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<\/a>Suspect in car-ramming at Chabad headquarters faces multiple hate-crime charges<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nMike Wagenheim, JNS Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Dan Sohail, 36, is suspected of driving a car five times into the doors to a synagogue at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Wednesday evening, Joseph Kenny, chief of detectives at the New York City Police Department,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0at a press conference.<\/span><\/p>\n The suspect, of Carteret, N.J., \u201chad recently connected with the Lubavitch community,\u201d and removed blockades from the same site the prior day, Kenney said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis incident is being investigated as a hate crime, and the NYPD\u2019s hate crime task force took the lead on this case,\u201d Kenny said. \u201cWe are collaborating with our state and federal partners.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He added that Sohail has been charged with \u201cattempted assault one and two as a hate crime, reckless endangerment two as a hate crime, criminal mischief two and three as a hate crime and aggravated harassment as a hate crime.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The suspect claimed he lost control of the car because he was wearing clunky boots, the chief of detectives said. \u201cIt\u2019s a hate crime based on his attack on the synagogue,\u201d Kenny said, noting that the suspect knew it was a synagogue.<\/span><\/p>\n Ofir Akunis, Israeli consul general in New York, stated that \u201cthis is the new reality in New York for Jews.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe are seeing one antisemitic attack followed by the next on houses of worship, targeting Jews simply because they are Jewish,\u201d he stated. \u201cThe attacks are only intensifying in New York, and the response requires more than a statement. We warned that changing the definition of antisemitism and lifting the ban on boycott initiatives against Israel could lead to an increase in attacks, and regrettably, that is what is happening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City,\u00a0axed<\/a>\u00a0all of his predecessors\u2019 recent executive orders, including those designed to protect Jews in the city, within hours of taking over control of City Hall. Mamdani, who has said he would have the Israeli prime minister arrested in New York, has also said that he is interested in divesting the city with the largest Jewish population outside of the Jewish state from Israel Bonds.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis attack is part of a growing wave of antisemitic incidents driven by an organized, long-running campaign to dehumanize Jews and delegitimize the existence of the Jewish state,\u201d Akunis stated. \u201cToxic and violent rhetoric is a central component of this propaganda. Antisemitism must be confronted decisively.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Video footage that has emerged appears to show the suspect removing barricades and telling bystanders to move before he began ramming his vehicle into the entrance doors to Chabad\u2019s global headquarters in Brooklyn.<\/span><\/p>\n The suspect was at the location weeks prior, reportedly claiming that he was Jewish, and young students were said to have offered him religious services.<\/span><\/p>\n The NYPD said that no one was injured in the attack and that the driver was arrested without incident. The department told JNS that it responded at about 8:45 p.m. to 770 Eastern Parkway, where officers saw a gray Honda sedan, which \u201ccollided into entrance doors at the bottom of a sloped driveway in front of 770 Eastern Parkway.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Wednesday, the 10th of Shevat, is one of the most important days of the calendar for Chabad, with tens of thousands from around the world converging on the site to mark the 75th anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe assuming the leadership role in 1951.<\/span><\/p>\n New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mamdani were among those who issued comments on Wednesday night. The governor said that \u201cfor the second day in a row, Jewish New Yorkers were the targets of antisemitic violence\u201d and that \u201can attack against the Jewish community is an attack against all New Yorkers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The mayor, who has released several statements decrying antisemitism that has not related to anti-Zionism, said that the ramming at Chabad \u201cis deeply alarming, especially given the deep meaning and history of the institution to so many in New York and around the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAny threat to a Jewish institution or place of worship must be taken seriously,\u201d added the mayor, who is\u00a0reportedly<\/a>\u00a0considering two people, who are said to be anti-Chassidic, to run the city office to combat Jew-hatred. \u201cAntisemitism has no place in our city, and violence or intimidation against Jewish New Yorkers is unacceptable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Dan Mannarino, of\u00a0PIX11 News<\/em>, asked Mamdani about the incident on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was there on the scene last night at 770 Chabad world headquarters, and it was a horrifying incident where a man repeatedly and intentionally crashed his car into the building,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cI am so thankful that no one was hurt, and we know that this is a building that has immense meaning to so many Jewish New Yorkers and those across the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The mayor said that the attack \u201ctook place on the\u00a0yahrzeit\u00a0<\/em>of Rabbi Schneerson and the leadership of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and this is just a day after the day when we remember the victims of the Holocaust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe know that antisemitism is not simply something of the past to be learned about. It is a living, breathing thing that we have to combat every day,\u201d he told\u00a0PIX11<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Asked, in light of the New York City Council\u2019s scheduled announcement of a task force to fight Jew-hatred, when he would name a leader to the mayoral office to combat antisemitism, Mamdani said that \u201cwe are actually in our final interviews for that position.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThat is going to be a key position that delivers on our commitment to root out antisemitism across the five boroughs and make this a city where Jewish New Yorkers are not just safe but frankly celebrated and cherished,\u201d the mayor said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSometime next week?\u201d Mannarino asked.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re working on the timeline, but it is in the final stages,\u201d Mamdani said.<\/span><\/p>\n The Orthodox Union stated that it stands \u201cwith the Chabad community and is thankful to the Almighty that there were no injuries in the disturbing car-ramming incident outside 770 Eastern Parkway, a place that holds deep meaning for many Jews around the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis incident is the latest reminder of the sacred responsibility of those in positions of authority to prioritize the safety and security of the Jewish community, especially during this time of unprecedented threats,\u201d the OU said.<\/span><\/p>\n Yaacov Behrman, a Chabad spokesman, stated that the driver had trespassed previously at a Chabad house in New Jersey.\u00a0CBS News<\/em>\u00a0reported that Sohail told people at the Chabad that he was homeless and wanted to convert to Judaism. Counselors called to the scene reportedly recommended that he seek mental health counseling.<\/span><\/p>\n Additional media reports suggested that Sohail was denied access to a yeshiva in the Garden State.<\/span><\/p>\n Motti Seligson, a spokesman for the Chabad movement,\u00a0stated<\/a>\u00a0that the site where the ramming took place is \u201cperhaps the most replicated building in the world because of the light, joy, Torah and a confident Judaism that emanates from it to all corners of the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Both New York senators weighed in.<\/span><\/p>\n Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that \u201c770 is not simply a religious institution. It\u2019s an important spiritual home for the Chabad Jewish community, and this antisemitic attack against it is deeply disturbing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis blatant act of antisemitism is not only an attack on this one building but an attack on Jewish people across New York and the world,\u201d stated Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.). \u201cChabad headquarters is a faith home for so many, and this is a deeply disturbing act of violence.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Harmeet Dhillon, U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights, said that she initiated a civil-rights investigation of the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> Suspect in car-ramming at Chabad headquarters faces multiple hate-crime charges Mike Wagenheim, JNS Staff \u201cThe attacks are only intensifying in New York, and the response requires more than a statement,\u201d the Israeli consul general in New York stated. 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\n\u201cThe attacks are only intensifying in New York, and the response requires more than a statement,\u201d the Israeli consul general in New York stated.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
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Police put up crime scene tape as members of the Chassidic Jewish community gather outside of the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters, where a man was arrested Wednesday evening after repeatedly crashing his car into a door of the building, Jan. 29, 2026 Credit: Spencer Platt\/Getty Images.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\u2018A living, breathing thing\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\u2018A deeply disturbing act of violence\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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