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'''Joel Rubin''' (born 1971) is an American politician and media commentator on domestic political and Middle East affairs. Rubin is the Vice Mayor of the Town of [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]] and served as a senior Obama Administration State Department official.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rubin, Joel M.|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/234900.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> He also was in charge of Jewish outreach for [[Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign|Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Bernie Sanders picks former Obama official as liaison to Jewish community in a nod to the establishment|url=https://www.jta.org/2020/01/03/politics/bernie-sanders-picks-former-obama-official-as-liaison-to-the-jewish-community-in-a-nod-to-the-establishment|date=2020-01-03|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Bernie Sanders was on a path to become the first Jewish president. That was everything to Joel Rubin.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/03/18/bernie-sanders-was-going-be-first-jewish-president-that-was-everything-joel-rubin/|first=Michelle|last= Boorstein |date=2020-03-18|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}{{subscription required}}</ref> |
'''Joel Rubin''' (born 1971) is an American politician and media commentator on domestic political and Middle East affairs. Rubin is the Vice Mayor of the Town of [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]] and served as a senior Obama Administration State Department official.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rubin, Joel M.|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/bureau/234900.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref> He also was in charge of Jewish outreach for [[Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign|Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Bernie Sanders picks former Obama official as liaison to Jewish community in a nod to the establishment|url=https://www.jta.org/2020/01/03/politics/bernie-sanders-picks-former-obama-official-as-liaison-to-the-jewish-community-in-a-nod-to-the-establishment|date=2020-01-03|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Bernie Sanders was on a path to become the first Jewish president. That was everything to Joel Rubin.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/03/18/bernie-sanders-was-going-be-first-jewish-president-that-was-everything-joel-rubin/|first=Michelle|last= Boorstein |date=2020-03-18|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}}{{subscription required}}</ref> |
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On July 24, 2023, Rubin announced that he would run for Congress in [[Maryland's 6th congressional district]] in [[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland#District 6|2024]], seeking to succeed outgoing U.S. Representative [[David Trone]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kornbluh |first1=Jacob |title=Joel Rubin, who worked in Jewish outreach for Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, launches bid for U.S. House seat |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/555207/joel-rubin-jewish-outreach-house-congress/ |access-date=July 24, 2023 |work=[[The Forward]] |date=July 24, 2023}}</ref> |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Rubin was born in 1971. He attended [[Brandeis University]] for his undergraduate education, where he received a bachelor's degree in politics. He went on to study [[Carnegie Mellon University]]'s [[Heinz College]], where he received an M.S. in public policy and management with a minor in business administration. |
Rubin was born in 1971{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} and grew up in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=District 6 congressional race is developing slowly |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/07/24/district-6-congressional-race-is-developing-slowly/ |access-date=July 24, 2023 |work=[[Maryland Matters]]}}</ref> He attended [[Brandeis University]] for his undergraduate education, where he received a bachelor's degree in politics. He went on to study [[Carnegie Mellon University]]'s [[Heinz College]], where he received an M.S. in public policy and management with a minor in business administration. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Joel Rubin (born 1971) is an American politician and media commentator on domestic political and Middle East affairs. Rubin is the Vice Mayor of the Town of Chevy Chase, Maryland and served as a senior Obama Administration State Department official.[1] He also was in charge of Jewish outreach for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign.[2][3]
On July 24, 2023, Rubin announced that he would run for Congress in Maryland's 6th congressional district in 2024, seeking to succeed outgoing U.S. Representative David Trone.[4]
Early life and education
Rubin was born in 1971[citation needed] and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[5] He attended Brandeis University for his undergraduate education, where he received a bachelor's degree in politics. He went on to study Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College, where he received an M.S. in public policy and management with a minor in business administration.
Career
Advocacy
Rubin served in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica. Rubin was the founding Political Director of J Street, a liberal organization dedicated to promoting the two state solution and secular left wing values;[6] Rubin worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative assistant to Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ).
Executive Branch
He has worked for three U.S. government agencies in both Republican and Democratic Administrations – the Department of Energy, USAID, and State Department. In January 2015, when he served in the State Department as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs in the Obama administration, he was an official government witness and testified to the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
Post-Obama Administration career
Rubin ran for Congress in 2016 in Maryland's 8th congressional district,[7] in what was the most expensive Congressional primary in American history at the time.[8] In 2018 he ran in the Democratic primary for the Maryland House of Delegates.[9] Rubin was a founding board member of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, established in 2017 in the wake of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In 2020, he joined Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign as head of Jewish outreach.[2][3]
Media
Rubin appears as a political commentator on American networks such as MSNBC[10] and Fox News; and on international networks such as i24, China Global Television Network, and Al-Jazeera. He also writes political and national security commentary for Axios,[11] The Forward,[12] Washington Jewish Week,[13] and The Hill.[14]
Rubin was a surrogate for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign; an advocate for the Iran nuclear deal as the Policy Director for Ploughshares Fund; and as a commentator on the 2012 Benghazi attack. Following the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting at his hometown synagogue, Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation, Joel appeared on Fox News and MSNBC to discuss the attack, later commenting as well on the rise of antisemitism in America after the 2019 Poway synagogue shooting. Rubin frequently comments on foreign policy & congressional politics for networks such as Fox News, MSNBC, BBC, Al Jazeera.
Joel has also appeared in Jewish magazines for his political work.[15]
Honors and awards
In 2008 Rubin was awarded the ‘Congressional Staffer of the Year’ award from the Military Officers Association of America. Rubin was also awarded the State Department's Superior Honor Award in 2005.
Personal life
He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
References
- ^ "Rubin, Joel M." U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ a b "Bernie Sanders picks former Obama official as liaison to Jewish community in a nod to the establishment". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2020-01-03. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ a b Boorstein, Michelle (2020-03-18). "Bernie Sanders was on a path to become the first Jewish president. That was everything to Joel Rubin". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-05-22.(subscription required)
- ^ Kornbluh, Jacob (July 24, 2023). "Joel Rubin, who worked in Jewish outreach for Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, launches bid for U.S. House seat". The Forward. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Kurtz, Josh. "District 6 congressional race is developing slowly". Maryland Matters. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Melada, Geoffrey (2015-08-26). "Exit interview: Joel Rubin". Washington Jewish Week. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ Turque, Bill (2016-04-04). "Middle East peace activist wants to take fight to Republicans in Congress". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (2016-03-05). "Maryland House Race a 'Caldron of Power Couples and Washington, D.C., Politics'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-22.(subscription required)
- ^ "2018 Election Results".
- ^ "Search". MSNBC. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "Joel Rubin". Axios. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "Joel Rubin". The Forward. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "You searched for Joel Rubin". Washington Jewish Week. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ "Search". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
- ^ Stutman, Gabe (2020-03-16). "Bernie Sanders' Jewish outreach chief makes the case for Bernie". J. Retrieved 2020-05-22.