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John, with
Hanukkah beginning on Sunday evening, I wanted to share a favorite
throwback photo that gets circulated every time the holiday season comes
around.

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

[ [link removed] ]Adam at 13 years old before his Bar Mitzvah

I’ll admit, it’s easy to chuckle at this photo — the classic 1970s bow
tie, the braces, the yarmulke, the looks — 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, a lot has been broken, and there's a lot to fix. It's been
my cause.

John, I want to
take you back to 1973. Our family moved around a lot because my father was
in the “schmata” (or clothing) business. He started as a traveling
salesman and later worked as a regional manager for a men’s slacks
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
materials, and shoveling concrete to make you want to go to graduate
school.

This 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 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.

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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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