When Rabbi Julie Anne Kozlow was ordained at age 50 in May 2007 from the Academy for Jewish Religion in California, she fulfilled a lifelong vision of herself as a rabbi and spiritual leader of the Jewish people

Her journey toward her dream including earning a bachelor’s degree in Judaic Studies from the American Jewish University in 2000, a master’s in Rabbinic Literature from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in 2002, and a master’s in Rabbinic Studies from the Academy for Jewish Religion.

Rabbi Kozlow’s life is impassioned by a love of Judaism and the Jewish people. As the daughter of an artist, she traveled the world with her family and developed a love of beauty strongly influenced her own understanding of life, religion, God and spirituality.

Her unique Rabbinic style synthesizes a love of and a commitment to tradition with an eye on the horizon of the future. She receives people where they are without judgment, offering them a Judaism that promises to enrich their lives.

After 15 years of pulpit work Rabbi Kozlow is now fulling a dream to create a new way of living Jewishly, one that honors the very heart and soul of this great heritage. In creating The Community in the Greater Prescott area, she is developing a new approach to building and sustaining vibrant, loving and relevant Judaism, something that she felt she was unable to actualize from the environment of synagogue life. She is committed to creating true community, a Judaism that goes deeper into the soul, deeper into the heart and deeper into human connections.

Rabbi Kozlow she feels her true journey has just begun and she is passionate beyond description at what the future holds.