Lev Tahor

Extreme Jewish religious sect Lev Tahor requested political asylum from Iran

The request was among documents filed in federal court ahead of trials against five members on charges of kidnapping and child abuse.

By Marcy Oster September 23, 2019 12:58 pm

4 more members of fringe haredi Orthodox sect indicted on kidnapping charges

Five leaders of Lev Tahor arrested in December were indicted days earlier on similar charges.

August 6, 2019 3:26 pm

Teens rescued from Jewish religious cult found again after kidnapping

The children, ages 14 and 12, who were members of the Lev Tahor sect, were last seen getting into a car on Dec. 8, near a resort in the Catskills, where they were attending a therapeutic event with others who had escaped the cult.

December 30, 2018 7:08 am

Five leaders of extreme Jewish religious sect Lev Tahor arrested in Mexico

By Marcy Oster December 20, 2018 3:33 pm

Jewish religious cult is suspected of kidnapping kids who broke away

By Sam Sokol December 12, 2018 12:52 pm

Leader of fringe haredi Orthodox sect reportedly drowned in Mexico

July 9, 2017 11:30 am

Ex-mayor of small Guatemalan town jailed for expelling haredi sect

April 5, 2017 7:08 am

Fringe Jewish sect relocates within Guatemala in aftermath of police raid

September 26, 2016 8:21 am

Guatemalan authorities raid fringe Jewish sect suspected of child abuse

September 14, 2016 6:13 am

Guatemalan ex-mayor charged in expulsion of Jewish sect

June 19, 2016 12:29 pm

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