About this episode
Rafa Kern discusses his journey from Brazil to becoming a scholar of Jewish texts and his integration of theater and language in exploring identity.
This week I talk to Rafa Kern. We talk about his journey from a culturally Jewish family in Brazil to becoming an educator and scholar of Jewish texts, how he integrates theater, language, and tradition to explore identity, and his class at FolkLab’s Engage! on this week’s Who The Folk?! Podcast. Sign up for Engage!: https://tcjewfolk.com/folklab/engage/ The Who The Folk?! Podcast is part of the Jewfolk Podcast Network, a product of Jewfolk, Inc. Episodes are produced by Jewfolk editor-in-chief Lonny Goldsmith. If you have questions, comments, or a guest to nominate, send an e-mail to editor@jewfolk.com. For more information, go to TCJewfolk.com/podcast
People in this episode
Host: Lonny Goldsmith
Guest: Rafa Kern
Topics covered
- tradition
- Jewish identity
- education
- theater
- cultural journey
- scholarship
- language
Keywords
- Jewish texts
- identity
- theater
- Brazil
- education
- scholar
- cultural Jewish
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Jewfolk, Inc., FolkLab
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