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Lucy Marshall

Lucy Marshall, Twersky Fellow

Lucy Marshall is a queer Ashkenazi Jewish educator, facilitator, ritualist, and network weaver. Passionate about cultivating Jewish belonging, she is the Director of Community Services at Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Minneapolis. Lucy recently launched Neshama Mama, a new library of Jewish rituals for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Previously, Lucy directed the Rising Tide Open Waters Mikveh Network at Mayyim Hayyim, taught at Shir Tikvah Congregation, and served as the Twersky Education Fellow at the Jewish Women’s Archive. She has her MSW from the University of Minnesota and an MA in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Lucy is a proud ema (mother) to her babies, Lazer and Raizel, on Dakota Land in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Blog Posts

Painting of Miriam looking to the right of the frame with timbrel in hand

Miriam in Minneapolis: Lessons From Our Ancestors Amidst ICE Terror

Lucy Marshall

As our communities in Minnesota continue to face the plagues of ICE terror, may we find strength in our ancestors’ stories of courage, resistance, compassion, and solidarity.

Father and daughter digging a hole for placenta burial

How Ritual Placenta Burial Helped Me Seed New Connections

Lucy Marshall

I unearthed the ancient Jewish tradition of burying my placenta. In the process, I cultivated new connections with my ancestors, my children, and myself.

Twersky fellow Lucy Marshall standing and talking to a small group of people

5 Things I’ve Learned as JWA’s Twersky Fellow

Lucy Marshall

JWA's 2020-2022 Twersky fellow reflects on what she's learned over the past two years. 

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Lucy Marshall." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/blog/author/marshall-lucy>.