Ruthie Blum

{{Short description|American-Israeli journalist}}

Ruthie Blum ({{Langx|he|רותי בלום}}) is an American-Israeli journalist, columnist, former features editor of the Jerusalem Post, and web editor at The Algemeiner Journal {{asof|2016|lc=y}}.{{cite web|title=Ruthie Blum|url=https://twitter.com/ruthieblum|website= Twitter |accessdate=18 April 2016}}

Blum is the daughter of Commentary editor Norman Podhoretz and Midge Decter. She graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1976 and immigrated to Israel in 1977.“ Five Questions with Ruthie Blum, Jerusalem Post, September 2, 2005

She has been described by left-wing journalist Craig Unger as "doyenne of the right-wing Bohemian set in Jerusalem."The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future, Craig Unger, 2007, p. 163

She was previously married to former Israel Broadcasting Authority News Editor-in-Chief Steve Leibowitz, during which time she lived in Har Adar, an Israeli Settlement near Jerusalem. Blum has four children.[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/bush-sharon-my-daughter-and-me/ Bush, Sharon, My Daughter, and Me]