Jewish community mourns Nita Lowey, a pro-Israel congressional champion

The New York congresswoman, 87, died at her Westchester County home on Sunday Nita Lowey (D-NY), a pioneering Jewish congresswoman and the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, was remembered on Sunday as “a force to be reckoned with on so many issues” and “a lifelong champion of the U.S.-Israel relationship.” Lowey, 87, died on March 16 of breast cancer at her home in the suburban New York district she represented in Congress for 32 years, from 1989 to 2021. Lowey was a leading advocate for the...