Benjamin Balthaser
@BL_Balthaser
Prof of multiethnic US lit; au of Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism & the Cultures of the US Jewish Left (July 2025) among other titles. He/him. 🕎🌹🐢
Apparently for the NYT, offering a range of opinions on their editorial page runs from, it’s a crime against humanity to commit the “destruction of a people in whole, or in part,” to “actually it’s just fine.”
In a more sane world ending the intentional starvation and mass killings of Palestinians would, also, be understood as necessary to secure Jewish futurity, any human future at all
It seems to me that ending the intentional starvation and mass killings of Palestinians is more important than existential musings about Jewish “pain” and futures. Is this disconnect a strategy or a pathology?
“Minneapolis Jews are here to say we are very very concerned, Larry”
New: Minneapolis Jews sound an early alarm on Democratic Party endorsement of DSA lawmaker in mayoral race jewishinsider.com/2025/07/minnea…
Taken from a JVP list serve, a list of kitchens in Gaza still receiving aid: Fund a kitchen in Gaza - Humanti Project humantiproject.org/kitchens/
Robert is a mentsh and a half and everyone should donate to his campaign (if you don’t live in Louisville and can’t knock doors)
ICYMI… LDSA comrade 🌹 Robert LeVertis Bell is running to represent District 43 in the Kentucky State House in 2026! His campaign is about building the power working people need to turn Kentucky around—not just for one election, but for the long haul.
All my homies disfigured psychologically by the events of the last 18 months
Dear Chicago area friends - event is to be rescheduled as one of the essential crew for the day is out w the ‘rona. Will post new date when we have it!
Dear Chicago area friends, I will be in conversation w Gabe Winant about my new book, _Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left_ Pilsen Community Books, this Thrs July 24th 7pm. Hope to see you there pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/47454
6000 @UNRWA trucks waiting at the border to feed those hungry babies, those hungry mamas and babas, those hungry kittens on the street. 6000 trucks could feed them for three months. But your tax dollars won’t let that happen.
The entire population of Gaza has been effectively cut off from food since March 2. It is now July 20. The only exceptions are the ones who made it through the Squid Games firing squads to get a box of pasta and weren’t killed in the process. This is well said 👇
The reports from Gaza indicate that the final point of no return has been crossed. A broad consensus of scholars predicted that mass hunger will began to exact its deathly toll just about now. It is. All was known. Nothing surprised anyone. There is no need to refer to the Gaza…
I am v curious about the emergent fascist Hamburglar aesthetic
According to Cuomo, Mamdani won the Jewish vote in NYC. Does anyone have data on this? If so, this would rewrite every narrative on Jewish politics, Zionism and left the bourgeoisie would have us believe
At Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo said he "didn't debunk" Mamdani enough. Cuomo added that Mamdani got "more than 50 percent" of the Jewish vote. "Those young people, the under-30 people, they are pro-Palestinian, and they don't consider it being anti-Israel."
This man has the claim to one of the hardest pictures ever taken. He is going to win.
I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us. fatehformayor.com/donate