Venue: Maltz Performing Arts Center
Address: 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 44106
Town: Cleveland, US

The Maltz Performing Arts Center, officially the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, is a 1200-seat historic arts and religious venue on the campus of Case Western Reserve University, located at 1855 Ansel Road, in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. The center is contained within the Temple-Tifereth Israel synagogue building, located at Silver Park, on the border between the neighborhoods of Hough and University Circle. The converted Reform Jewish synagogue, known as The University Temple, The Temple, or the Silver Sanctuary, serves as the main performance venue of the Case Western Reserve music department and holds campus special events. Silver Hall is used by the local Jewish congregation for annual religious and special events. Sited on a triangular block, excavation for the new structure began on December 4, 1922; and on May 13, 1923, the cornerstone was laid. The Temple was designed by architect Charles R. Greco in a mix of Byzantine Revival and Romanesque Revival styles. Built from Indiana limestone and marble, the heptagonal sanctuary is topped by a yellow-tiled 90-foot (27 m) dome, with two smaller domes flanking the entrance. Completed in 1924 as a costs of $1.5 million, The Temple was dedicated over the High Holy Days on September 19-21. The sanctuary contains three notable stained glass windows by Arthur Szyk that depict Gideon, Samson and Judah Maccabee. A large W. W. Kimball pipe organ was built for the opening, with specifications designed by temple organist Carleton H. Bullis. The Temple served as the home synagogue for the Tifereth-Israel congregation until 1963. The congregation was served by rabbis Abba Hillel Silver, from 1917 until his death in 1963, and by his son, Daniel Jeremy Silver, from 1963 until his death in 1989. In 1990, the congregation rededicated the sanctuary as the Silver Sanctuary, in their honor. The Temple was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1974. In 1963, a branch synagogue, The Te