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Sarah Hurwitz, former Obama speechwriter, creates firestorm with remarks about Holocaust education

JL;DR SUMMARY Sarah Hurwitz, an author and former speechwriter for the Obamas, stirred controversy with remarks at the JFNA General Assembly about Holocaust education's effectiveness in combating antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityPalestiniansHolocaust EducationHolocaust MemoryUniversalismJewish VulnerabilitySarah HurwitzJeremy Goldberg

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Sarah Hurwitz appears on a panel at the annual General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, alongside, from left, Eric Fingerhut, JFNAs president and CEO; Israeli author Micah Goodman, and Richard Marceau of Canadas Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2025."
Canada
"Sarah Hurwitz appears on a panel at the annual General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America, alongside, from left, Eric Fingerhut, JFNAs president and CEO; Israeli author Micah Goodman, and Richard Marceau of Canadas Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2025."
Palestinian Territories
"By the time they made it to social media, theyd become kindling in a rhetorical firestorm over the Gaza war and the uses and abuses of Jewish memory."
Israel
"By the time they made it to social media, theyd become kindling in a rhetorical firestorm over the Gaza war and the uses and abuses of Jewish memory."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"That debate was at the heart of a dust-up in September, when Los Angeles Holocaust museum deleted an Instagram post that proclaimed, Never again cant only mean never again for Jews."

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