Stop the Hate!

Eight student finalists from the annual Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out! essay contest were welcomed by Mayor Frank G. Jackson, Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley and Councilman Joe Cimperman (Ward 3) along with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage Executive Director Ellen Rudolph and Education and Public Programs Director, Jeffery Allen, to Cleveland City Hall.

The Maltz Museum was founded in collaboration between The Maltz Family Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Centennial Initiative and The Temple-Tifereth Israel with research support from the Western Reserve Historical Society. Mr. Milton Maltz, cofounder, and his wife, Tamar, are very active and extremely passionate about the mission of the museum.

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage challenged students in grades 6-12 to take personal responsibility to combat hatred, discrimination and intolerance by participating in the Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out! essay contest. The Stop the Hate! Youth Speak Out! essay contest is an initiative that supports Cleveland’s mission to build bridges of appreciation, tolerance and understanding.

Thousands of local students entered the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage 2015 Essay Contest for middle and high school students to share their thoughts on ending intolerance and the winners received prizes for their essays. The winning high school students are:

• Abby White from Shaker Heights High School
• Amani Hill from Shaker Heights High School
• Julia Gentner from Rocky River High School
• Jessica Neundorf from Fairview High School
• Alexis Boone from Glenville High School
• Lea Kayali from Shaker Heights High School
• Christina Charlillo from Charles F. Brush High School
• Samantha Spear from Chargin Falls High School
• Carrie Kubicki from Firelands High School
• Apoorva Vallampati from Aurora High School

Youth Speak Out & Youth Sing Out 2015 Finalists

Maltz Museum 2015 Stop the Hate Photos