Julia Knobloch

Background

About Julia Knobloch

Hebrew Union College Los Angeles (Current, Expected Ordination 2025) o Student Rabbi at Congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar, Lancaster, CA o Jewish Educator at BBYO Perlman Camp Summer 2023 o Field Placement with the Masorti Congregation on Kibbutz Ketura (2023) o T’ruah Summer Fellow 2022 o Field Placement with Milken Community High School, Los Angeles Spring 2022 o Poet-in-Residence, Adat Shalom Synagogue West Los Angeles, Shabbat HaGadol 2022 o Rabbinic Intern Temple Beth Am Los Angeles 2021-22 o AJU Word Grant Recipient 2021 UJA-Federation of New York (April 2019-September 2020) Planning Executive in the Community Resources Department o Volunteer Experiences and Talent Development o Supervision and management of CLIP interns Union for Reform Judaism New York (March 2016-April 2019) Project Manager and Executive Assistant to the COO and VP of Strengthening Congregations o Coordination of movement-wide impact survey from conception through evaluation o Consulting with congregational lay leaders o Planning and facilitating program offerings at URJ Biennial 2017 and for team retreats The Explorers Club New York (March 2014-March 2016) Member Services Coordinator o Applicant and member consulting o Curation of the Students’ Corner on the club’s website o Editor and contributor to the club journal The Log o Project management of annual gala at the Waldorf Astoria and Museum of Natural History Transition: Immigration to the US and Receipt of Green Card Jack-of-all-trades fresh off the boat in New York (April 2010-January 2014) o Line-producing, location-scouting, research for various European TV productions o Correspondent for German art magazines o Translation and editing services o German teacher to children and adults, poetry mentor, curator of walking tours European and US Media Writer and director, producer for documentaries (April 2001-May 2012) o Expedition and adventure documentaries, WWII documentaries, Current Affairs reportages from around the world for ARD, ZDF, arte, National Geographic, Discovery Channel What Else? o Graduate Degree from Heidelberg University in Philosophy and Romance Languages o Poetry Editor at Ben Yehuda Press o Facilitator of poetry workshops and retreats, curator of readings and community events, often combining Jewish thought and imagery o Author of full-length poetry collection Do Not Return (Broadstone Books 2019) and chapbook Book of Failed Salvation (Ben Yehuda Press 2021) o Native or near-native fluency in German and Spanish; proficiency in Portuguese and French; good command of Modern and Biblical Hebrew