Marcella White Campbell

Marcella has brown eyes, dark hair pulled back, and is wearing a black top with floral accents. She is standing in front of blurred background of a sunny street with parked cars and buildings.

Marcella White Campbell was the inaugural director of the Pomegranate Writing Fellowship for Jewish Women of Color at JWA. Her debut picture book, Maya's Journey: A Story of Two Great-Grandmothers (Kalaniot Books), traces the story of her multicultural Jewish family. Her award-winning writing has appeared in Lilith, Kveller, and The Forward.

Blog Posts

Meet the Fellows Thumbnail
April 16, 2026

Reflecting on JWA's First Pomegranate Fellowship Cohort

Marcella White Campbell

As their writing continues to be published this spring and beyond, look out for the work of Rachel, Anjelica, Sai, Emily, and Hannah, and the many other Jewish writers of color whose work is already changing the world.

Topics: Writing
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Supporters Demonstrating
February 12, 2025

Black History is Jewish History

Marcella White Campbell

If we allow our history to be erased, and cover the parts that are inconvenient to those in power, what was once done in the dark will be done again—this time, in broad daylight

Topics: Civil Rights

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Marcella White Campbell." (Viewed on June 13, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/blog/author-9>.