The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Elazar Rumpler, a senior figure within extremist haredi (ultra-Orthodox) cult Lev Tahor, to two years in prison and fines, following a conviction for a serious act of violence against a 10-year-old child in front of…[Continue Reading...]
A federal judge formally charged Yoel Alter, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect, with organized crime for the purpose of human trafficking, specifically forced marriages. Ulises Lara López, Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Relevant Matters and spokesperson for…[Continue Reading...]
MEXICO CITY — Guatemalan authorities have extradited a man identified as a leader of the ultra-Orthodox group Lev Tahor — a dual citizen of Israel and Romania — to Mexico, where he faces charges tied to organized crime and human…[Continue Reading...]
The Aliyah, Absorption, and Diaspora Committee held a dramatic follow-up discussion on Wednesday, on the rescue of children from the “Lev Tahor” cult in Guatemala, during which representatives of the families made a desperate appeal to the Prime Minister and…[Continue Reading...]
Colombia said Monday it had sent 26 members of a fundamentalist ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult to the United States, where they are under investigation for alleged child sex abuse. Authorities in the South American nation said the group included 17 children…[Continue Reading...]
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia said Monday it sent 26 members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor to the United States after determining that the rights of some of the children in the group were at risk. Authorities detained the…[Continue Reading...]
Colombian immigration authorities announced late Monday that 26 members of the Jewish sect Lev Tahor were transferred to the United States after officials determined that some of the group’s children were at risk. The group, comprising 17 minors and nine…[Continue Reading...]
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Immigration authorities in Colombia have taken 17 children into protective custody after they were rescued from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect whose members have been accused of sexually abusing and kidnapping minors in several countries. Gloria Esperanza Arriero,…[Continue Reading...]
Colombian immigration authorities announced that 17 minors, five of them under an Interpol Yellow Notice, were rescued from the Jewish ultra-Orthodox sect Lev Tahor on Sunday in the city of Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia. The operation was led by the immigration…[Continue Reading...]
Colombian immigration authorities rescued Sunday 17 minors from members of Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish cult facing child sex abuse investigations. Lev Tahor, which practices a form of Judaism in which women wear black tunics covering them from head to…[Continue Reading...]
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