Sherre Hirsch is a rabbi in the Conservative Jewish tradition and the author of “We Plan, God Laughs.” Raised in Southern California, hers was a winding path to the ministry, beginning at Smith College, Northwestern University, and a detour through Asia, immersing herself in Eastern philosophy. Sherre became the first woman rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, the largest Conservative Jewish congregation in the western United States. In 2006 she stepped away from congregational ministry to concentrate on writing and speaking.