A historic synagogue in New York City descended into chaos when agitators fought with police over a bizarre tunnel illegally dug beneath the sacred building.
A viral video shows responding officers pulling a young man out of a tunnel as dozens of other agitators scream and applaud, at one point running past police and smashing wooden furniture. They were also seen climbing up.
But the officers stood firm and kept the large crowd at bay, as fellow officers continued to drag rioters out of the tunnel and into custody, as they appeared to be laughing and singing along. Ta.
In one (now deleted) video posted by @FrumTikTok to It began with a sledgehammer blasting away the wooden panels and removing the cover that concealed the underground passageway.
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Jewish students rioted against New York City police officers who were called to inspect a secret tunnel dug under a synagogue by students in New York. (Bruce Schaff/Associated Press)
A police officer can be heard telling members of the rival group that they need to clear out the synagogue tonight.
“They want to settle this tonight,” the officer said in a video first posted by @FrumTikTok.
The account user later deleted the video and long thread after it was trolled with anti-Semitic conspiracies and remarks.
“I will not allow anti-Semitic Jew haters to use my account to promote their pathetic hatred of religious Jews,” the user posted on X.
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An NYPD spokesperson told FOX News Digital that the disturbance began with a call at 3:30 p.m. about a “disorderly group outside 770 Eastern Parkway” in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood. That's what it means.
“Officers were advised that a group had breached a wall and illegally entered 770 Eastern Parkway,” the NYPD said in an emailed statement Tuesday morning.
“At this time, it is known that a number of individuals have been taken into custody. Charges are pending. No injuries have been reported as a result of this incident.”
NYPD officers arrested the student after he was removed from a crack in the synagogue wall that led to a tunnel the students had dug. (Bruce Schaff/Associated Press)
Hasidic Jewish students watch as law enforcement establishes a perimeter around a destroyed wall of a synagogue that leads to a tunnel dug by the students. (Bruce Schaff/Associated Press)
What are the tunnels for and where do they lead?
crown heights.info We first reported this shocking discovery in late December at Lubavitch's headquarters in New York City.
According to CrownHeights.info, workers working on plumbing near the site reportedly came across a strange underpass.
It was reportedly designed to reach an abandoned women's mikvah (ceremonial bath) around the corner and exit the building. Jewish outlet “Forward” report.
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According to the report, the small group of workers who dug the tunnel have been working on it for several months to a year, but it is unclear what purpose the tunnel is being used for or who was behind the effort to dig it. It remains a baffling mystery.
A video of the inside of the mud-walled tunnel was posted by CrownHeights.info on its Instagram account in December.
Jewish students sit behind a breach in a synagogue wall that leads to a tunnel dug by students in New York. (Bruce Schaff/Associated Press)
After the accidental discovery, structural engineers assessed the damage and the synagogue's leadership prepared to fill the tunnel.
Riots began when cement mixers entered the area, and chaos ensued.
Rabbi Motti Seligson, a spokesperson for Chabad.org, said wall repair efforts were “thwarted by extremists who breached the walls of the synagogue and destroyed the sanctuary in order to maintain unauthorized access.” .
“They were subsequently arrested and the building was closed pending a structural safety review,” he said in a statement on X. “Lubavitch officials have attempted to gain proper control of the grounds through the New York state court system, but unfortunately, despite consistently winning, the courts have shown that this process has been slow for years. It dragged on.
“This is clearly very concerning for the Lubavitch movement and the Jewish community around the world. We hope and pray that the sanctity and decency of this holy site can be quickly restored.”
Condemns the actions of rabbis and other “agitators”
Rabbi Yosef Brown, Rob of Crown Heights Beis Din, said in a recorded statement that “a group of people who were not ordained by anyone, We decided to take control of the governance and management of the (synagogue) and do what they wanted.”
“Today, the situation reached its climax and we saw in public that people were ready to destroy and desecrate the holy wall…When they went to touch it, they put a hammer on it. Whose hand did not tremble and tremble when he held it?”
The world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement is located on Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. (Google Street View)
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, in a statement on behalf of Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, said: “We are saddened by the acts of vandalism by this group of young agitators.” (Chabad Lubavitch HQ/X)
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Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, in a statement on behalf of Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, said: “We are saddened by the acts of vandalism by this group of young agitators.”
“These abhorrent acts will be investigated and the sanctity of the synagogue will be restored,” Rabbi Krinsky said. “We appreciate the professionalism and sensitivity of the NYPD.”
