Expert board starts process of doling out $250 million for Israeli-Palestinian peace initiatives 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. Mike Wagenheim Feb. 10, 2022
Jewish groups react to passage of Middle East Partnership for Peace Act 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. Dec. 22, 2020
Jewish and pro-Israel groups welcome government spending, COVID relief package 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. Dec. 22, 2020
Democrat Rep. Nita Lowey announces retirement, pro-Israel sector lauds her support “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. Jackson Richman Oct. 10, 2019
‘Never Again Education Act’ to teach American students about the Holocaust 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. April 10, 2018
