The leaders of the synagogue, which are the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, only discovered the tunnel in recent weeks.
News of a secret underground tunnel found connected to a historic Brooklyn synagogue blew up quickly on social media, with posts spreading baseless claims about the passage, many laced with antisemitism.
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