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Two floral oil paintings on copper plates.

Ohio auction house halts sale of paintings looted during the Holocaust and billed as ‘unclaimed property’

The Monuments Men and Women Foundation linked the 17th-century works to Adolphe Schloss, a German Jew whose collection was seized by the Nazis.

Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov speaking at a concert from a white sheet of paper.

Israeli conductor calls for end to Gaza war in London concert: ‘What’s happening now is atrocious’

Meanwhile, a Belgian festival canceled another Israeli conductor’s performance, citing uncertainty over his stance toward the “genocidal regime in Tel Aviv.”

‘Free Palestine,’ Jewish actor Hannah Einbinder says in Emmys speech as Hollywood debates growing Israeli film industry boycott

Paramount publicly opposed the boycott petition as Andrew Garfield added his name.

Comic Gianmarco Soresi mines his mixed Jewish background for laughs

Oct. 7 documentary briefly axed from lineup wins Toronto film festival’s People’s Choice Award

At least 5 countries have said they will or could boycott Eurovision if Israel is included

This is how New Yorkers celebrated the High Holidays at the turn of the 20th century

Sam Sussman’s novel is about his Jewish mom and the teasing possibility that Bob Dylan is his dad

Emma Stone walks the red carpet in Venice

Emma Stone, Jonathan Glazer join growing list of Hollywood figures boycotting Israeli film institutions

The cast of "The Matriarchs," which opens at Theaterlab on Sept. 10 and plays through Sept. 28. (Miranda Jackel)

Women of the Torah step into the spotlight as contemporary bat mitzvah girls in a new play

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