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Fast Forward NYC investigators find 60-foot underground tunnel beneath building next to Chabad headquarters
Investigators uncovered “a single linear underground tunnel” that was approximately 8 feet wide and 5 feet tall and had been illegally excavated
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Culture On X, Jewish tunnel conspiracies reveal antisemitic pages masquerading as pro-Palestinian advocacy groups
Accounts with names like DefundIsraelNow are gleefully posting antisemitic memes about the tunnels
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Culture Not just Chabad headquarters: The secret Jewish history of secret Jewish tunnels
Jewish groups through history have used tunnels for warfare, resource transportation and more
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Opinion How Twitter activists turned a viral story about Orthodox Jews into a modern blood libel
White nationalists, rebranded as 'pro-Palestinian activists,' have used the war and recent news cycles to spread antisemitic conspiracy theories
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Fast Forward So why were those yeshiva students digging a tunnel at Chabad headquarters?
The fracas reveals deep rifts in the Lubavitcher community between officials and those who see the Rebbe as the messiah
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Fast Forward Arrests at Chabad’s iconic headquarters after students thwart attempt to fill secret tunnel
The tunnel’s purpose is unclear, as is the reason some Lubavitchers defied attempts to plug it
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Fast Forward Argentina’s president-elect, Javier Milei, visits Lubavitcher rabbi’s grave to offer thanks for his surprise victory
Milei also sought blessings from a rabbi in Buenos Aires after his election Nov. 19
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News Annual Chabad rabbis’ conference spotlights rise in Jewish engagement as attendees mourn Israel’s dead
The gala, which drew 6,500 people this year and is generally meant to be an uplifting celebration of Chabad’s Orthodox Jewish outreach work
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