Sarah Hurwitz, Author and Speaker

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

October 23, 2025

Do Jews have a future in America? The answer is more complicated than you think

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY

October 12, 2025

Sarah Hurwitz wants Jews to stop apologizing and start learning

GOLDA

October 1, 2025

"To Be A Jew Is To Be Different"

HEY ALMA

September 22, 2025

19 Jewish Books to Read This Fall

SAN DIEGO JEWISH WORLD

September 19, 2025

‘As a Jew’ Tells How Judaism is an Evolving Religion

JMORE

September 11, 2025

Author Sarah Hurwitz Speaks at Soul Center about ‘Reclaiming Our Story’

JEWISH INSIDER

September 9, 2025

In new book, former Obama speechwriter calls on Jews to stand proud for their values

JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL

September 9, 2025

Reclaiming Jewish Identity and Culture: A Conversation with Sarah Hurwitz

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

August 26, 2025

An Obama speechwriter’s unflinching look at left-wing antisemitism

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

July 17, 2025

Not That Kind of Jew: PW Talks with Sarah Hurwitz

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

June 26, 2025

As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us

HEY ALMA

June 17, 2021

The Best Books for Exploring Conversion to Judaism

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

February 19, 2020

Michelle Obama’s speechwriter finds her Jewish path

THRIVE GLOBAL

January 27, 2020

The Surprising Impact of Loneliness on Our Well-being — In and Out of the Workplace

JEWISH JOURNAL

October 2, 2019

Former Obamas’ Speechwriter Discovers Judaism Was There All Along

JERUSALEM POST

September 26, 2019

Finding your Judaism

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

September 19, 2019

Leaving politics, Obama speechwriter finds new meaning in Judaism

JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY

September 11, 2019

In new book, Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz goes on a Jewish journey

JEWISH JOURNAL

September 11, 2019

A Late Comer to Her Jewish Roots

TIMES OF ISRAEL

September 6, 2019

Former Obama speechwriter turns her pen to a new book on reconnecting to Judaism

WASHINGTON POST

September 3, 2019

A conversation with Sarah Hurwitz: From Michelle Obama speechwriter to religious voyager

WASHINGTON POST

June 13, 2016

What’s on Michelle Obama’s mind? Meet the speechwriter who puts it into words.

THE ATLANTIC

September 30, 2025

The Judaism I Thought I Knew

SAPIR JOURNAL

November 10, 2023

To Jewish College Students Who Are Scared

WASHINGTON POST

April 13, 2020

How to show ‘lovingkindness’ despite social distancing

THE FORWARD

April 5, 2020

Why seders could be more meaningful this year

WALL STREET JOURNAL

September 27, 2019

Religion For Adults Means Embracing Complexity

THE FORWARD

September 18, 2019

How Judaism Helped Me Find Meaning In Washington, D.C.

IN THESE TIMES WITH RABBI AMMI HIRSCH

October 23, 2025

Sarah Hurwitz

BEING JEWISH WITH JONAH PLATT

October 21, 2025

Making the Implicit Explicit and bestselling author Sarah Hurwitz

WHAT GIVES

September 17, 2025

Sarah Hurwitz - Reclaiming Jewish Identity and Peoplehood

THE FIVE BOOKS

September 16, 2025

Sarah Hurwitz on Reclaiming Our Jewish Story

JUST FOR THIS

September 15, 2025

Sarah Hurwitz — As A Jew

TOTALLY BOOKED WITH ZIBBY

September 12, 2025

Sarah Hurwitz, AS A JEW: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us

ADAPTING

September 11, 2025

Reclaiming Our Story with Sarah Hurwitz

MARTINI JUDAISM

September 10, 2025

The book every Jew should read before the High Holy Days

ISRAEL FROM THE INSIDE

September 9, 2025

"The only thing stopping us is the Jews"—What do Diaspora Jews need to understand about Israel?

IDENTITY/CRISIS

September 9, 2025

The Unapologetic Jewish Story — with Sarah Hurwitz

18FORTY PODCAST

September 9, 2025

Sarah Hurwitz: Reclaiming Judaism from Shame and Blame

CALL ME BACK

September 8, 2025

Reclaiming the Jewish Story -- with Sarah Hurwitz

JEWISH CROSSROADS

April 19, 2025

Obama speechwriter Tackles Antisemitism

IDENTITY/CRISIS

April 1, 2025

Live at JFN: What Ails American Judaism?
with Franklin Foer and Sarah Hurwitz

WONDERING JEWS

March 19, 2025

What we’ve lost in modernity: A conversation with Sarah Hurwitz on faith

BEING JEWISH WITH JONAH PLATT

February 18, 2025

The Normalization of Jew Hatred & Presidential Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz

18FORTY

June 25, 2023

Sarah Hurwitz and Alex Edelman: On Introducing Judaism

NICE JEWISH GIRLS

July 13, 2021

Sarah Hurwitz: The Beating Heart of an Ancient Tradition

CHUTZPOD

July 7, 2021

Speak the Speech, I Pray You (with Sarah Hurwitz)

THE HAPPINESS LAB

April 12, 2021

Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Day of Rest

THE HAPPINESS LAB

April 5, 2021

Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Torah

INGLORIOUS PASTERDS

May 11, 2020

209 - Here All Along w/ Sarah Hurwitz

CAN I SAY THIS AT CHURCH?

May 11, 2020

Here All Along with Sarah Hurwitz

JUDAISM UNPACKED

March 25, 2020

Game Changers Live - with Sarah Hurwitz

THE VIBE OF THE TRIBE

March 20, 2020

Episode 92: President Obama’s Former Speechwriter on Judaism, Faith and COVID-19

TOTALLY BOOKED WITH ZIBBY

February 21, 2020

Sarah Hurwitz, HERE ALL ALONG

THE AXE FILES

December 23, 2019

Ep. 361 — Sarah Hurwitz

UNORTHODOX

December 12, 2019

Tradition and Myth

THE GOOP PODCAST

December 3, 2019

The Principles We Live By

ESSENTIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH RABBI RAMI

October 15, 2019

Rabbi Rami talks with Sarah Hurwitz

CALL YOUR MOTHER

October 8, 2019

How Obama’s Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz Discovered Judaism Was ‘Here All Along’ (Episode 29)

CAN WE TALK? THE JWA PODCAST

September 27, 2019

Episode 33: Sarah Hurwitz: From the White House to the Torah

JUDAISM UNBOUND

August 30, 2019

Sarah Hurwitz: Judaism Unbound Episode 185 - An Army of Translators

JBS -- JEWISH INSIGHTS WITH JUSTIN PINES

September 18, 2025

Sarah Hurwitz: Reclaiming the Jewish Soul from Antisemitism’s Grip

AMANPOUR AND COMPANY

January 20, 2020

Sarah Hurwitz on What Judaism Can Teach Us in Divisive Times

MORNING JOE

December 23, 2019

A discussion about faith during the holidays

TODAY SHOW

December 20, 2019

Former Michelle Obama speechwriter on how religion gave her purpose

GREATER BOSTON

December 18, 2019

Sarah Hurwitz Has Been 'Here All Along'