Eliot Engel, Longtime New York Congressman Whose Defeat Augured a Swell of Anti-Israel Sentiment, Dies at 79

Eliot Lance Engel (1947-2026) - Find a Grave...

United States Congressman. A member of the Democratic Party, he served New York's 19th, 17th and 16th Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 2021. Born to a Jewish family, he received both his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from Hunter-Lehman College, and later attained...

Eliot Engel, Longtime New York Congressman Whose Defeat Augured a Swell of Anti-Israel Sentiment, Dies at 79

Former Representative Eliot Engel speaks at the Anti-Defamation League’s National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 2019. (Photo credit: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Grace Gilson | JTA Eliot Engel, a Jewish New York Democrat who served more than three decades in Congress and became one of the most prominent pro-Israel voices on Capitol Hill, has died at 79. Serving in the House of Representatives be…