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Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
Beltway opinion makers, Josh Block and The Israel Project team. (Ben Zehavi/The Times of Israel)
July 5, 2019, 2:07 am
Israel Project head denies group’s demise, but insider says whole staff laid off
While board considers next move, postmortem already underway to determine how organization once raising close to $20 million a year in donations has fallen so far
By Ron Kampeas
Josh Block (standing), president and CEO of The Israel Project, with staff in the Washington, DC office, in December 2014. (Ben Zehavi/The Times of Israel)
July 2, 2019, 3:41 pm
Israel Project CEO leaves as group struggles to raise funds
In farewell note Josh Block writes ‘polarized political climate in the US’ making it difficult for nonpartisan organizations ‘to enlist passionate, committed supporters’
By JTA
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi is flanked by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, left, and RespectAbility board member Doc Sweitzer at the 2013 launch of A Better Bottom Line, a National Governors Association guide for employing people with disabilities. (Courtesy of RespectAbility/JTA)
February 7, 2015, 5:40 am
Disabilities rights are where gays were 20 years ago, says activist
Longtime Israel advocate Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi fights an uphill battle to overcome stigmas and indifference
By Ron Kampeas
Josh Block (standing), president and CEO of The Israel Project, with staff in the Washington, DC office, in December 2014. (Ben Zehavi/The Times of Israel)
January 16, 2015, 2:58 am
DC-based command center fights Israel’s war of ideas
Facing coordinated and sophisticated opponents of Israel in cyberspace, The Israel Project is shooting back
By Ben Zehavi
Stop the Holocaust in Gaza: A pro-Palestinian protester at a Berlin rally Friday, July 18, 2014. (Micki Weinberg/The Times of Israel)
August 25, 2014, 6:04 pm
New anti-Semitism is bad enough, but it’s no Holocaust, says scholar
‘It is beneath us and counterproductive’ for Israeli and Jewish leaders to use scare tactic to validate their own agendas, argues Prof. Deborah Lipstadt
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest across the street from a pro-Israel rally in Chicago, Ill., July 28, 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/via JTA)
August 6, 2014, 3:57 pm
Ebbing Israel support among youth and liberals stirs alarm
Congressional staffers and pro-Israel activists worry about long-term sustainability of broad US support for Israel in Congress
By Ron Kampeas
A child with disabilities hangs out with a peer at Camp Ramah Wisconsin. The Ramah camps were among the first Jewish camps to include children with disabilities. (Courtesy National Ramah Commission/JTA)
March 3, 2014, 2:04 am
Will the tent open wider for Jews with disabilities?
NY will see its first Jewish school for special needs kids this fall and the federations are spearheading inclusion efforts, but it’s not enough
By Julie Wiener
Former vice president Joe Biden's wife, Dr. Jill Biden (center right) with the group of invited sukkah builders and decorators at the Vice President's official residence in Washington, DC, in 2013. (photo credit: Victor Mizrahi)
September 24, 2013, 10:42 pm
Stop by the vice president’s sukkah
VP Joe Biden invites children with disabilities to decorate a Chabad-built sukkah at his DC residence
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Skeleton competitor Bradley Chalupski, representing Israel, starts down the track at the men's world championships in Lake Placid, NY, February 24, 2012. (Photo credit: Ken Childs/JTA)
September 10, 2012, 4:48 pm
Whatever happened to… the 5772 edition
Wondering how the Turkish-Jewish Eurovision crooner is making out? Or what those gutsy Houston b-ballers are up to? Updates on some of the most compelling Jewish World stories of this past year
By JTA
August 23, 2012, 5:27 am
Josh Block to head The Israel Project
Lobbyist to take over PR project from founding CEO
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi presents Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a plaque, August 2011. (The Israel Project/via JTA)
February 15, 2012, 10:57 am
The will behind the way
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, the driving force behind The Israel Project, is returning to private life
By Uriel Heilman
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