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• Returned Nazi-looted art donated to Boston Museum of Fine Arts

  February 23, 2015 1:04pm

  Millions of dollars worth of works from the collection of Alphonse and Clarice de Rothschild of Vienna was made by Bettina Burr, a granddaughter of the couple from the famed Jewish banking dynasty and a museum trustee.

• At Boston festival, shining light on disabilities through film

  February 19, 2015 1:31pm

  “Special Interview,” a charming Israeli documentary about two disabled Israelis pursuing their dream interview with President Barack Obama, will show at the Boston Jewish Film Festival this month.

• Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery defender

  February 4, 2015 2:23pm

  Meet Anna Chipczynska, the Jewish Community of Warsaw’s dynamic, straight-talking president who is on a mission to restore the city’s oldest Jewish cemetery.

• Brandeis President Frederick Lawrence leaving post

  February 1, 2015 6:57am

  Lawrence, in his fifth year guiding the Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian school, said he will return to full-time scholarship at Yale Law School.

• Boston Jewish day schools receive $11 million challenge grant

  January 26, 2015 2:05pm

  The gift from George Krupp, chief executive of Berkshire Property Advisors, and wife Liz will support long-term tuition assistance for middle-class families.

• Adaptation of classic Yiddish tale wins top Sydney Taylor award

  January 21, 2015 8:46am

  “My Grandfather’s Coat” was recognized in the younger readers category of the annual children’s book awards given by Association of Jewish Libraries.

• Auschwitz Foundation close to endowment goal

  January 19, 2015 7:51am

  In advance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation said it has raised $140 million of its approximately $156 million campaign goal.

• Children’s books: Celebrating Eric Kimmel’s Hershel, meeting new characters

  December 11, 2014 5:02pm

  Along with a 25th anniversary edition of his “Hershel and Hanukkah Goblins,” Kimmel also has a new Hanukkah book among the crop of holiday offerings.

• Israeli rowing team debuts in world’s largest event

  October 19, 2014 12:13pm

  For the first time, an Israeli rowing team is being represented in the Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest two-day rowing event.

• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg letters available online

  October 12, 2014 3:07pm

  A new website on convicted Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg provides access to a collection of more than 500 letters between the couple while they were imprisoned.