Overview

• The Musée d’art et d’histoire du judaïsme said five French academics pulled out of its “Les Histoires juives de Paris” colloquium scheduled for 15–16 September in Paris.
• Withdrawals cited the Gaza war and the participation of a doctoral student whose attendance was financed by a research program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• The museum described the move as a first since its 1998 founding and confirmed the event will continue in a reduced, reorganized format.
• Culture Minister Rachida Dati, CRIF, LICRA and the Fondation du judaïsme français condemned the cancellations, with calls for sanctions and warnings about harm to academic freedom.
• Organizers did not name the researchers; Le Point reported the five plan to issue a statement after media efforts to identify them.