Tulsa T-Shirt Company Steps Up To Help Museum After Holocaust Memorial Vandalism

A local t-shirt company is selling shirts to raise money for the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art. 

Holocaust remembrance statues were vandalized at the museum three weeks ago, causing $15,000 dollars in damage. 

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The Hebrew phrase, Tikkun Olam, meaning "Repairing the world" will be printed on T-shirts and sold by Mythic Press, a screen-printing company in Tulsa.

Owner Cole Cunningham said this was just one way the company could help after Holocaust remembrance statues were vandalized at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Art. 

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"We're really invested in the city of Tulsa as well as the arts community, so this project was a small way we could give back here," Cunningham said. 

The museum's curator Mickel Yantz said the museum is grateful for the outpouring of love and support they've seen since the vandalism. He said since it has happened, more people have wanted to learn more about the museum and Holocaust education. 

"It's kind of blossomed into bringing the community together and help that education grow in ways that we haven't thought of before," Yantz said.  

Cunningham said they have already raised $1,200 and through this fundraiser they are a little bit closer to repairing the world. 

"So, the message is really right on track here, and while we may not fix the world, this is one small thing we can do to help," Cunningham said. 

The museum said they hope to have the statues repaired by the fall. 

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