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Julia Knobloch

b. 1973

Current City, State, Country

Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth City, State, Country

Mainz, Germany

Biography

Julia Knobloch is a poet, rabbi, and editor. A former documentary filmmaker, she is the author of three collections of poetry and was awarded a 2021 AJU Word Grant Bruce Geller Memorial Prize for her poetry community building and retreat facilitating projects. A former Brooklyn Poets Fellow, she is based in Los Angeles.

Published Works

Liner Notes (Kelsay Books, 2025)
Book of Failed Salvation
 (Chapbook; Ben Yehuda Press, 2021)
Do Not Return (Broadstone Books, 2019)

Author Site

Links to Sample Works

Video Reading

Current Title

Rabbi at Temple Beth El in San Pedro, CA

Education

Rabbinic Ordination, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, 2025
Graduate Degree in Philosophy and Romance Languages (European Portuguese and French) from Heidelberg University, Germany

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