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- organizer Tamid of Hebrew College: Your Home for Adult Learning
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Our October program in Hebrew College Adult Learning’s free, monthly GROW series addresses “Holy Humor” with instructor rafa kern, PhD.
We hope you will spend an hour with us for this and future programs in our series, to gather, reflect, observe, and wrestle with topics that will deepen your Jewish learning.
Holy Humor
Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025 | 12-1 PM EST/9-10 AM PST
Location: Zoom
Program: Holy Humor
Instructor: rafa kern, PhD.
Cost: FREE
Jews are known for having a unique sense of humor. The very first joke in the Torah—Isaac’s birth—offers an opportunity to discover how humor can shape our lives. During this GROW session we will explore the belief that tradition paired with humor can offer opportunities for spiritual and religious growth.
Instructor
rafa kern, Ph.D. (he/him, pronounced HAH-fah, with a soft “h” like in human) is an Ashkenazi cisgender queer Jew from Brazil who currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He holds a Ph.D. in Education and Jewish Studies from Stanford University, an MA in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University Teachers College and a BA in Theater Studies from Yale. He is the Founder and Chief Education Officer of the House of Inquiry and Imagination, which seeks to help build meaningful relationships and diverse community through the study of culturally-significant texts.
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Fall GROW Session
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 12-1 PM EST/9-10 AM PST | Zoom
Program: Why Jews Don’t Talk About God and Why They Should: God and Jewish Philosophy
Instructor: Steven Kepnes, Ph.D
Cost: FREE
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