Who they are
Rubin grew up in New York and studied at Colgate University from 1984 to 1988. He worked in financial services from 1999, was president of American Independence Financial Services from 2006 to 2017 and later led Uncommon Investment Advisors. He moved to Israel in mid-October 2023, became executive director of Together Vouch For Each Other U.S. and was named a Maccabi World Union global ambassador in February 2024.
Positions and record
Antisemitism and racism: He uses professional sport to campaign against antisemitism, racism and intolerance through Project Max.
Jewish-Arab relations: He promotes contact between Jews and Arab Israelis through sport and Holocaust education, including work with Together Vouch For Each Other U.S.
Where they stand
Holds the party line on every issue.
Judea & Samariaparty lineJudea and Samaria an inseparable part of the Jewish homeland: no Palestinian state, the Palestinian Authority disarmed but for police weapons, and Jewish communities strengthened
Two states / withdrawalSovereignty / annexation
Gaza & Securityparty lineVoluntary emigration for Gazans who want to leave, to countries willing to take them, with the terror groups kept from rebuilding and any war costing the enemy territory.
Deal & disengagementFull military control
Haredi Enlistmentparty lineA Basic Law: Service puts every citizen in the army or in national or civilian service, with a track kept for outstanding Torah scholars as the army's needs allow.
Universal draftPreserve exemptions
Judiciaryparty lineA supreme appellate court to hear appeals against the Supreme Court, the Attorney General's job split in two, and legal advisers kept from tying soldiers' hands
Court can strike lawsKnesset can override
Economyparty lineMove power from concentrated interests to consumers, workers and entrepreneurs: break up monopolies, cut regulation and bureaucracy, and back small and medium businesses.
Social spendingFree market
Educationparty lineOne national standard and a full core curriculum in every school system, no state money for anti-Zionist schools, and principals given charge of hiring and programmes.
State runs the schoolsParents and communities
Religion & Stateparty lineTradition by love, not coercion, from a slate of religious, traditional and secular candidates; no stated policy on civil marriage, conversion, Shabbat or the rabbinate
Civil / pluralistReligious authority
Nation & Citizenshipparty lineA home for every Jew in the world; Arab citizens who want the country's good
Equal citizenshipJewish national state