A typical lapsed Jew, at age 36, Sarah Hurwitz, a White House speechwriter, reconnected with Judaism and discovered millennia of wisdom which she detailed in her first book, Here All Along.
Years later, as Hurwitz wrestled with what it means to be Jewish amidst rising antisemitism, she wondered: Why hadn’t she seen the beauty and depth of her tradition in those dull synagogue services and Hebrew school classes she’d endured as a kid? Why had her Jewish identity consisted of a series of caveats and apologies: “I’m Jewish, but not that Jewish” … “I’m just a cultural Jew”?
Seeking answers, she went back through time to discover how hateful myths about Jewish power, depravity, and conspiracy have worn a neural groove into the world’s psyche and how her Jewish identity had been shaped by millennia of antisemitism and centuries of Jewish self-erasure.
Hurwitz documents her quest to take back her Jewishness: how she stripped away layers of antisemitic lies, unearthed Judaism’s treasures, and learned to live proudly, gratefully, and joyfully – as a Jew.

Nonfiction
As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us
- From the Publisher
September 1, 2024
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