Ruth Levine

Medical Educator, Student Affairs Dean, Team-Based Learning trainer/consultant. Psychiatrist, Wife, Mom, cat- lady (dogs too).

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

@HowardA_AtLaw Yay🎉🎉🎉🎉

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

Join me in helping our school win the #allinUTMB challenge on Oct 1! #allinforUTMB https://t.co/Gbn8UYyBMN

[AP @Average_NY_Guy]

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 🧵: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬.

I'm sick and tired of Candace Owens and her likes that are obsessed with framing Jews behind every problem that they had over the years. While we all love the Christians and while most Christians are real friends of the Jews, I think this has to be said again and again. So let's review some history and some facts.

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

@BlakeMathews08 I remember Alicia…developed quickly and hit Galveston head on… nobody even had time to evacuate.

[AG @AGHamilton29]

I know most of the people responsible or who are covering for it don't care, but let me explain how American Jews are feeling right now:

The overwhelming majority of Jews only live in a few countries in the world. Our families were driven out of much of Europe by pogroms and The Holocaust, and then we were ethnically cleansed from most of the Middle East.. something that rarely gets discussed.

As a result of that history, there is only a feeling of safety in societies that protect pluralism and in the world's only Jewish country. The existence of Jews in Israel is central to the Jewish religion, no matter how much some people would like to pretend otherwise.

The point is that for most Jews, Zionism is part of their identity. It's not about support for the Israeli government or any particular policy, but simply the right for the existence of the Jewish state.

Now we get to America and these protests. American Jews are Americans. We support the right of a Jewish state to exist, but that doesn't mean we want to be Israelis. Just like a French American can support the existence of France, or an Iranian American can support the existence of Iran (and can care about what happens there..). Yet I want people to understand how concerning it is to see what we are seeing now, especially given the history of the Jewish people. More upsetting is that much of this is just being ignored or downplayed by those in a position to speak up.

We are seeing videos of Jewish kids being restricted from entering school libraries. Jewish kids are being assaulted. Jewish kids face mobs attacking and harassing them simply for maintaining a belief that is central to their identity. And they are told that it's not an issue because all they have to do is denounce that part of their identity and then they can be counted as good Jews and accepted.

Then we are also seeing these mobs now openly chant for violence against "zionists," demand that "zionists" be banned from public spaces, chant for "Zionists" not to be allowed on the streets. Chant for violence against an overwhelming majority of Jews. And often also the ethnic cleansing of our relatives in Israel.

When most Jews hear that, it means us and our families. No amount of spin will change that. The goal is to try to make us feel unwelcome in these spaces and it is explicit.

You have no idea the feelings that video of a group of idiots at UCLA not letting a Jewish kid go to the library because he was a "zionist" brought out for Jewish Americans...

And before people start to argue about what things like "there is only one solution, intifada revolution" and "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Arab", we know what they mean. More importantly, we've made it clear how we perceive these things and that has made the mobs want to chant them even louder because they view it as effective intimidation. Not one of these chants has ever helped a Palestinian. Not one of them has ever changed a single Israeli policy. They are specifically aimed at intimidating people in America.

But it has gotten worse...

Businesses owned by Jews in Los Angeles are getting threatening calls telling them they either need to openly oppose Israel or they risk harassment/attacks. Jewish Synagogues facing bomb threats. Jewish-owned property is being vandalized. Jewish organizations are being explicitly targeted. Jews who support Israel are being actively targeted. And the demand is that we just accept it.

And again, the sickest part of it is not only the relative silence, but those who are supposed to inform the public on what is happening are pretending like it isn't happening because it would undermine a "mostly peaceful" narrative they prefer.

They are actively covering for the mobs doing these very things. And by the time this escalates, it will be too late. We can see where this is headed. And not just for Jews, because while we may be at the top of the target list, the people behind this also hate so many other aspects of American society and are open about saying so. They think they are revolutionaries and the society that Americans sacrificed so much to help build is their ultimate target.

The education system is failing as an institution to teach these wannabe Red Guards why this behavior is wrong. The media is failing as an institution to tell people the truth about what is happening. The government, mostly in deep blue areas, is failing as an institution to live up to its part of the social contract in protecting people from these criminal mobs. That's a lot of failures that are driving us into dangerous territory. American Jews aren't going to accept this path and being bullied out of public spaces without fighting back. I hope non-Jewish Americans wake up to it and also stand up against it because the more these mobs get away with, the further they will go. It may start with Jews (or "zionists"), but it won't end there.

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

Update-
Messaged sky miles - got a phone number. Called and after 30 minutes on hold got a LIVE PERSON who allowed me to reserve my kitten. Why did this have to be so hard?!

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

Has anyone else recently had problems with @Delta? I begged the virtual assistant to help me book a reservation to carry on my 4lb kitten and spent an hour not getting answers. Any suggestions?!

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

I’m talking about a four pound kitten! This shouldn’t be so difficult. I even booked @Delta comfort plus seats. Surely I should be able to carry on a kitten.

[Ruth L Bush, MD, JD, MPH @RuthLBush]

UTMB well represented at 2023 #SGEA #MusicCity @utmbhealth @AAMCtoday amazing group of med educators!

[Ruth L Bush, MD, JD, MPH @RuthLBush]

UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine has arrived in Nashville at the @AAMCtoday #sgea @utmbhealth

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

Very proud of #JSSOM #UTMB class of 2023 getting their fabulous match results!!
#Match2023

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

@gradydoctor Beautiful. Can’t wait to see what you wear on 2-22-22!!!

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

Took Holly to the vet today and found out she gained 6lb since her last visit and needs to go on a diet. Glad I’m not the only one #pandemicpounds

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

So proud of my MS1s! #UTMB #UTMBHealth White Coat Ceremony Class Of 2025

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

Getting ready for first ever “UTMB SOM Oath Ceremony”. #UTMBHealth #UTMBSOM class of 2021

[Nicole Baldwin, MD, FAAP @NicoleB_MD]

Today marks the ONE YEAR anniversary of the day I posted a little video about #vaccines to a little platform called #TikTok

So of course, one does what one has to do...I made another TikTok to commemorate the occasion.

🧵...
@ShotsHeard @doritmi @DrToddWo @thepedimom

[Ruth Levine @rlevinetx]

This is a great conference- looking forward to it!!

[Khaled Elsayes @ElsayesKhaled]

Honored & privileged to lead planning of this conference which is designed for academic health professionals who are involved in education. The theme is “Pivoting to Transform Heath Science Education: How We Learned to Teach During a Pandemic” https://t.co/4oGUYuEpao