Submitted by Administrator on Thu, 02/05/2019 - 11:11
The Cambridge Faculty of Divinity is pleased to announce that the 2019 Yerushah Lecture will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 May, in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, West Road.
‘So They Call You Pisher!’: An exploration of a secular Jewish identity.
Prof Michael Rosen
The Cambridge Faculty of Divinity is pleased to announce that the 2019 Yerushah Lecture will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 15 May, in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, West Road. Prof Michael Rosen (Goldsmiths, University of London), will speak on ‘“So They Call You Pisher!”: An exploration of a secular Jewish identity.’ All are welcome, and refreshments will be served following the lecture.
Michael Rosen is an author of many books, for both children and adults, including We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, and So They Call You Pisher!: A Memoir. He served as UK Children’s Laureate from 2007 to 2009 and is Professor of Children’s Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London.
The annual Yerushah Lecture in the Faculty of Divinity was established with a benefaction from the Righteous Persons Foundation, created by Steven Spielberg from the proceeds of his 1993 film Schindler’s List. ‘Yerushah’ is the Hebrew word for ‘heritage’. The Yerushah Lecture is devoted to Jewish heritage in all its aspects, with an emphasis on the transmission of Jewish identity and values across the generations.
https://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/about-us/confseminars/named-lectures/yerushah-lecture