These New York Jewish arts organizations have been defunded by the Trump administration – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
At least two New York-based Jewish arts organizations have had their federal funding rescinded by the Trump administration.
The Jewish Plays Project, an organization that holds an annual contest to develop new Jewish theater projects, and Yugntruf — a Yiddish youth educational group, whose book publisher, Kinder-Loshen, is publishing a bilingual Yiddish-English book about the Bialystok Ghetto — were both awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Arts in January.
Late Friday night, both groups were alerted to their grant revocation via email, amid a slew of rescissions targeting NEA grantees.
“This is funding that is directly coming out of the pocket of artists,” David Winitsky, founder and executive artistic director at the Jewish Plays Project, told the New York Jewish Week.
