Jay Tcath

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May 7, 2018, 9:46 PM

Iran in Syria ~ Soviet missiles in Cuba

What Winston Churchill said about Russia—it's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma—would be an understatement applied to Syria today. The country's unfathomable death toll and heart-wrenching refugee crisis are the human rights outrage of this decade. The...

Sep 11, 2017, 9:59 PM

The next BDS battlefield

'Socially Responsible Investing' is being used to block funding of Israel-linked companies

Mar 22, 2016, 11:50 AM

We vacation, but not our tzedakah

This morning brought the good news of additional Yemenite Jews being rescued by the Jewish Agency to the freedom and safety in Israel. The last such operation, in August 2013, prompted a similar reaction to that experienced today: First published...

Nov 12, 2015, 10:32 AM

Labeling Michael Oren’s E.U. stamp idea as “almost ripe”

The knesset member's retaliatory proposal isn't bad, it's just backwards

Mar 14, 2015, 12:12 AM

Photoshopping Rasmea Odeh

Here's what supporters of a Palestinian convicted of lying to US immigration authorities don't like to mention

Mar 5, 2015, 6:32 PM

10 chilling observations of Paris in winter

With 40 others from across the United States, Bill Silverstein, Chairman of the Chicago Jewish Federation and I recently participated in a Jewish Federations of North America solidarity and fact-finding mission to Paris. These are our top ten impressions: 1)...

Feb 1, 2015, 3:24 PM

Everyone in the IDF is special

Where are the army trainers, supply sergeants, vehicle mechanics, dish washers and engineers?

Jun 5, 2014, 3:49 PM

Disrupted idyll

Stumbling upon a grim reminder that Israel's tale of hope for a bright future is laced with tragedy

Oct 24, 2013, 4:35 PM

Looking backwards to find innovation

Despite the decentralization trend, a new Israeli fund wisely opted to leverage collective resources to make real change

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About Me

Jay Tcath is Executive Vice President of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.