British Museum postpones Jewish culture month lecture over protest fears

The British Museum said it had been informed that a ‘significant proportion’ of the registered attendees were ‘individuals intending to deliberately disrupt the event’. Photograph: A Astes/Alamy

The British Museum has postponed a lecture for Jewish culture month over concerns that the event would be disrupted by protesters.

The museum announced that the talk on ancient Israel and Judah, which was scheduled to take place on Thursday, would be held at a later date.