FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, who has represented parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties since 2010 and is a senior Democratic member of Congress, won’t seek reelection and plans to resign before the end of his current term.
Deutch said Monday he would become CEO of the American Jewish Committee, which will allow him to be devoted full time to advocating for the Jewish community and for Israel, and combating antisemitism — causes that were passions of his long before he first ran for political office more than 15 years ago.
“At a time of rising antisemitism and at a time when Israel continues to be under attack by so many who seek to delegitimize Israel, this is an opportunity to work on these issues on a global platform, and to focus every day about things that I’m passionate about,” he said in a telephone interview. “Standing up for global Jewry is something that has always been my passion.”
