Ted is a lifelong resident of Cincinnati and fifth generation Cincinnatian: born at Jewish Hospital to Ted, Jr. and Josephine Deutsch, and student at North Avondale Elementary School and Walnut Hills High School, where he graduated in 1976. He then entered Ohio University and was a founding brother of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, graduating in 1980 with a degree in psychology and a minor in political science. He has been involved in publishing since graduation; he took over his father’s company, Key Magazine, after his father’s death, and has published or worked for Cincinnati Bride and Groom (which he founded), and playbills for many Cincinnati cultural institutions— Playhouse in the Park, the Taft Theater, WNOP Jazzfest—as well as the Cincinnati Bar Association Report. In 1998 Ted bought The American Israelite, and sold Key Magazine to his brother Michael. His vision of bringing The Israelite into the modern age has been long and rewarding. He established many firsts with The Israelite under his guidance. The American Israelite newspaper’s website has been growing ever since going live. It continues to grow monthly and reaches over a million hits a month and twenty-five thousand unique visitors monthly.
Ted has served on many boards in the Cincinnati area: Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Jewish Community Center, Jewish National Fund, Golf Manor Synagogue and Sha’arei Torah Synagogue. He is a member of the Eastern Heartland Division of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, in which he has recently been elected to be Vice Division Commander, and also holds the position of Vessel Examiner. He is married to Stephanie Deutsch and the father of Rachel Deutsch. In his free time he is a disc golfer, golfer and kayaker
