https://collive.com/770-yeshiva-the-terrible-actions-werent-by-our-bochurim/
The administration of the Central Lubavitch Yeshiva at 770 Eastern Parkway held an emergency meeting on Thursday night about the “terrible actions” that happened this week.
https://collive.com/770-to-be-closed-nightly-agitators-barred-from-entering/
770 to Be Closed Nightly; Agitators Barred From Entering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_synagogue_tunnel_incident
Rolling Stone reported that the event sparked the proliferation of antisemitic social media posts with some verified accounts of far-right and QAnon figures pushing misinformation. In other forums such as 4chan and QAnon Telegram pages, stills taken from videos of the tunnel's interior, which showed a stained mattress and high chair, fueled antisemitic conspiracy theories. Anti-Defamation League Director Jonathan Greenblatt described the antisemitic posts as "deeply troubling."
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/secret-chabad-tunnels-new-york-1234942995/
Twitter Explodes With Antisemitic Misinfo After Secret Tunnel Found Under NYC Synagogue
News of an underground tunnel has exploded into a morass of conspiracy theories
On X, however, the story took off, with verified accounts known for pushing misinformation, such as that of QAnon conspiracy theorist Stew Peters (who has more than 520,000 followers) and far-right wing figure Dom Lucre (who has almost a million) using the story to promote hatred toward Jewish people. In one tweet, Lucre referred to the network as “the Jewish tunnels”; he also posted a clip of Oprah Winfrey interviewing a Jewish survivor of “satanic ritualistic sex abuse” while referring to a “stained bed mattress” apparently visible in the tunnels footage and alluding to other “Jewish families around the country that engage in the same acts.” That post has more than 9,000 reshares.
Mike Rothschild, the author of the book Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories (no relation to the famous family), says the onslaught of antisemitic conspiracy theories about the tunnel was particularly concerning in light of a dramatic spike in misinformation on X since its 2022 acquisition by Elon Musk, which resulted in the gutting of its trust and safety team. “If there are two things that modern conspiracy theories obsess over, it’s Jewish people and secret tunnels,” Rothschild tells Rolling Stone. “So obviously, Jewish people digging secret tunnels is going to set off alarms for people — even if the purpose of the tunnels turns out to be completely anodyne. The damage these theories do isn’t limited to the Chabad community, though. It casts all Jewish people as shifty, secretive, and clannish; doing strange things under cover of darkness for unknown purposes.”
The flurry of antisemitic conspiracy theories is also worrying given a more general increase in antisemitic crimes and hate speech in light of the Israel-Hamas war, with the Anti-Defamation League reporting a more than 337 percent rise in such reports following Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7, which left more than 1,000 people dead. Rolling Stone has previously reported that in light of the war, which has killed more than 22,000 Palestinians, many general far-right accounts have pivoted to focusing exclusively on antisemitic hate speech and spreading misinformation about Jewish people. And thanks to lax regulations on X, says Rothschild, “they have massive followings and can post anything they want with no pushback.”
>shifty, secretive, and clannish; doing strange things under cover of darkness for unknown purposes
let's talk about antisemitism
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>Kurds are an Israeli proxy
when almost Kurdistan was happening around ISIS, Israel was their biggest cheerleader
spiral earrings or circles?
can't tell
https://collive.com/violence-and-anarchy-continues-unabated-in-770-shul/
Violence and Anarchy Continues Unabated in 770 Shul
Last week’s shocking violence and vandalism in 770 led to strong statements by the Crown Heights Rabbonim and 770 Gabbaim. But hopes for change have quickly been dashed by continued violence and lawlessness.
Unfortunately, reality quickly hit hard, with the rules repeatedly and brazenly broken. As soon as Friday night a 14 year old boy was beaten and bloodied in 770 (Rule 1). A group of bochurim wished to clear a “shvil” as a grotesque imitation of the path that would open in the crowd when the Rebbe would enter and leave the tefillos, and this boy was in their way. The practice of the shvil has long been condemned by the Rabbonim and Gabboim.