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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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