In September 2018, Shimon Malka left his wife and parents and fled Lev Tahor, the insular, sojourning ultra Orthodox Jewish community then based in Guatemala. He was done with the group's food ...

(JTA) — Authorities in Guatemala raided the compound of Lev Tahor, an extremist Jewish sect, and removed 160 children and teenagers after allegations of abuse and human trafficking. The law ...

The haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor has successfully appealed a ruling to place 14 children in foster care in Quebec. The decision, delivered April 15 by an Ontario court, gives Lev Tahor, whose ...

Three members of the extremist Jewish Lev Tahor religious cult were convicted of kidnapping two children by a New York court on Wednesday. Brothers Yoil Weingarten, Yakov Weingarten and Shmiel ...

Three brothers who grew up in Monsey before joining Lev Tahor, a fringe sect of ultra-Orthodox Judaism, were convicted Wednesday in the 2018 kidnapping of two children whose mother had removed them ...

Three members of the extremist Jewish Lev Tahor religious cult were sentenced to more than 10 years in prison by a New York court on Tuesday. Brothers Yoil Weingarten, Yakov Weingarten and Shmiel ...

With cramped homes, many children in each family, and the fact that few of its members work (because they speak neither English nor French), you wouldn’t expect the 250-member ultra-Orthodox Jewish ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In September 2018, Shimon Malka left his wife and parents and fled Lev Tahor, the insular, sojourning ultra Orthodox Jewish ...