Julia Ullman

Julia Ullman recently completed her first year of rabbinical school at the Hebrew Union College –Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) as a fellow of the Weitzman-JDC Fellowship for Global Jewish Leaders. She was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, and remains connected to her home congregation, Temple Emanu El. Julia earned her undergraduate degree in 2018 from the University of Chicago with a double major in Jewish Studies and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations. Julia continued her studies as a fellow of the 2018-2019 Pardes Experiential Educators Program at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Julia earned her master’s degree in Jewish Education in 2021 from the Jewish Theological Seminary.  She has held a variety of positions as a Jewish experiential educator, t’filah leader, and community organizer, including as the Community Coordinator of Kehilat Shanghai in China from 2019-2020. She recently made Aliyah and continues her rabbinical studies at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem. Julia can often be found cooking and baking to share with friends and family, traveling as much as possible, or immersed in a book.