‘It’s Wild Fantasy and Malevolence’: Fracas Over Tunnel Beneath Brooklyn Synagogue Leads to Torrent of Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories
The young chasidic men who were defending their tunnel are believed to have been trying to expand the synagogue according to the wishes of the revered Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Schneerson.
Video footage showing Monday’s clash between young chasidic men and the New York Police Department at an iconic synagogue at Crown Heights, Brooklyn, went viral and has now been trending on social media for two days. The chaotic scenes, in which zealous students are seen throwing pews at cops, tearing down wooden panels, and emerging from a tunnel, has opened the floodgates to a rampant stream of invective and antisemitic child trafficking conspiracy theories.
“What are these NY Jews hiding in these illegal tunnels connected to a NYC Jewish temple?” asked the far-right and alt-right online personality, self-proclaimed Post Apocalyptic War Lord, and talk show host Stew Peters on his X account on Monday.
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