David Rubin | Guest: The Next Steps Show

Founder, Author, and Former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel

David Rubin is the founder and president of the Shiloh Israel Children’s Fund and a former mayor of Shiloh, Israel. After surviving a terrorist attack with his young son in 2001, Rubin turned personal tragedy into a mission of healing, establishing SICF to help children recover from trauma through therapeutic and educational programs in Israel’s biblical heartland.

Born and raised in the United States, Rubin now lives in Israel with his wife, Lisa. Together, they have raised six children in a neighborhood overlooking the historic site of Ancient Shiloh, where the Tabernacle stood for 369 years during the time of Joshua, Hannah, and Samuel the Prophet.

Rubin is the author of seven books, including Trump and the Jews and Confronting Radicals: What America Can Learn from Israel. A frequent commentator on Israel, terrorism, faith, and Middle East affairs, he has appeared on Fox News, Newsmax TV, and many other television and radio programs. His writing has been published in The Jerusalem Post, Israel National News, and numerous other outlets.

Known to many as the “Trusted Voice of Israel,” David Rubin speaks across North America and beyond, bringing a firsthand perspective on Israel’s security, the trauma of terrorism, the resilience of children, and what America can learn from a nation forced to confront radicalism without illusions.

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May 7, 2026

When Truth Falls: Israel, Terror, and America

Israel to Rochester traces one hard truth across oceans, borders, and backyards: when leaders rename evil, children and families are left to carry the cost.Peter Vazquez opens with David Rubin, former Mayor of Shiloh, Israel, founder and president of the Shiloh Israel Children’s Fund, and author of Confronting Radicals: What America Can Learn from Israel. Rubin speaks from inside Israel, where sirens, bomb shelters, terrorism, war, and uncertainty are not political abstractions. They are daily realities for families and children.The conversation begins with the trauma of Israeli children, who face the same wounds children everywhere face, but with the added burden of terrorism, murdered neighbors, wounded family members, teachers called to war, and nights broken by sirens. Through the Shiloh Israel Children’s Fund, Rubin works to heal what terror tries to silence.From there, the show moves into Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Abraham Acco…

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