please visit the Violins of Hope Cleveland website, www.violinsofhopecle.org.

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Violins of Hope Cleveland is a community-wide collaboration that aims to inform, educate and inspire people throughout the Midwest. Played by Jewish prisoners in Nazi concentration camps, the instruments have been collected and restored by Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein for more than two decades. The historic violins have been played in concerts from Jerusalem to Berlin and Charlotte, NC, and provide a rare opportunity to explore unique stories behind each instrument and the individuals who owned them. Throughout the fall of 2015, a diverse range of nonprofit organizations will sponsor performances, lectures, an exhibition and other public programming. The partners are: The Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve, the Cleveland Institute of Music, Facing History and Ourselves, ideastream, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.  For more information, please visit violinsofhopecle.org.

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Museum Visit Preparation Materials

Facing History and Ourselves, together with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, has prepared four lessons that teachers can use to prepare their students for a visit to the exhibition. Because the focus of the exhibition is the violins and the role of music during the period, it is recommended that students have some understanding of the Holocaust before they arrive. The lessons provide background about richness of Jewish life in Europe prior to World War II; the Nazi rise to power; and the impact of Nazi tyranny on the Jewish people and others,which led to genocide. They also offer an opportunity for students to consider the role that music played for the Jewish people, both in creating community before the War and sustaining the spirit and resisting oppression once the era of Nazi tyranny began.

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Books & Study Guides

Facing History and Ourselves’ classroom study materials provide a meaningful yet flexible structure for examining the complex events and ideas of the Holocaust. They are used to teach lessons of identity, membership in society, and the legacies of history and prejudice. All publications are available as a free download to Qualified Facing History educators. Visitfacinghistory.org/publications.

Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior
Our core resource, Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior provides an interdisciplinary approach to citizenship education. Students move from thought to judgement to participation as they confront the moral questions inherent in a study of violence, racism, antisemitism and bigotry.

Study Guide to the MTV Film I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
During the Holocaust, a handful of young people chose to write and record in diaries throughout Europe. The documentary film developed by MTV weaves together excerpts of young writers’diaries covering the years 1937-1944. The companion study guide aims to help educators use the voices of these young writers from the film as a springboard for discussion and reflection on the value of these diaries as historical sources and literary records.

Decision-Making in Times of Injustice
Decision-Making in Times of Injustice, a 17-lesson unit, is designed to help middle school educators use the materials in Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior, as well as other Facing History resources. This unit has been designed to help students learn about this important moment in history while deepening their understanding of themes such as peer pressure, obedience, fear and self-preservation, opportunism, and prejudice.

Common Core Writing Prompts and Strategies: Holocaust and Human Behavior
This resource connects our core work, Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior, with writing prompts that align with the expectations of the Common Core State Standards. This supplementary guide includes specific writing prompts and teaching strategies that ask students to use evidence as they craft a formal argumentative essay. The resource features effective writing strategies for general use in the social studies or English classroom.

Finding a Voice: Musicians in Terezin 
Soon after Hitler and his Nazi party took over Germany in 1933, they began to isolate and then eliminate Jews and other “racial enemies.” By the late 1930s, Jews could no longer own radios or record players. They were banned from movie theatres, concert halls, and cabarets. Their music, art, and literature were labeled “degenerate,”even immoral. This study guide is designed to help teachers and their students use the accompanying CD explores the role of the arts and artists in that extraordinary place. It is music that deepens our understanding not only of creativity but also of courage, resilience, and resistance. Their music is a part of the history of Terezin and of the Holocaust.

Facing History and Ourselves: The Jews of Poland
Facing History and Ourselves: The Jews of Poland considers the ways Jews and their non-Jewish neighbors in Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe responded to questions of identity, membership, and difference at various times in their shared history. Students explore this history by reading autobiographies, diaries, official documents, literary works, and other sources.

I Promised I Would Tell
Sonia Weitz tells her story through poetry and testimony about her life during the Holocaust in I Promised I Would Tell. She gives life to the millions of children, men and women who were murdered in Europe because they were Jews. Her personal memories and poetry give a history to mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters.

Schindler’s List
The award-winning film Schindler’s List provides an opportunity to both preserve and judge the past through a medium that is accessible to every high school student. This study guide is designed to help teachers make the most of that opportunity by fostering classroom reflection and discussion.

Totally Unofficial: Raphael Lemkin and the Genocide Convention
This guide highlights the story of Raphael Lemkin who is known for coining the term geno-cide. Lemkin challenges us to think deeply about what it will take for individuals, groups, and nations to understand and recognize genocide prevention.

Night: The Study Guide
Night: The Study Guide explores the relationship between memory and identity and also consid-ers what it means to be a witness to collective violence. This guide accompanies the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, which focuses on the final year of the Holocaust—a year the author spent at Auschwitz, a Nazi death camp.

Shot by Shot: The Holocaust in German-Occupied Soviet Territory
Shot by Shot: The Holocaust in German-Occupied Soviet Territory, an ebook by Joshua Rubenstein, author and associate at Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian studies, contains personal surivor testimony and archival video footage as well as primary source documents that provide detailed perspectives of the events unfolding during the Holocaust in viet territories.

Sacred Texts, Modern Questions: Connecting Ethics and History Through a Jewish Lens
Sacred Texts, Modern Questions is a resource designed specifically for educators in a Jewish setting. This five-unit collection of lessons explores sacred texts of the past and the questions that shape our present. It makes connections between instances of moral courage in Pharaoh’s Egypt, struggles of conscience and faith in Hitler’s Europe, and readings from today’s influential thinkers. Our goal is to integrate original Facing History resources with biblical, rabbinic, and contemporary Jewish sources.

A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism, Phyllis Goldstein
A Convenient Hatred chronicles a very particular hatred through powerful stories that allow readers to see themselves in the tarnished mirror of history. It raises important questions about the consequences of our assumptions and beliefs and the ways we, as individuals and as members of society, make distinctions between us and them, right ansd wrong, good and evil. These questions are both universal and particular.

Online Modules

Each module includes a rich collection of primary sources, videos, and lesson plan ideas. These online resources are ideal for blended and flipped classroom design or other classroom use.

Two Who Dared: The Sharps’ War
In 1939, Waitstill and Martha Sharp left behind the safety of their home in Wellesley, Massachusetts and flew to war-torn Europe. In Nazi-occupied Prague and Paris, in the grim detention camps of Vichy France and on hidden trails through the Pyrenees, they risked their lives to help feed, shelter, and rescue thousands of refugees, including anti-Nazi dissidents and Jews. This module explores the role of the United States during the Holocaust and the stroy of the Sharps as it asks the question: what motivates people to rescue others?

A Convenient Hatred: Exploring the History of Antisemitism
For more than 35 years, Facing History and Ourselves has been connecting the past to the moral and ethical issues of our own time by exploring histories that raise profound questions about the nature of evil, the power of stereotypes and myths, and the importance of prevention. A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism, evolved over centuries and how it continues to shape attitudes and beliefs in the world today. The book and module aim to help students understand how this pernicious hatred began and, most importantly, why it persists despite heroic efforts to overcome it. This resource will inspire deep conversations about hatreds in general, as well as this particular hatred, and encourage positive action.

The Rescuers
This online module is designed to complement the film The Rescuers, directed by award-winning filmmaker Michael King. The Rescuers traces the effort of twelve diplomats who served in Europe during the Holocaust and, at great risk to themselves (and at times their loved ones), assisted Jews in their attempt to flee Nazi persecution. The film follows Sir Martin Gilbert and Stephanie Nyombayire, a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide who has become an anti-genocide activist in recent years. Gilbert is an acclaimed and prolific British historian, who is one of the foremost historians on the Holocaust.

The Weimar Republic: The Fragility of Democracy
In this module, students will find readings that provide context and background on the Weimar Republic in Germany (1919-1933). The collection of primary source documents assembled on this website creates a fascinating picture of a complex society at a crossroads in a nation’s history. The website also presents a series of profiles of key Weimar personalities whose actions and choices helped shape the course of events. The history of the Weimar Republic illuminates one of the most creative and crucial periods in the twentieth century and serves as a significant case study of the critical issues of our own time. Many of the questions asked about the Weimar Republic are relevant to problems that individuals and societies face in the twenty-first century.

Jewish Education Center of Greater Cleveland

The Jewish Education Center of Greater Cleveland has created a lesson plan built around a quotation from the work of Elie Wiesel: “Hope is like peace, it is not a gift from God. It is a gift we can only give to each other.” With the Holocaust as their focus, students working with this learning guide will consider the meaning of hope; the ways in which hope gets passed from one person to another; and the importance of hope in the face of oppression. This lesson provides students with a basic understanding that will provide context for viewing the Violins of Hope exhibition at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

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View recent press releases and news mentions of Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust.

Press Releases:

• 'Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust’ Named VIFF 2016 Best Documentary
• WVIZ/PBS ideastream production Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust
  premieres Monday, Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. on WVIZ/PBS

News:

• PBS NewsHour | Restoring hope by repairing violins of the Holocaust
• Cleveland.com | 'Violins of Hope' project left deep, long-lasting impact on Northeast Ohio (analysis)
• Cleveland Jewish News | Violins of Hope to air on PBS in February

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At an Education and Workforce Development event held at the State Capitol, featured speakers State Senator Peggy Lehner and Stanford University Economist Eric Hanushek assessed the state of Ohio's workforce and looked to future needs.

Goal: By 2025, 65% of Ohio's workforce will have a 2-year, 4-year, or certified marketable skill.

There is important work ahead for our state given that today only 44% of Ohioans have reached one or more of these skill levels.  Also notable is Ohio's rank as 33rd in the nation in educational attainment.

This informative video, packed with facts and statistics, is a joint effort between WOSU (Columbus) and CET (Cincinnati). ideastream is partnering with these two PBS stations as part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting funded statewide public media collaborative, American Graduate: Getting To Work.   

The purpose of the collaborative is to assess workforce challenges and opportunities, and to produce content focused on the essential skills needed for students and workers to succeed in the job markets of today and tomorrow.

LeBron James has decided to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers again – and this time he’s taking his talents to… Los Angeles.

In a brief statement Sunday evening, Klutch Sports Group, James’ management company, announced that he has signed a four-year, $154 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The announcement caps months of speculation about where James might play the next phase of his career, and unites arguably the best player of his generation with one of the National Basketball Association’s iconic franchises.

James, who for the first time in his career with be playing in the NBA’s Western Conference, thanked Northeast Ohio and its fans in an Instagram post. In text over a photo from the Cavs' 2016 NBA championship victory parade, James said:

"Thank you Northeast Ohio for an incredible 4 seasons. This will always be home."

A native of Akron, James, 33, played two stints with the Cavaliers. He initially joined the team right out of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School as the top pick in the 2003 draft. By 2007, he had led the Cavaliers to the team’s first-ever NBA Finals. But Cleveland was swept by the San Antonio Spurs and after failing multiple times to return to the championship round, James left Cleveland as a free agent in the summer of 2010, signing with the Miami Heat.

There he joined fellow superstars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh and together they went to the finals four straight years, winning twice.

Then in 2014, James stunned basketball fans by leaving Miami to return to Cleveland. He led the Cavs to the Eastern Conference title each of the next four seasons. Each time they played the Golden State Warriors in the league finals, and three times the Cavs came up short, despite herculean efforts by James.

When they won in 2016, the Cavs not only overcame a 3-1 deficit, they became the first Cleveland team to win a major professional championship since 1964. The parade celebrating that victory drew more than one million people to downtown Cleveland.

By then the disappointment and anger that marked James' departure in 2010 had been transformed into a potent combination of gratitude and awe as Cavalier fans realized that were they were witnessing one of the all-time greats at the peak of his athletic power -- and the fact that he was a native son returned home made it all the sweeter.

A written statement from Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert credited James with "delivering the long elusive championship that many thought they would never see.

"None of this would have happened if LeBron James did not agree to come back home and lead the Cavaliers to the promised land. The entire Cavaliers franchise thanks LeBron for that precious moment," the statement read.

Gilbert wished James and his family "nothing but the best," adding that the team would retire James' #23 jersey "one day down the line..."

James has been an NBA All-Star in 14 of his 15 seasons. In addition, he has won four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards, two Olympic gold medals, three All-Star Game MVP awards, an NBA scoring title, and is the all-time NBA playoffs scoring leader.

During his four years since returning to Cleveland, James averaged 26 points with 7.7 rebounds and 8.0 assists. His career scoring average is 27.2 points a game.

In addition, his LeBron James Family Foundation has invested heavily in the lives of at-risk youngsters in his hometown of Akron. Among its many initiatives is a charter school that is set to open later this month.

In Los Angeles, James will become the latest in a long line of Laker superstars that stretches back to the earliest days of the NBA when the team was in Minneapolis (hence its name) and center George Mikan was the game's best big man. Since the franchise moved west in 1960, its stars have included Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. The Lakers have won 16 NBA titles, the last in 2010. The team has struggled most seasons since, and the Warriors have emerged as the dominant team in the Western Conference and the NBA.