From Adam Schiff <[email protected]>
Subject How my Jewish faith impacts my work
Date September 20, 2024 10:56 PM
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[ [link removed] ]Adam Schiff for Senate




John, every
once in a while, I like to share an old photo and the story behind it.
This one is a favorite in my family:

[ [link removed] ]Adam as a young boy

Here you go. Me at 13, in all my “glory” at my Bar Mitzvah.

I’ll admit, it’s easy to chuckle at this photo — the classic 1970s bow
tie, the braces, the yarmulke — but it is also an opportunity to tell you
a little about how I approach my faith.

Throughout my career in public service, I’ve thought a lot about the
Jewish tradition of “Tikkun Olam,” or repairing the world. And over the
last few years, there has been a lot that was broken, and a lot to fix.
It’s been my cause.

Before I go any further, and while I still have your attention, I have to
ask — [ [link removed] ]will you click this link and pitch in a few dollars to my
campaign?

I want to take you back to 1973. Our family moved around a lot because my
father was in the “schmata” business. He started as a traveling salesman
and later worked as a regional manager for a men’s clothing company.

We moved from Massachusetts where I was born, lived a few years in
Arizona, and ended up in the Bay Area. It was there that my dad got out of
the clothing business and bought a lumber yard, where I worked during the
summers. There’s nothing like hauling sheets of plywood and roofing, and
shoveling concrete to make you want to go to graduate school.

The above photo was taken when my family was a member of Temple Isaiah in
Lafayette, California, a reform synagogue we joined after moving to the
Bay Area. And it came after months of practicing for my Bar Mitzvah. I
even taped my practice sessions on our tape recorder (I have a copy of
that tape somewhere, believe it or not, voice cracking and all).

While the Hebrew language skills I quickly acquired were just as quickly
lost, the lessons that my faith taught me endure and guide me to this day.

In fact, my favorite passage comes from Micah: What is required of us, but
to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God.

These principles have guided my work in Congress. They have led me to
pursue criminal justice reform, to make housing the homeless a key
priority, to attack discrimination, and to ensure the rule of law is
applied equally. They have also guided my path as I held accountable and
stood up to the most unscrupulous man to ever occupy the Oval Office.

And they guide me in the fight we face today: repairing and rebuilding our
democracy so that we leave it better for my children and yours.

That’s why I put everything I have into my work in Congress and for the
cause of our democracy. It’s the first thing I think about when I wake up
in the morning, and I don’t rest until I’ve done all I can for the day.

If these priorities resonate with you, I’m asking for your help to
continue that work by chipping in $18 or another meaningful amount to my
campaign.

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Hopefully, this photo helped brighten your day and gave you a bit more
insight into why I have dedicated my life to this cause.

Thank you for reading more about me,

Adam

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