[4] Kurzweil spent ten years working as a freelance writer, writing articles for numerous publications including Hadassah, National Jewish Monthly, Moment Magazine and L.I.
His interest in genealogy coincided with the release of Alex Haley's book Roots: The Saga of an American Family and Catching the Wave in 1976.
After an extended period of time during which Kurzweil's efforts were focused on publishing books by other authors, Kurzweil returned to his own writing, with books such as On the Road with Rabbi Steinsaltz: 25 Years of Pre-Dawn Car Trips, Mind-Blowing Encounters, and Inspiring Conversations with a Man of Wisdom in 2006, Kabbalah for Dummies in 2007 and The Torah for Dummies in 2008.
In 2009, Jossey-Bass published Pebbles of Wisdom From Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: Edited and with Notes by Arthur Kurzweil.
In 2022, Ben Yehuda Press published a memoir by Kurzweil, The Persistence of Memory: My Father's Ukrainian Shtetl--A Holocaust Reckoning.
It tells of Kurzweil's travels to the places in Eastern Europe where his family was murdered during the Holocaust, and his successful efforts to establish close relationships to the residents of those towns.
Kurzweil's credits as an editor include, Behold a Great Image: The Contemporary Jewish Experience in Photographs in 1978 co-edited with Sharon Strassfeld.
Notable authors that Kurzweil published include Adin Steinsaltz, Elie Wiesel, Shlomo Carlebach, Aryeh Kaplan, Joseph B. Soloveitchik, and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi.
[3] As a speaker, teacher, and scholar-in-residence, Kurzweil's teachings have covered various topics of Jewish interest, including the Talmud, Kabbalah, and genealogy.
As a prolific lecturer and teacher, Kurzweil has been credited as "one individual who has made a major contribution to the resurgence in adult Jewish education.
In 1999, Kurzweil was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS)[14] His commemorative plaque read: "In deep appreciation of your trailblazing work which teaches us that learning about Jewish family history is possible, despite ages of community destruction, Diaspora and the Holocaust.
Although the Torah and Jewish authorities specifically prohibits "supernatural magic", tricks which rely upon sleight-of-hand and misdirection to fool the eye are permitted.
Accepting the notion of "gam zu l'tovah" (an idiomatic Aramaic expression taught in the Talmud meaning "Everything is for the best") has transformed my life.