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Demonstrators gather holding flags and placards as they attend a protest against antisemitism and extremism, in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
June 16, 2026, 2:15 pm
The new Jewish resilience
Rising hostility has left many British Jews questioning their future in the UK, but across the community a determined effort is underway to forge alliances and secure the future
By Keith Black
From left, Dr Paul Collins, British Museum Keeper of the Middle East, Board of Deputies Liat Rosenthal, Adrian Cohen and Dr Nicholas Cullinan, British Museum director
June 11, 2026, 7:54 pm
British Museum defies intimidation to host ancient Israel lecture
Rescheduled Jewish Culture Month lecture proceeds without interruption
By Jenni Frazer
British Museum (Creative Commons/Ham)
June 9, 2026, 3:14 pm
New date confirmed for postponed British Museum ancient Israel lecture
Jewish Culture Month event will now take place on 11 June after organisers delayed original take over security concerns
By Annabel Sinclair
Main entrance to the British Museum, London, UK
June 3, 2026, 3:15 pm
British Museum chief defends Jewish Culture Month postponement amid free speech row
Director says Jewish lecture became a “flashpoint” over protest and intimidation as museum vows event will go ahead this month
By Annabel Sinclair
Tapestry Of Trees, a Bayeux Tapestry-inspired installation from garden designer Andy Sturgeon, is displayed outside the British Museum.
May 31, 2026, 11:19 am
British Museum evacuated after ‘suspicious device’ found days after Jewish event postponed
Police were called to the museum at around 2.50pm and between 12,000 and 16,000 visitors were evacuated as a precaution
By Adam Decker
After posters of a missing Jewish girl in Toronto were ripped down, signs were put up to replace them
May 29, 2026, 10:58 am
A column condemning cowardice
If we allow cowardice to become our culture, then our culture itself becomes impossible to defend
By Leo Pearlman
The British Museum’s Egyptian sculpture gallery
May 28, 2026, 5:36 pm
British cultural life – Jewish or otherwise – cannot bow to gangs of ideological activists
The planned disruption at a British Museum Jewish Culture Month event is the latest example of an attack on history using the methods of intimidation and vandalism
By Simon Sebag Montefiore
British Museum (Creative Commons/Ham)
May 28, 2026, 5:08 pm
British Museum: Jewish event will take place in early June despite protest fears
Kemi Badenoch among the critics of the museum’s decision to postpone the event after it was told a “significant proportion” of attendees were planning to disrupt it
By Jewish News Reporter
British Museum (Creative Commons/Ham)
May 28, 2026, 3:30 pm
Organisation offers to pay British Museum’s ‘security costs’ to allow Jewish history event to proceed
The Free Speech Union described the suspension of the event, which was due to take place on Thursday night, as 'abject and unacceptable'
By JN Reporter
Main entrance to the British Museum, London, UK
May 28, 2026, 12:34 pm
The organised alienation of Jewish culture, emboldened by the British Museum
An incremental, bureaucratically managed exclusion of Jews from British public life is taking place
By Dov Forman
Dr Ittai Gradel, the antiquities dealer who helped expose the British Museum theft scandal, died aged 61 after a battle with cancer. Photo via The Telegraph
April 28, 2026, 5:16 pm
Jewish antiquities dealer who exposed British Museum theft scandal dies aged 61
Israeli-born antiquities dealer honoured by museum before death after helping uncover missing artefacts case
By Annabel Sinclair
The British Museum’s Egyptian sculpture gallery
March 10, 2026, 1:22 pm
Performers urge British Museum to show support for Palestine
More than 200 artists accuse the British Museum of “historical erasure” and demand solidarity with Palestinians and review of BP partnership
By JN Reporter
(Credit: Board of Deputies of British Jews)
March 9, 2026, 1:53 pm
Board of Deputies announces major UK venues for country’s first Jewish Culture Month
Some of the UK's leading cultural institutions will be among more than 100 institutions taking part in the celebration, which runs from mid-May to mid-June
By JN Reporter
The British Museum’s Egyptian sculpture gallery
February 16, 2026, 12:13 pm
British Museum removes ‘Palestine’ from ancient history displays
Museum concedes term is anachronistic and politically charged after complaints over ancient Middle East labelling
By Annabel Sinclair
Jimmy Carr
May 19, 2025, 4:08 pm
Jimmy Carr targeted after attending Israel event at British Museum
Invitation-only celebration included a tribute to Nova festival hero Aner Shapira, delivered by his parents
By Annabel Sinclair
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