Israel Ruby was an American attorney and politician who served on the Boston City Council from 1926 to 1934 and was a Judge of the Williamstown District Court from 1937 to 1952.
During World War I, Ruby was denied enlistment to the United States Army and Navy and instead was active in the Liberty bond program and the American Red Cross.
[3] In 1925, the first year the Boston City Council switched from at-large to district representation, Ruby was elected to represent Ward 14.
[5] In 1937, outgoing Governor James Michael Curley appointed Ruby to be a special justice of the Williamstown District Court.
On January 8, 1951, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice Edward A. Counihan sustained three of the charges against Ruby and disbarred him.