In new book, Barack Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz goes on a Jewish journey
Being reintroduced to Judaism as an adult made Hurwitz curious to know what else she had missed out on — so much so that for the next five years she embarked on a spiritual journey of sorts.
‘THE JEWISH nation began somewhere in Mesopotamia’: The alleged ‘Abraham house’ in Ur city, Dhi Qar, southern Iraq.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByALIX WALL/JTA