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Lev Tahor
A group set up to help survivors of the Lev Tahor sect, whose leaders are in jail in the United States after being convicted of child kidnapping, claim this to be evidence of the group's presence in London.
July 18, 2022, 12:58 pm
Warning over extreme Jewish sect fundraising in London
The claims, not yet verified by Jewish News, have been circulated by a group helping survivors of the Lev Tahor sect, whose jailed leaders were convicted of child kidnapping.
By Adam Decker
A Lev Tahor member shown in a video taken in North Macedonia. (Telma/Screenshot from YouTube)
February 20, 2022, 2:32 pm
Lev Tahor Hasidic sect is bouncing around the Balkans
Extremist Hasidic sect is attracting attention, after being sighted in a remote town in Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia
By JTA
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November 14, 2021, 11:39 am
Lev Tahor sect leaders are convicted of child exploitation
Nachman Helbrans and Mayer Rosner face a sentence of up to life in prison after a four-week trial over the abduction of two underage siblings in 2018
By JTA
Screenshot from Youtube of the Lev Tahor sect in Guatemala
April 21, 2021, 4:36 pm
Extremist sect Lev Tahor charged with exploiting, kidnapping children
American Federal authorities slapped on charges against group which has been accused of forcing 12-year-old girls to marry older men
By JTA
Screenshot from Youtube of the Lev Tahor sect in Guatemala
April 5, 2021, 7:30 am
Leader of extremist Charedi sect Lev Tahor arrested in Guatemala
Guatemalan authorities arrested Yaakov Weingarten of Lev Tahor on the first day of Passover
By JTA
Screenshot from Youtube of the Lev Tahor sect in Guatemala
September 24, 2019, 3:03 pm
Extreme religious sect Lev Tahor requested political asylum from Iran
Fringe Charedi group who have been accused of kidnapping children reportedly 'declared their loyalty and submission to the Supreme Leader and Government' of Iran
By JTA
Screenshot from Youtube of the Lev Tahor sect in Guatemala
August 8, 2019, 11:08 am
More members of fringe Lev Tahor Charedi sect indicted on kidnapping charges
Four men alleged to be part of extreme Jewish group are suspected of conspiring to take children from their mothers
By JTA
Screenshot from Youtube of the Lev Tahor sect in Guatemala
August 1, 2019, 10:27 am
Five leaders of extreme Lev Tahor sect indicted for kidnapping attempt
Accused were arrested in December and indicted this week over conspiring to take two children 
By JTA
Screenshot from Youtube of the Lev Tahor sect in Guatemala
April 1, 2019, 2:41 pm
Fifth person arrested in US during probe into extreme Jewish sect
Ongoing FBI investigation into Lev Tahor looks into how its members allegedly planned to abduct two children
By Jewish News Reporter
Screenshot from Youtube of the Lev Tahor sect in Guatemala
December 13, 2018, 4:39 pm
Jewish religious cult suspected of kidnapping kids who broke away
Children who had been rescued from the 'Lev Tahor' sect of Charedi Judaism are reported to have disappeared fuelling fears they were kidnapped
By JTA
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