This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. See here for additional information.
This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. See here for additional information.
This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. See here for more information.
Free and open to the public. Register here.
This event is free and open to the public. See here to register.
HERE ALL ALONG: AN EVENING WITH SARAH HURWITZ 6:30 PM: Pre-glow ($15/person; includes wine light appetizers and dessert) 7:30 PM: Main Event (no charge and open to the community with registration) Please register by September 12, 2019 at https://www.temple-israel.org/event/here-all-along-evening-sarah-hurwitz
Register at https://www.paloaltojcc.org/Events/here-all-along-an-evening-with-speechwriter-sarah-hurwitz Event will take place in Freidenrich Conference Center, Room F-401
At the Marlene Meyerson JCC -- $25 ($20 for members of Romemu Synagogue) -- register here.
Join the Women of WHC for their featured event of the fall. Enjoy festive cocktails and a bountiful hors d’oeuvres buffet, followed by a compelling talk by our featured speaker, Sarah Hurwitz, author of the hot off the press, Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life -- in Judaism (After Finally […]
In this wide-ranging discussion with Professor Laura Yares, Sarah Hurwitz will discuss her recently-published book, Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life – in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There). She’ll talk about what led her to engage in deep Jewish learning and what she discovered during her journey. […]
Sarah Hurwitz, former head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama, was the quintessential lapsed Jew until, at age thirty-six and after a tough breakup, she attended an introductory class on Judaism on a whim. She was blown away by what she learned: beautiful rituals, helpful guidance on living an ethical life, conceptions of God beyond […]
In this wide-ranging discussion with Rabbi Gordon, Sarah Hurwitz will discuss her recently-published book, Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life – in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There). She’ll talk about what led her to engage in deep Jewish learning and what she discovered during her journey. Sarah […]
Join us for an evening with Sarah Hurwitz as she reads from her book and participates in a Q&A session. After a decade as a political speechwriter – serving as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama, a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama, and chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential campaign […]
After a decade as a political speechwriter—serving for First Lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential campaign—Sarah Hurwitz decided to apply her skills as a communicator to writing a book . . . about Judaism. And no one is more surprised than she is. Hurwitz was the quintessential lapsed […]
Sarah Hurwitz, J.D. Speech Writer for Michele Obama/Author Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life–in Judaism (2019) Sarah embraces the ultimate questions thoughtful people have wrestled with for 100s of years. Who am I? Who is God? Does religion make a difference? Why is there pain and suffering in the […]
From 2009 to 2017 Sarah Hurwitz served as a White House speechwriter, first for President Barack Obama and then as the chief speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Hurwitz worked with Mrs. Obama to craft a number of widely acclaimed addresses including her 2012 and 2016 Democratic National Convention speeches. Sarah was also chief speechwriter […]
After a decade as a political speechwriter—Sarah Hurwitz decided to apply her skills as a communicator to writing a book…about Judaism. A spiritual late bloomer, Hurwitz was born Jewish but wasn’t sold on Judaism’s place in her life until recently. It took a bad break up to create the opening for exploration that led to […]
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