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that we measure someone’
s 
observance on just the ritu-
als they perform,
” she says. 
Her own practices favor the 
ethical over the ritual, includ-
ing her interest in attending 
some Shabbat services while 
not being shomer Shabbat 
(Shabbat observant) and 
avoiding pork and shellfish 
while not keeping strict 
kosher.
“No one has ever asked me, 
when they’
re trying to decide 
if I’
m observant, if I conduct 
my business affairs honestly, 
am careful with the words I 
speak, tell the truth or give 
tzedakah,
” she says. 

POLITICAL CAREER
Hurwitz, a Harvard College 
and Harvard Law School grad-
uate, tried speechwriting as a 
summer intern in Al Gore’
s 
office. She was inspired by sto-
ries from her father, a speech-
writer in a Congressional 
campaign years ago. 
Her initial experience solid-
ified her ideas about using 
speeches to inspire, persuade 
and bring people together for 
a common cause. She then 
worked for Maryland’
s lieu-
tenant governor and a U.S. 
Sen. John Kerry before joining 
the White House staff.
“I keep in touch with the 
Obamas and see them every 

so often,
” she says. “They 
taught me so much about how 
to write speeches. They’
re the 
kind of speakers who always 
know what they want to say. 
“Mrs. Obama sent a beauti-
ful tweet when my book came 
out in September. It was so 
incredibly kind and loving.
”
Although not doing any 
political speechwriting during 
this year’
s primary campaigns, 
she is thinking about trying 
for campaign work during the 
general elections. Right now, 
she is concentrating on pre-
sentations for Jewish organiza-
tions expressing interest in her 
book, which she reads in the 
audio version. 
“My book is a love letter 
to Judaism, so it’
s not very 
newsy,
” says Hurwitz, who 
practices and teaches religious 
meditation. “So often Judaism 
makes the news when some-
thing terrible happens, like the 
terrible anti-Semitic incidents. 
“
All of our [religious] wis-
dom, our beautiful rituals 
and traditions, our profound 
ethical and spiritual teachings 
don’
t make the news because 
they’
re not newsy, and that’
s a 
little sad for me. 
“The more I learned, the 
more I benefited. The learn-
ing shapes how I walk in the 
world, and I feel grateful for 
that experience.
” 

“The more I learned, the 

more I benefi
 ted. The 

learning shapes how I 

walk in the world, and 

I feel grateful for that 

experience.” 

— SARAH HURWITZ

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