Author: Benjamin Balthaser
Anti-semitism
Mamdani’s Judeo-Bolshevik Threat
Benjamin Balthaser explores the representation of Zohran Mamdani as simultaneously foreign menace and inauthentic outsider, deploying both antisemitism and Islamophobia to prop up a neatly racialized version of politics.
Benjamin Balthaser
August 1, 2025
Anti-racism
The New Anti-Dreyfusards
Benjamin Balthaser argues that Antony Lerman’s recent book on state antisemitism fails to develop a theory of antisemitism for the current moment.
Benjamin Balthaser
April 16, 2023
Anti-imperialism
From Schlemiel to Super Hero
Benjamin Balthaser explores the roles of militarism, masculinity, and Jewish identity in the political persona of Volodomir Zelensky.
Benjamin Balthaser
March 18, 2022