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Joel Rubin

Los Angeles

Senior Policy Editor at POLITICO

@latimes reporter turned editor, currently deputy business editor. Maine raised. Go Sox.

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  • 2 weeks ago | jewishnewsva.org | Joel Rubin

    by | Apr 24, 2025 | Jewish Tidewater, Trending News With a number of its Jewish and even some non-Jewish residents looking on, Cantor Elihu Flax affixed a fully kosher Mezuzah on the front door of Aviva Pembroke senior housing, located at Pembroke Square near Target and other retailers, restaurants, hotels, and popular amenities.

  • 1 month ago | jewishnewsva.org | Joel Rubin

    Cyclist, scholar, father, mentor, musician, soccer, hockey, and baseball fan, U.S. history buff, Coast Guard Chaplain…and rabbi. That pretty much describes Jacob Herber, who assumes the pulpit at Norfolk’s Congregation Beth El in mid-July. “I am really looking forward to living and working in your community,” says Herber, who grew up in Beacon, a small town outside New York City where he received his grounding in Judaism.

  • 2 months ago | joelrubin.substack.com | Joel Rubin

    It was just another boring Friday afternoon in Washington…. until it wasn’t!President Trump and Vice President Vance met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, ostensibly to sign a minerals deal… only to see it all blow up in an unprecedented spectacle of public disagreement. The deal was cancelled. Zelenskyy was kicked out. Diplomacy for a peace deal is in shambles. That meeting in the Oval Office had one clear winner: Vladimir Putin.

  • Feb 6, 2025 | jewishnewsva.org | Joel Rubin

    “Stunning” was the most frequent word heard as Beth Sholom Village and its friends in the Jewish community celebrated the official opening of Aviva Pembroke with development partner Pembroke Square Associates inside the seven-story structure off Constitution Drive in Virginia Beach.

  • Jan 15, 2025 | joelrubin.substack.com | Joel Rubin

    The seemingly unending war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip may be mercifully coming to a pause. The just-announced ceasefire for hostages deal (let’s call it the “January Deal”), as publicly understood, will be comprised of multiple phases that largely reflect the Biden proposal from this past May.

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Joel Rubin
Joel Rubin @joelrubin
21 Apr 25

RT @alexanderburns: Tonight @politico: We have published a piece from John Ullyot, who just resigned as a top Pentagon spokesman, warning t…

Joel Rubin
Joel Rubin @joelrubin
16 Apr 25

I'm thrilled to be joining the amazing @politico California team as Senior Policy Editor. https://t.co/JWXsuEGgYv

Joel Rubin
Joel Rubin @joelrubin
27 Feb 25

I arrived at the LA Times straight out of j-school in 2003 for what was supposed to be a 6-week summer internship. Nearly 22 years and a whole lot of words later, I've decide to leave the paper at the end of the week. It's been a wild, fulfilling ride. Excited for what's next.