Julian Voloj

Julian Voloj

Julian began his career as the executive director of the European Union of Jewish Students in Brussels. In New York, he worked at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the Legacy Heritage Fund, Joint Distribution Committee, and the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. Born in Germany to Colombian parents, Julian is also an award winning writer and photographer who explores Jewish identity and diversity in his work.

Selected Publications

• Books: The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman (2018), Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker (2015)

• More than Superman: Jewish and Latinx Comics, Jewish&, October 9, 2018

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Xenotheque 2020: Multilingual Poetry Festival Goes Virtual

Xenotheque 2020: Multilingual Poetry Festival Goes Virtual

04/28/2020
Watch live on Be’chol Lashon’s Facebook page on Friday, May 1 at 3:00 PM EST.
Reflections on Illness, Separation, and “BallinStadt,” My Family’s Ellis Island

Reflections on Illness, Separation, and “BallinStadt,” My Family’s Ellis Island

04/20/2020
The former emigration station in Hamburg has special meaning for me because both of my grandfathers departed for Colombia from there in the 1930s.
Welcoming My Unwelcomed Ancestors this Sukkot

Welcoming My Unwelcomed Ancestors this Sukkot

10/10/2019
Sharing the diversity of my Jewish life with my grandparents.
More than Superman: Jewish and Latinx Comics

More than Superman: Jewish and Latinx Comics

10/09/2018
New art exhibit brings Jewish and Latinx comic creators together.
A Polish Guatemalan Grandmother’s Hidden Legacy

A Polish Guatemalan Grandmother’s Hidden Legacy

04/11/2018
For this photographer, “Judaism is a fundamental filter for my understanding of the complexities of being alive.”