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Apr 29, 2026, 5:53 AM

Everything the Antisemite Says Is Right. (Almost)

It varies in each generation but they have said some pretty intense stuff: We influence Hollywood way too much (have you ever heard of MGM, Paramount, Universal, Fox, Warner Bros) We want to settle the entire Land of Israel (Every prayer...

Mar 7, 2026, 12:59 AM

Biblical War Strategy from President Truman and Admiral Nimitz

Two of the clearest demonstrations of biblical war strategy in modern history were carried out by men who probably never saw a page of Talmud. President Harry Truman and Admiral Chester Nimitz were not rabbis. They were practical Americans leading...

Feb 26, 2026, 10:34 PM

The Foolproof Response to Tucker

The moment Ambassador Huckabee commented on X he already lost the battle. As the Talmud says “When you wrestle with a dirty person, you get muddy.” And I won’t squander an hour of my life watching an interview to have...

Jan 20, 2026, 12:18 AM

Mamdani is good for Judaism

October 7 was the earthquake. And in many ways, October 8 was a different type of tremor. We opened our phones and saw people we trusted explaining, excusing, even cheering Jewish death. Stark fault lines were revealed. And now New...

Nov 24, 2025, 5:44 AM

Now is the time to ask: Would you hide me?

After October 7th, a question ricocheted around the Jewish world: “If the Nazis came again, would you hide me?” It was meant to echo the 1940s in Germany: the righteous neighbor hiding the Jewish family in the attic, the ordinary person...

Nov 4, 2025, 4:50 AM

It’s Time for Israel to Start Acting Its Age

Teenagers are exhausting. The adults don’t take their opinions too seriously. The class bully and the prom queen both take up too much space in their mental universe. And they are in a perpetual struggle to be one of...

Sep 3, 2025, 10:08 PM

Stop Trying to Tell The World How Moral Israel Is

Israel recently allocated $150,000,000 for pro-Israel advocacy efforts abroad – otherwise known as Hasbara – to try and prove how ethical they are. And now, major Jewish organizations are sending money to Gaza aid, screaming “Look! Israel isn’t ethical, but...

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About Me

Mendel Teldon is the Rabbi at Chabad of Mid-Suffolk in Commack, NY where he lives with his wife and 6 kids. He recently gave a briefing in the United States Congress on the topics of Lasting Peace in Israel and Antisemitism.