In this episode of Boundless Insights, host Aviva Klompas speaks with Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), about the alarming rise in antisemitism across the United States and Europe—and what’s being done to fight back.

Ted spent over a decade in Congress where he was co-founder and co-chair of the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism. Now, as the head of the AJC, he’s at the forefront of addressing the surge in Jew-hatred on a global scale.

Aviva & Ted discuss:
- Can legislation effectively curb antisemitism?
- Why did the Antisemitism Awareness Act fail to advance?
- What can the new Congress and the Trump administration do to prioritize Jewish safety?

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Guest Bio:

American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch is a lifelong Jewish and pro-Israel activist. He assumed the role of CEO in October 2022, following more than 12 years of service in the United States House of Representatives. In Congress, Ted served as chair of the House Ethics Committee, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, and a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on which he served as chair of the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counterterrorism Subcommittee. Ted was a founding co-chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism and also served as co-chair of the Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance, as well as a member of the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations, the Latino-Jewish Congressional Caucus, and AJC’s Transatlantic Friends of Israel inter-parliamentary group. Ted is a proud alum of Camp Ramah and the University of Michigan and Michigan Law School, where he chaired the Hillel Governing Board. Under Ted’s leadership, AJC launched its Center for Education Advocacy and Center for a New Middle East. AJC is the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people.