Sarah Hurwitz: Author and Speaker

 

Sarah Hurwitz is the author of As A Jew: Reclaiming Our Story From Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try To Erase Us, which is a New York Times bestseller and won the Natan Notable Book Award.

 

She also authored Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life – in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There), which was a finalist for two National Jewish Book Awards and for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature.

 

She was a White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017, starting out as a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama and then serving as head speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama. Prior to working in the White House, Hurwitz was the chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton on her 2008 presidential campaign.

 

Hurwitz is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and was a 2017 Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University.

She has also completed training to be a chaplain, which she does on a volunteer basis at a hospital near her home.

 

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Michal Oshman, Author and Consultant

 

Michal Oshman is the bestselling author of What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid, CEO of Maximize Consulting, former Global Head of Company Culture at TikTok, and Head of Leadership Development International at Facebook. She is a globally respected voice in leadership, workplace culture, and personal transformation.

 

Michal is also a community leader dedicated to making Jewish wisdom and Chassidut relevant in everyday life. Her mission is to help people overcome fear, anxiety, and uncertainty and to bring more joy, purpose and light into the world.

 

Holding two master’s degrees in organizational psychology and High-Performing Teams, Michal brings over 20 years of experience from some of the world’s most innovative companies. Her TEDx talk, Replacing Fear with Purpose, reflects her core message: that inner change is possible when we tap into timeless values. Michal lives in London with her husband and their four children.