Michael Rubin (LFI)
Not to be confused with Michael Gary Rubin (billionaire) or Michael Rubin (AEI) (American Enterprise Institute)
Michael Rubin is a British Zionist activist who has been successively Parliamentary Affairs and Research Manager (Apr 2016 - Apr 2019) Political Director (Apr 2019 - Sep 2020), Director (Sep 2020 - Present). of Labour Friends of Israel[1]
Number 17 in the 2015 Jewish News 25 under 25 list:
- Michael Rubin founded his student union’s Living Wage Campaign, a cause célèbre of young Labour Party activists in recent years, and convinced the University of Leicester to pay a fairer salary to its lowest-paid staff.
- The Politics & Economics undergraduate received the award for student campaigner of the year and held a host of positions, including head of the anti-fascist Hope not Hate Society, before standing for president of the Students’ Union for 2014-2015.
- He also sits on the Block of 15 (see Charlie Agran, no.15) and is seen as a friend of Jewish students at the NUS’ National Executive Council: firm and fair, although less interested in Israel-Palestine than some of his co-religionists may wish him to be.[2]
Follow-up in 2020 mentioned that 'His continued and growing role at Labour Friends of Israel has broadened his profile and role in the Jewish community and his Jewish identity'.[3]
