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Heartfelt, creative, inclusive, & joyous officiant!

Co-creating your wedding ceremony to uniquely reflect YOUR love story!

Are you a couple who believes...

  • Your wedding day will be a joyous intimate connection between you and your favoritest person in the whole world. You want your officiant to know you as a couple--sharing stories, values, sticky moments, hopes...working with someone who cares a ton about a deep relationship with couples sounds perfect.

  • You can’t wait to stand on top of that mountain and declare your love for each other, you’re just unsure about how to include your financee’s devoted Lutheran family and your culturally Jewish one.

  • You love your religious background, and just connect more to your own spirituality in nature. You can’t wait to honor both at your fully customized wedding.

  • You want all of those really cool Jewish symbols explained, or your interfaith beliefs illuminated, and eagerly await your whole fabulous, wacky family participating!

  • Receiving practical support around common relationship sticky spots, personal growth dreams, and creating a pre-wedding ritual in nature sound fantastic.

  • A ceremony that’s anything but stuffy--it's playful, lights you up, & celebrates interfaith & LGBTQ couples!

Details:

  • Getting to know couples more deeply and creating a ceremony that speaks to your ideals is a core part of my wedding process.

  • I meet 7 times with couples in order to create this personal relationship.

  • Conversations explore everything from how each of your similarities and differences strengthen your union, to financial decision making, crafting the wording for your wedding covenant, personal growth dreams, commitment to social justice, and how you envision celebrating holidays together.

  • Honored to officiate LGBTQ wedding ceremonies, I will help you create a ceremony that reflects your values as a couple. I am also a proud member of the LGBTQ community.

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What magic could happen if the foundation of your wedding planning rests in your values as a couple and your officiant helps you stay true to them?!

  • LGBTQ+-owned
  • Woman-owned
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Frequently asked questions

What types of weddings and events do you provide services for?

Non-religious
Interfaith
Ceremony Rehearsal
Vow Renewal
Civil Union

What services do you provide?

Premarital Counseling

What religious affiliations do you serve?

Agnostic
Jewish
No Denomination

On average, how long are wedding ceremonies you officiate?

Less than 30 mins.
30-60 mins.

What languages do you speak?

English
Hebrew

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Rabbi Jessica Marshall is highly praised by multiple couples for her exceptional guidance and support as a wedding officiant. With a personalized approach and attention to detail, she created ceremonies that were deeply meaningful and reflective of the couples' values and traditions, including interfaith weddings. Her ability to connect with couples on a personal level, incorporate unique ceremony elements, and provide emotional support throughout the planning process made the wedding experiences unforgettable. Reviewers highlight Rabbi Marshall's warmth, professionalism, and dedication, recommending her as a compassionate and reliable officiant for creating special and heartfelt ceremonies for couples.

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Rabbi Jessica Marshall is highly praised by multiple couples for her exceptional guidance and support as a wedding officiant. With a personalized approach and attention to detail, she created ceremonies that were deeply meaningful and reflective of the couples' values and traditions, including interfaith weddings. Her ability to connect with couples on a personal level, incorporate unique ceremony elements, and provide emotional support throughout the planning process made the wedding experiences unforgettable. Reviewers highlight Rabbi Marshall's warmth, professionalism, and dedication, recommending her as a compassionate and reliable officiant for creating special and heartfelt ceremonies for couples.

Morgan
Morgan Sent on 12/29/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Endlessly grateful

We feel incredibly grateful to have had Rabbi Jessica Marshall officiate our wedding. From the very beginning, she took the time to truly get to know us as a couple, meeting with us six times before the ceremony and guiding us through deeply thoughtful, spiritual, and meaningful conversations. Every meeting felt special -- whether in person or over Zoom -- and left us feeling more connected to each other and to the process of building our ceremony.

Her attention to detail, care, and intention were evident in every part of the ceremony. She crafted something that felt profoundly personal, heartfelt, and reflective of who we are as a couple. The warmth, presence, and love she brought to our wedding made the experience unforgettable. We cannot recommend her highly enough and will always cherish the role she played in such a monumental moment in our lives.
Molly
Molly Sent on 12/26/2025
5 out of 5 rating

The best ceremony ever!

Rabbi Jessica Marshall truly brought our vision to life. Ben and I had a unique idea for our ceremony—having everyone stand in a circle around the chuppah—and she embraced it fully, helping create a service that felt incredibly warm, inviting, and loving. We are both Jewish, and throughout the months leading up to our wedding, Rabbi Jessica met with us thoughtfully and intentionally. She took the time to match our level of spirituality and guided us in meaningful ways we could continue to bring Judaism into our home beyond the wedding day. She was always so warm, supportive, and available as a sounding board, while also being deeply intentional and reflective. One of our most important goals was for the service to feel personal and for everyone attending to truly feel like they got to know us as a couple. We chose to read our vows privately, but shared them with Rabbi Jessica beforehand, and she beautifully incorporated their essence into the ceremony. It was clear how much time and care she took to truly get to know us! The ketubah ceremony before the wedding was also incredibly special and unique, and it made our family and closest friends feel so included in such a meaningful way. Our service ended up being one of our favorite parts of the entire wedding day, and we are so incredibly grateful to have been recommended to Rabbi Jessica Marshall. We couldn’t have imagined a more meaningful or heartfelt ceremony!
Michael
Michael Sent on 11/30/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Heartfelt Interfaith

Working with Rabbi Jessica was one of the greatest blessings of our wedding journey. From the very beginning, she brought a sense of calm to the planning process, offering resources, guidance, and heartfelt support that made us both feel truly seen and heard.

As an interfaith couple, we were deeply grateful for the way she honored both of our traditions. She never made the Christian side feel “less than,” but instead wove together our faiths in a way that felt seamless, loving, and deeply personal. Through our premarital sessions, she helped us connect not only with her but with each other, creating space for meaningful conversations and shared growth.

On the day itself, Rabbi Jessica delivered a ceremony that was absolutely beautiful. Our guests commented on how perfectly it blended our traditions and how warm and inclusive it felt. Her presence is both grounding and uplifting—she radiates warmth, reliability, and genuine care.

We could not have asked for a more amazing partner in creating our ceremony. Rabbi Jessica truly made our day unforgettable, and we will always cherish the gift of her guidance and love.
Sam
Sam Sent on 11/16/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Rabbi Marshall is amazing

Working with Rabbi Marshall was one of the absolute highlights of our entire wedding journey. Over the course of seven preparation sessions, she took the time to truly get to know us—our story, our families, our values, and the future we want to build together.

Those sessions quickly became something we genuinely looked forward to. In the middle of all the logistics and minutia of planning a wedding, they were an opportunity to talk about our relationship and reflect on where we’ve been and what comes next. Rabbi Marshall led every conversation with warmth, poise, and sensitivity, creating a trust that allowed us to show up authentically and be fully present, both in these sessions and on our wedding weekend.

She was also incredibly thoughtful, organized, and flexible as we crafted the ceremony itself. She walked us through every element, explained the meaning and tradeoffs behind different choices, offered thoughtful guidance, and incorporated our preferences at every step. We always felt supported, heard, and guided by someone who truly cared about us.

On the day itself, she was exceptional. Many of our guests went out of their way to tell us how beautifully she led the ceremony—how she wove together tradition, storytelling, and a modern sensibility in a way that felt intimate, moving, and full of heart. She struck exactly the tone we had hoped for.

We could not recommend her more highly. If you’re lucky enough to have the chance to work with her, you will be in the very best of hands.
L
Lisa Sent on 11/05/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Cannot Thank Rabbi Marshall Enough

It’s hard to put into words how grateful we are for Rabbi Marshall and her role in our wedding. Many of our guests told us that our ceremony was the most beautiful ceremony they had ever been to, and Rabbi Marshall is to thank. She got to know us deeply through many sessions we had together and helped us envision and plan for married life. Because she spent so much time with us before the wedding, we had the to fortune to stand under the chuppah with someone who cared for us and knew us inside and out, individually and as a couple. She also made sure our ceremony was personalized, meaningful, and met all of our wishes. This was no small feat: we had a multi-cultural wedding, and Rabbi Marshall was not only willing, but enthusiastic, to weave in non-Jewish traditions. And amidst the flurry of the wedding day, Rabbi Marshall was a steady, calming, and warm presence. She laughed alongside us and had tissues on hand when we were shedding tears. She helped us breathe after moments of chaos, and she even worked in an extra ritual our parents decided to add in at the last minute.

Rabbi Marshall’s presence was not only important to us at the ceremony and in the ketubah signing, but throughout the year leading up to the wedding. Through our many sessions with her, she helped us plan for how we will navigate challenges and weave joy and traditions into our life as a married couple. I (the bride) also did a mikveh with her before the wedding, which was a truly beautiful ritual that I hope every bride can experience.

Rabbi Marshall is an extraordinary person and spiritual guide. She has a unique ability to listen with full presence, to offer much-needed counsel and insights gently, and to freely give of herself and care for others. Having gotten to know her through this process, we expect and hope she will remain in our lives for years to come.
Heather
Heather Sent on 08/11/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Rabbi Jessica Marshall - Highly Recommend

Rabbi Jessica Marshall helped to make our wedding so meaningful and special. We enjoyed the entire process of getting to know her and having her guide us through a major period of transition. Rabbi Marshall’s dedication, responsiveness, support and kindness were far beyond superior. She also contributed to the best parts of our day with such grace; the ring warming, the Ketubah signing and of course the ceremony itself. Our wedding was the best day of our lives and much of our wonderful experience was thanks to Rabbi Marshall. If you are seeking a kind, caring experienced, reliable and amazing Rabbi, look no further as Rabbi Marshall is the absolute best!!! -Heather Steall and Bryan Kay
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Michael Sent on 10/15/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Rabbi Jessica is a true blessing!

We are so grateful to Rabbi Jessica Marshall for her incredible support and guidance during our interfaith wedding. From our very first meeting, she took the time to get to know us as a couple, leading thoughtful pre-marital sessions that helped us explore our values and beliefs. Her warmth and genuine care made the entire process enjoyable and meaningful.

Rabbi Jessica's collaboration with our Catholic Deacon was seamless, and together they crafted a ceremony that beautifully reflected our unique love story. Her attention to detail and spiritual insight made our wedding day unbelievably special. We felt so supported and understood, and we can't thank her enough for helping us create a celebration that truly represented who we are. If you're looking for a compassionate and dedicated officiant, we wholeheartedly recommend Rabbi Jessica!
Talia
Talia Sent on 10/14/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Everything we could have dreamed of for our interfaith wedding!

Rabbi Marshall was everything we could have ever dreamed of and more for our wedding officiant. We were nervous about finding an officiant who would fit our exact needs as an interfaith couple. Rabbi Marshall exceeded our expectations and we could not feel more lucky to have found her. She was extremely open and honest and gave great insight during our sessions and always listened intently. She allowed us to make our ceremony exactly how we wanted it to be and never made us feel pressured to include jewish elements that we didn't want. She was open to helping us with anything we needed during the process and provided the most warm and safe space to open up to her to discuss whatever we wanted. She had great communication throughout our entire process and was always flexible when we needed to switch up meeting times. Rabbi Marshall is truly a special person and we feel so lucky to have had her as such an important part of our wedding.
Jessica
Jessica Sent on 10/06/2023
5 out of 5 rating

The best rabbi ever!

Our wedding day was truly a magical experience, and a significant part of that magic was woven by Rabbi Jessica Marshall. From the very beginning of our wedding planning journey to the moment we said our vows, Rabbi Marshall's personalized touch and unwavering support made all the difference.

Throughout the year of planning, our sessions with Rabbi Marshall felt like more than just wedding preparations; they were akin to therapeutic conversations filled with love and guidance. Her genuine care and thoughtful insights helped us navigate not only the logistics of our big day but also the deeper emotional aspects of our journey towards marriage.

On the day of our wedding, despite unexpected wind issues and occasional interruptions, Rabbi Marshall remained an epitome of professionalism, grace, and love. Her calm demeanor and unwavering commitment to our happiness were truly commendable. She created an atmosphere of love and sincerity that allowed us to fully immerse ourselves in the moment.

One of the most cherished parts of our wedding was the ketubah ceremony, guided by Rabbi Marshall. Her wisdom and expertise in this sacred tradition made it a profound and emotional experience. The happy tears flowed freely, and the love in the room was palpable.

We couldn't be more thankful to Rabbi Jessica Marshall for executing our dream wedding flawlessly and for being a guiding light throughout our journey towards marriage. Her presence and dedication added an extra layer of magic to our special day, and for that, we are eternally grateful.

Ian & Jessica Matzkowitz





Sam
Sam S. Sent on 09/27/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Deeply Personal Ceremony!

Rabbi Marshall truly made our wedding planning journey and ceremony so incredibly special. She is so easy to connect with and helped us to dig deeper into ourselves as individuals and as a couple to enrich our relationship. Our ceremony was so personal and deeply routed in who we are as a couple. This translated and was felt whole heartedly throughout our ceremony. Rabbi Marshall went above and beyond to create a personalized ceremony that was unique to us. We can't wait to continue our relationship with her as we embark on this next chapter.
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