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2016-01-01 |
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| Name | Joel Rubin |
| Address | 4401 Walsh St
Chevy Chase, Maryland , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
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 Facebook | JoelRubinWSG |
| Born |
April 08, 1971
(53 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Feb 10, 2024 11:18pm |
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| Info | From serving in Costa Rica as a Peace Corps Volunteer to serving his country as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Obama Administration, and further serving his own community as a member of the Chevy Chase Town Council, Joel has spent his life fighting to build a better Maryland and America for us all.
Joel Rubin is a pragmatic progressive who grew up in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, a hub of Jewish activism, surrounded by family, neighbors, and conversation about social justice at the dinner table each night that informed his view of the world and desire to devote his life to public service. Joel also served three terms in municipal government, including as his town’s Vice Mayor, where he was hands-on in helping constituents during the pandemic, and served as an advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders on Jewish community affairs.
Joel is a national security expert, progressive activist, Jewish community leader, and local elected official who served in the Obama Administration as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. Motivated by his experience of being a civil servant in the Bush Administration when it went to war in Iraq based on lies, Joel committed himself to peace and helped found what is now J Street, a pro-Israel group that advocates for peace and democracy in the region. He later led the American Jewish Congress to counter antisemitism here in the United States. He also served in the Obama Administration in a senior State Department role, where he led the agency’s work with the House of Representatives.
Joel has no greater title than Dad, and he and his wife of nearly twenty years, Nilmini, live in a multigenerational, multiracial, Jewish-Buddhist household in Montgomery County. They have three daughters, 13, 15, and 17. Joel holds a joint Master’s degree in Public Policy and Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s degree in Politics from Brandeis University, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Environmental Education in Costa Rica. He is a sought-after expert who frequently appears on news programs and in editorial pages worldwide.
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