Nita Lowey

Congresswoman Nita Lowey gets teary recalling her Jewish legacy

Nita Lowey, who is retiring after 32 years in Congress, talks about Israel and her Jewish pride all the time.

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) speaks during testimony by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a hearing on the State Department's budget request for 2020 in Washington, U.S.
US congresswoman Nita Lowey

Pro-Israel stalwart Nita Lowey says she won’t seek re-election

In recent years, Lowey has also taken a lead in pushing back against the U.S. retreat from a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Nita Lowey

Nita Lowey, House Democrat and Jewish lawmaker, endorses Trump impeachment

the chairwoman of the powerful U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, is the latest mainstream Jewish Democrat to endorse impeaching Donald Trump.

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA