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What Actually Happened Underneath the Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters?
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 9: Police officers responded to the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Crown Heights. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Why (almost) everything you think you know about the Brooklyn synagogue tunnels is wrong.
By Eli Lake
01.11.24 — Faith
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The most important thing to know about the viral story about a “secret tunnel” burrowed beneath the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in New York is that almost everything about it on social media is wrong. 

The version that captured international attention goes like this. A secret tunnel was discovered underneath the Chabad offices and synagogue on Eastern …

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Eli Lake
Eli Lake is the host of Breaking History, a new history podcast from The Free Press. A veteran journalist with expertise in foreign affairs and national security, Eli has reported for Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. With Breaking History, he brings his sharp analysis and storytelling skills to uncover the connections between today’s events and pivotal moments in the past.
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