Sarah Hurwitz, HERE ALL ALONG

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🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Sarah Hurwitz is the former head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama and senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama. She was also the chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential campaign. Sarah’s book, Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There) is her account of exploring Judaism as an adult and sharing what it offers for our modern lives. Sarah and I chatted about the role of meditation and mindfulness in Jewish culture and Sarah’s unique writing and editing tricks. I loved getting the inside scoop of her life as a speechwriter! Sarah is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and has been featured on The Today Show, NPR, and in The Washington Post,The Boston Globe, and People.com. She was named one of the Forward's fifty Jews who impacted American life in 2016 and 2019.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
0:12.0	Moms don't have time to read books.
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0:23.2	But That's Another Story, with host Will Schwalby. Will was actually an author on my podcast because
0:28.8	he has written two fantastic books called The End of Your Life Book Club and Books for Living. He
0:33.8	loves asking people what books they're reading and finds fantastic answers, and so
0:38.6	dedicated a whole podcast to finding out what notable figures, including authors and celebrities,
0:43.9	are reading. He's had guests like Kevin Kwan, Melinda Gates, Peter Hedges, and Jody Foster,
0:49.8	and has had many guests that I've also had on this podcast, including Minjin Lee, Danny Shapiro,
0:55.2	Gretchen Rubin, Michael Frank, and Pamela Paul. So you should listen to his episodes and go back
1:00.7	and listen to some of my episodes and check out his podcast. It's an insightful show. It's full of
1:05.0	moving stories and you'll find even more bucks to add to your TBR list than I have on this show.
1:10.7	So check out, but that's another
1:12.3	story with Will Schwabing. I'm here today with Sarah Hurwitz, who's the author of Here All Along,
1:17.3	finding meaning, spirituality, and a deeper connection to life in Judaism after finally choosing
1:22.2	to look there. Sarah is the former head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama and senior speechwriter for
1:28.4	President Barack Obama. And she was chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential
1:34.2	campaign. She has been featured on the Today Show and NPR and in the Washington Post of
1:38.9	Boston Globe and People.com. She was named one of forwards 50 Jews who impacted American life in 2016 and
1:45.8	2019. Originally from the suburbs of Boston, Sarah is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
1:52.0	She currently lives in Washington, D.C. So welcome, Sarah. Thanks for coming on. And moms don't have
1:56.4	time to read books. Oh, thank you for having me. We've already just had the best conversation.
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