Jay Deitcher is a news reporter with eJewishPhilanthropy. Jay’s news and feature stories have also been published by The Washington Post, Time, GQ, Esquire,  Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Vox, Times of Israel, The Forward, Moment, The Jewish Chronicle, Tablet, and Rolling Stone. Prior to becoming a journalist, Jay worked over a decade experience as a therapist for children with behavioral and special educational needs. He is is a graduate of the The State University of New York at Stony Brook and at Albany, and lives in Albany, NY.