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What we know about the car ramming at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn

JL;DR SUMMARY A car crash at the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday night raised alarm when the driver intentionally rammed the vehicle into the building's doors. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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New York CityChabad LubavitchJewish SecurityRabbi Menachem Mendel SchneersonCrown HeightsCommunal ResponseMessianic BeliefsYud ShevatHate Crime Investigation

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"A driver crashed a car into an entrance to the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday night, damaging the building on a night thousands had gathered there to celebrate."
New York, United States
"and last week, a playground frequented by Orthodox families in the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn was graffitied with swastikas two days in a row."
Queens, New York, United States
"On Tuesday, a rabbi was verbally harassed and assaulted in Forest Hills, Queens, and last week, a playground frequented by Orthodox families in the Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn was graffitied with swastikas two days in a row."
United Kingdom
"Pink, who lives in Crown Heights but originally hails from England, said he had flown in the previous four years for Yud Shevat celebrations."

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