A Belgian music festival has cancelled a performance by an orchestra over a lack of clarity on its conductor’s views on Gaza.

In 2023, Kirk said "Jews have been some of the largest funders of cultural Marxist ideas and supporters of those ideas over the last 30 or 40 years."

The Israeli whisky community embraces innovation and creativity,” Whisky Live 2025 opens Wednesday at Expo TLV, marking the third year Israel’s largest international whisky event has called Pavilion 10 home.

Controversy erupts over a Belgian festival's decision to cancel a concert by the Munich Philharmonic featuring Israeli conductor Lahav Shani; 'Grounded' at LACMA, 'Fiddler on the Roof' and Neil Young.

Culture proves it: Jewish law, Hebrew prayers, festivals like Passover and Yom Kippur, these kept the nation alive even when scattered across the globe. Jews preserved their peoplehood without land, army, or state for 2,000 years, waiting for the chance to return.

They join several progressive Jews who have long been vocal pro-Palestinian activists, including Ilana Glazer, Hannah Einbinder, Emma Seligman and Wallace Shawn.

Filmmakers Jonathan Glazer and actors Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara are among the latest to sign the letter, which Film Workers for Palestine published this week.

The protests, held in late August, were part of a broader campaign urging Microsoft to cut ties with Israel during its military offensive in Gaza. Employees occupied Smith’s office and blocked furniture in what they saw as a last resort.

The Israeli airstrikes in Yemen that killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 130 others also caused damaged to Yemen's national museum and other historical sites in its capital city, the Houthi Ministry of Culture said Thursday.