Dave Rubin

Dave Rubin is a political commentator, interviewer, and the host of The Rubin Report, an independently produced podcast and YouTube program that has amassed millions of subscribers and has been one of the most-watched vehicles for long-form political conversation with center-right and libertarian guests. Born June 25, 1976, in Long Island, New York, into a Jewish family, Rubin graduated from SUNY Binghamton, worked briefly in comedy and television production, and joined The Young Turks progressive commentary network before his political views evolved toward classical liberalism and he departed to build his own platform. He is openly gay and has been open about the ways his Jewish identity and his concern for Israel's safety shaped his political journey.

Rubin's pro-Israel stance is part of a broader framework of classical liberal and free speech principles: he argues that the same institutions and cultural forces that suppress speech and punish heterodox views are the ones that produce hostility to Israel, and that defending Israel and defending free expression require the same underlying commitments to liberal democratic values. His program has featured extensive conversations with Israeli and pro-Israel voices — politicians, military officials, journalists, and thinkers — that give his audience exposure to pro-Israel perspectives they may not encounter in their political or social environments.

His identity as a gay Jewish man who has moved from the progressive left to classical liberalism gives him a demographic footprint that is distinct from most pro-Israel media voices — he reaches younger, more libertarian, and more politically mixed audiences than the evangelical Christian or conservative Republican channels that carry most pro-Israel media content. His husband and family life in Florida adds a domestic dimension to his public identity that makes him a different kind of pro-Israel voice. At Rank 79, Rubin represents the gay Jewish classical liberal commentator whose political journey from left to center-right has made him a bridge figure in the ongoing defection of Jewish and Israel-sympathetic voters from progressive political homes.