Joelle Maxx Milman Joelle Maxx Milman

JOELLE MAXX MILMAN (b. 1995) is a writer, poet, and translator of Modern and Biblical Hebrew. Repartings, her debut book of poetry, was published in 2026 by Ben Yehuda press. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Spectra, The Adroit Journal, Barnacle Goose, and elsewhere. Joelle has worked extensively in activist and solidarity spaces, notably as lead English writer at Breaking the Silence. A graduate of Barnard College and Hebrew University, Joelle has served as the Poet-In-Residence at Der Nister LA and taught creative writing classes internationally. She has lived in Los Angeles, New Jersey, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem. She is based between Brooklyn and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Repartings | Ben Yehuda Press, 2026

“In one of the most original and unique books of poetry I have ever read, Milman channels the power of the visionary words of the biblical prophets and playfully drags hidden mysteries into the sunlight, piecing the shards together into something that feels very old and new at the same time, familiar and ancient, tangible and elusive. Prophecy did not cease. It is very much alive in this stellar recently discovered scroll."

— Rabbi Julia Knobloch, author of Liner Notes
“With her breathtaking book Repartings, Joelle Maxx Milman has created a lush, intimate midrash on these texts, in which a sharp yet soft contemporary mystic dialogues with the characters in the haftarah stories about divine reality, prophetic imperatives, and current events.”

— Rabbi Jill Hammer, translator of Siddur haKohanot: A Hebrew Priestess Prayerbook
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