Authorities in Guatemala say detained members of extremist Jewish sect repeatedly 'disturb order,' as investigators carry out ...

Rumpler is wanted on charges of serious child abuse and attempted to leave Guatemala on a fake passport after previously ...

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The law enforcement raid on Friday is the latest legal action against the group, which is often described as a cult. Authorities in Guatemala raided the compound of Lev Tahor, an extremist Jewish ...

(JTA) — Two leaders of Lev Tahor, a fundamentalist Jewish sect, were found guilty on Wednesday of kidnapping and child sexual exploitation crimes by a federal jury in White Plains, New York.

The Lev Tahor community, founded in 1988 in Israel, practice an austere form of Judaism with interpretations of Jewish law that includes long prayer sessions and arranged marriages. Lev Tahor has ...

Eliezer Rumpler of the Lev Tahor Jewish sect arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on May 26, 2020. Guatemalan police last Friday removed 160 children and adolescents from the ...

Jonathan Emmanuel Cardona Castillo, 23, a leader of the Jewish Lev Tahor sect was arrested by El Salvadoran authorities last week, the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Guatemala announced on Jan. 2 in a ...