Ruthie Blum is an American-

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i journalist, columnist, former features editor of the '' Jerusalem Post,'' and current web editor at ''The

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''. Blum is the daughter of '' Commentary'' editor

Norman Podhoretz Norman Podhoretz (; born January 16, 1930) is an American magazine editor, writer, and conservative political commentator, who identifies his views as " paleo- neoconservative".

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Midge Decter Midge Decter (née Rosenthal; July 25, 1927 – May 9, 2022) was an American journalist and author.Bronx High School of Science The Bronx High School of Science, commonly called Bronx Science, is a public specialized high school in The Bronx in New York City. It is operated by the New York City Department of Education. Admission to Bronx Science involves passing the Sp ...

in 1976 and immigrated to Israel in 1977. She has been described by left-wing journalist Craig Unger as “doyenne of the right-wing Bohemian set in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

.” She was previously married to former

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News Editor-in-Chief Steve Leibowitz, during which time she lived in

Har Adar Har Adar ( he, הַר אֲדָר) is an Israeli settlement organized as a local council in the Seam Zone and the Maccabim sub-region of the West Bank. Founded in 1986, it had a population of in . It is located near Abu Ghosh and the Green Line ...

, a suburb of

. Blum has four children.Bush, Sharon, My Daughter, and Me
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Published works

To Hell in a Handbasket: Carter, Obama, and the ‘Arab Spring’

References

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