Nita Lowey
“She was among the strongest advocates for the U.S.-Israel relationship in Congress,” stated the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Two members of the Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory Board speak to JNS about the challenges and opportunities in funding new joint Israeli-Palestinian initiatives through a highly touted congressional program.
The ZOA claimed it will circumvent the Taylor Force Act, passed in 2018 to halt almost all U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority due to its program of rewarding terrorists and their families.
The bill allocates $82 billion in education funding, including $2.75 billion to support Jewish, Catholic and other nonpublic schools, as well as annual U.S. assistance to Israel.
“Congress is losing one of its most impactful members and greatest supporters of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship,” tweeted William Daroff, senior vice president of public policy at the Jewish Federations of North America.
Proposed legislation, if passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, would grant money raised through donations to American schools as part of the Holocaust Education Assistance Program.