As a Jew

Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase Us

• New York Times Bestseller
• Natan Notable Book Award Winner
• Rabbi Sacks Book Prize Finalist
• 75th National Jewish Book Awards Winner
• Publisher’s Weekly Best Books of 2025, Religion
• Honorable Mention, Religion News Service 10 Top Religion & Spirituality Books of 2025

An urgent exploration of how antisemitism has shaped Jewish identity and how Jews can reclaim their tradition, by the celebrated White House speechwriter and author of the critically acclaimed Here All Along.

At thirty-six, Sarah Hurwitz was a typical lapsed Jew. On a whim, she attended an introduction to Judaism class and was astonished by what she discovered: thousands of years of wisdom from her ancestors about what it means to be human. That class sparked a journey of discovery t