03/06/2026
Tucker Carlson, Chabad and the Cure the World Craves
Recent comments by Tucker Carlson suggesting that the Chabad-Lubavitch movement somehow directs Israeli military strategy from 770 Eastern Parkway, have understandably triggered tremendous public backlash.
The claim itself has been widely criticized and rejected as an absurd joke, completely conspiratorial. But perhaps the wiser response is not merely to counter and condemn the accusation — but rather reflect on how Jewish tradition teaches us to respond when negativity creeps in, and casts a looming shadow.
It is important to pause and remember the guiding message of the Rebbe, whose life was dedicated to dispelling darkness through revealing the inherent goodness found within humanity.
The Rebbe often taught that when the world grows darker, the Jewish response is never to retreat. We counter with more light — more acts of goodness, more acts of kindness, more love, more compassion and responsibility for the world around us.
When hostility, or misunderstanding arise, the Rebbe did not teach us to cower or withdraw. He encouraged the exact opposite: to double and triple our efforts in bringing goodness into the world.
So strangely enough, even moments like this can serve as a powerful reminder.
If someone believes Jews wield enormous influence, then let that influence be exactly what Jewish teaching demands: kindness, charity, education, and moral responsibility.
That is the true mission of Chabad centers across the globe — not geopolitics, not war mongering , not conspiracies — but rather helping people put on tefillin, lighting Shabbat candles, feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, educating children, and reminding every human being that they were created in the image of G-d. The Rebbe taught that someone else’s physical needs and challenges becomes our spiritual obligation!
Judaism has never thrived just in comfortable and pleasant times. Throughout history it has faced scrutiny, misunderstanding, and at times outright hostility. Yet the Jewish response has remained remarkably consistent.
Build Jewish schools
Feed the poor.
Strengthen families.
Empowering people with special needs.
Bring hope.
There is an old expression: “If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
Public life brings criticism. Sometimes fair. Sometimes unfair. Sometimes wildly imaginative. It is always easier to point fingers at others than to look in the mirror and ask a deeper question:
What good can I bring into the world today?
The Rebbe believed that every person has that responsibility — Jew and non-Jew alike. A world filled with billions of human beings created in the Divine image is meant to be a world filled with dignity, compassion, and purpose.
If conversations like this remind people of the work Chabad does — helping people, strengthening communities, spreading kindness — then perhaps something positive can emerge even from misguided accusations.
So, in a strange way, even criticism can become a reminder.
When the heat rises, the Jewish response is simple:
Add more light, love and laughter! I never realized that I am indeed so, so powerful.
Tonight is my father’s 10th yartzheit and he taught me through his example, that it’s too easy to become a victim to the cruelties of life, but rather my dad revenged his parents, brother and sister’s murder in the Holocaust through always being positive and living life to its fullest - as his family’s loving ambassador.
May the neshoma of Yosef Benyomin ben Menashe have an ascent in the heavens above.
From my heart to yours,
Areyah
