Margot Lurie

Margot Lurie has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Margot started working as a Fulbright Teaching Fellow at Académie de Versailles in 2004. Later, they worked as an Associate Editor and then as the Editor-in-Chief at Jewish Ideas Daily (now Mosaic) from 2010 to 2013. In 2013, they became the Founding Online Editor at Jewish Review of Books. From 2014 to 2016, Margot worked as a Development Executive at Standpoint Magazine (UK). During the same period, they also worked as a freelance Editor, Indexer, and Writer, serving various clients including DG+CO Communications, Routledge, Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and The Big Read (NEA). Margot also created book indices for Mohr Siebeck Press (Germany) and had their essays and reviews published in various publications. Most recently, Margot has been working at the Museum of Jewish Heritage as the Senior Manager for Strategy and Visitor Engagement since September 2018, and they were promoted to Director of Programming and Engagement in September 2019.

Margot Lurie received their Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Literature from UCSB College of Creative Studies from 2001 to 2004. Margot then pursued their Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) degree in Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages from Harvard Divinity School from 2005 to 2007. Margot furthered their education by completing their Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree in Creative Writing (Maytag Fellow) from Iowa Writers' Workshop during the period from 2008 to 2010.