[2] A professional journalist, he served for 25 years as the editor of The Jewish Herald,[3] a weekly that was the organ of the United Zionist Revisionist Party of Southern Africa,[4] and was a frequent broadcaster, television commentator and public speaker.
The two continued to maintain contact after Israel gained independence and throughout Begin's two stints as Leader of the Opposition and his service as Minister without Portfolio in a national unity government.
[6] Upon Begin's death in March 1992, Hurwitz proposed the establishment of a living memorial to Israel's sixth prime minister based on the American presidential library concept.
[11] Hurwitz served as head of the center until he died on October 1, 2008, at the age of 84 after suffering a massive heart attack at his son's home on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
[3] He also co-edited (with Yisrael Medad) the posthumously-published Peace in the Making: The Menachem Begin-Anwar Sadat Personal Correspondence, Gefen Publishing House, 2011, ISBN 978-965-229-456-2.
Due to a case of mistaken identity after a different man with the same name died, The Jerusalem Post published an obituary of Hurwitz on January 15, 2001 entitled "A Noble Spirit," written by Shmuel Katz, who was his predecessor as Begin's Adviser for External Information.
"[16] A few days later, at a special meeting on the subject of South African Jewry held at the Jewish Agency, participants were asked to introduce themselves and state where they resided.