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.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 1/2/26 at 7:24am

TheatreFan4 said: "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."

If it's a genocide, why is only 6% of the population dead in two years? (Some of that 6% being terrorists.) Sounds like Israel's bad at genocide if that's why they're trying to do.... 
 

Also, Israel warns that they'll be bombing an area. Doesn't sound like genocide to me.

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/3/26 at 11:27am

The IDF's actions have been abominable. Bibi is pure evil. It's genocide, an absolute horror of indifference to human life. I can't believe there is any debate about that.

[Azúcar!]

Posted: 1/7/26 at 7:46pm

Who gives a poop what Ben Platt does?  

[Charley Kringas Inc]

Posted: 1/8/26 at 12:16pm

Azúcar! said: "Who gives a poop what Ben Platt does?"

yeah, why are we talking about a broadway star on the broadway forum, what's up with that

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 1/19/26 at 6:07am

Jay Lerner-Z said: "The IDF's actions have been abominable. Bibi is pure evil. It's genocide, an absolute horror of indifference to human life. I can't believe there is any debate about that."

Hamas' actions have also been abominable. Hamas is pure evil. Israel continues to be attacked. Should they roll over?

bibi is absolutely a monster. Many Israelis agree. But it's not a genocide. If it's a genocide, then how, in over two years, has only 10% of the population been affected (this number includes militants and terrorists)? Pretty lousy genocide....

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/19/26 at 11:59am

It's genocide, but whatever label we give it, treating human beings like insects is never okay.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/19/26 at 2:16pm

iluvtheatertrash said: . But it's not a genocide. If it's a genocide, then how, in over two years, has only 10% of the population been affected (this number includesmilitants and terrorists)? Pretty lousy genocide...."

You are most likely siding with them due to typical ignorance and needing to side who you most identify with. Every single human rights council around the world has declared it one. Couldn't be clearer, how embarrassing for you. Here's some light reading for you that you won't find on NewsMax: 
 
 Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel said in a new report today. The Commission urges Israel and all States to fulfil their legal obligations under international law to end the genocide and punish those responsible for it.

The Commission has been investigating the events on and since 7 October 2023 for the last two years, and concluded that Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces committed four of the five genocidal acts defined by the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, namely killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of the Palestinians in whole or in part, and imposing measures intended to prevent births.

Explicit statements by Israeli civilian and military authorities and the pattern of conduct of the Israeli security forces indicate that the genocidal acts were committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a group.

“The Commission finds that Israel is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza,” said Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission. “It is clear that there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”

“The responsibility for these atrocity crimes lies with Israeli authorities at the highest echelons who have orchestrated a genocidal campaign for almost two years now with the specific intent to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza,” Pillay said. “The Commission also finds that Israel has failed to prevent and punish the commission of genocide, through failure to investigate genocidal acts and to prosecute alleged perpetrators.”

The report is based on all the Commission’s prior investigations, as well as factual and legal findings in relation to attacks in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces, and the conduct and statements of Israeli authorities from 7 October 2023 until 31 July 2025. The Commission’s findings are based on a comprehensive examination of the underlying acts of genocide (actus reus) and genocidal intent (dolus specialis).

In establishing the genocidal acts, the Commission examined the Israeli military operations in Gaza, including killing and seriously harming unprecedented numbers of Palestinians; imposing a total siege, including blocking humanitarian aid leading to starvation; systematically destroying the healthcare and education systems in Gaza; committing systematic acts of sexual and gender based violence; directly targeting children; carrying out systematic and widespread attacks on religious and cultural sites; and disregarding the orders of the International Court of Justice.

In establishing genocidal intent, the Commission applied the “only reasonable inference” standard set forth by the International Court of Justice in the case of Bosnia v. Serbia. The Commission analyzed statements made by Israeli authorities and concluded that those statements are direct evidence of genocidal intent. The Commission also analyzed the pattern of conduct of Israeli authorities and the Israeli security forces in Gaza, including imposing starvation and inhumane conditions of life for Palestinians in Gaza, and found that genocidal intent was the only reasonable inference that could be concluded from the nature of their operations.

Source: UNHR

 

Updated On: 1/19/26 at 02:16 PM

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 1/19/26 at 3:46pm

A shame your idol Joey Robinette enabled it, Sutton. Right?