tikkun olam

There’s a Jewish concept I learned from my mother and grandmother long before I could spell it.

It’s called tikkun olam. It means “repair the world.” It’s the obligation to leave things in better shape than you found them.

My mom and grandma spent their lives working through the National Council of Jewish Women and Hadassah, and my mom eventually served as president of NCJW. They believed that if something was broken, it was your job to help fix it.

Flip the House

In 2018, I became the first Jewish woman elected to Congress from Virginia, and I brought that lesson with me to the Capitol.

I passed a bill securing $455 million to restore the Chesapeake Bay. And when the Capitol came under attack on January 6th, I joined the January 6th Committee to uncover the truth, knowing it could cost me my seat.

It did. I’d make the same call again.

Right now, Washington is deeply broken. I’ve never turned my back on my country when it needed me, and I’m not about to start now.

The other side knows what’s at stake, too. MAGA groups have now spent $8 million to keep Jen Kiggans in this seat.

Eight million dollars can tear a lot of things down. It’ll take all of us working in unison to protect what we’ve built here in VA-02.

VA-02 is a toss-up, and Democrats need to flip just three seats to take back the House. The funds we raise over the next few days help us fight back against MAGA spending and mobilize the vote across Hampton Roads: knocking doors, making phone calls, giving rides to the polls.

Will you chip in $10 to help me win back this seat and start setting things right in Congress?

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Yours,
Elaine Luria