Ben Platt distances himself from Family on Israel/Palestine

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 4/16/25 at 10:01am

Ben Platt recently shared to his instagram, “as a queer Jew who's personal connection to Judaism is cultural, emotional and interpersonal and is not defined for me by the state of Israel, I have felt long alienated from this conversation

and from a lot of people in my earliest community who feel differently, sometimes to a dogmatic extent,” resharing sentiments made by Hannah Einbinder.

This comes in the wake of an outcry of support for Rachel Zegler who was confronted by Platts father for sharing pro Palestinian messaging.

[binau]

Posted: 4/18/25 at 5:05am

I don’t understand why he feels the need to say ‘as a queer Jew’. I would have thought sympathy to the Palestinians would be more based on the frame of reference that he is a human being and has concerns about the humanitarian issues not that he is ‘a queer Jew’. In fact, if he wants to double down on his queer identity I would have thought he would have even more alignment with the state of Israel because that is a government that will support his existence and rights, whereas the culture and government of Gaza would shun, punish and potentially even kill him for his queerness. 

Updated On: 4/18/25 at 05:05 AM

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/18/25 at 8:22pm

binau said: "I don’t understand why he feels the need to say ‘as a queer Jew’. I would have thought sympathy to the Palestinians would be more based on the frame of reference that he is a human being and has concerns about the humanitarian issues not that he is ‘a queer Jew’. In fact, if he wants to double down on his queer identity I would have thought he would have even more alignment with the state of Israel because that is a government that will support his existence and rights, whereas the culture and government of Gaza would shun, punish and potentially even killhim for his queerness."

You need to be alive for culture to change and make no mistake, Israel makes no carve outs in the bombings for Queers. They're just as buried in the rumble as the rest.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/16/25 at 4:33pm

Today, Ben shared his support for Zohran Mamdani in the NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 6/24/25 at 11:49pm

Well... Holy sh*t... Ben has finally made up for Evan Hansen. He actually looked like a high schooler the whole time and his run at The Palace was actually sold out the entire time and not on TDF even once.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/zohran-cuomo-concedes-new-york-city-mayor-primary-democrats-1235371489/

[Crusty Bagel]

Posted: 8/2/25 at 3:56am

Ben is a follower not a leader

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/2/25 at 7:24pm

Crusty Bagel said: "Ben is a follower not a leader"

You mean the leaders are the ones doubling down on Genocide and starvation? If that's your idea of leadership, then you're a sociopath. 

[Crusty Bagel]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 1:59am

He just goes wherever the wind blows 

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 10:26pm

Crusty Bagel said: "He just goes wherever the wind blows"

I mean... It would actually be a lot more helpful for his career (and family life) for him to have said nothing. You know this, but you're just playing dumb. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 11/12/25 at 9:07pm

'I Couldn't Vote for Trump, but I'm Glad He Won': Top Jewish Podcaster Jonah Platt on Israel, Gaza and Antisemitism in America

Jonah addresses the tension between himself and his brother around the 25:40 time mark. He talks very generally and makes it very clear that he’s not being specific about his family, but he basically claims Ben is no longer a practicing Jew. He uses that as an excuse that non religious Jews don’t/shouldn’t have an equal weight of opinion to those who are practicing. Which is a pretty shameful take on the situation.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 11/13/25 at 8:46am

Maybe if you didn't hinge being a practicing Jew with a country massacring an entire country you wouldn't have so many "non-practicing" or rather practicing in a way you don't support.