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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/leader-of-lev-tahor-cult-drowns-in-mexico-report/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2013/12/Lev-Tahor-girls-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Lev Tahor girls walking in Chatham, Ontario, in December 2013 (screen capture: YouTube)" title="Lev Tahor girls walking in Chatham, Ontario, in December 2013 (screen capture: YouTube)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">July 9, 2017, 4:20 am</div>
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								Leader of Lev Tahor cult drowns in Mexico &#8212; report							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/leader-of-lev-tahor-cult-drowns-in-mexico-report/">Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans, 55, said found dead in river after ritual immersion</a>
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							By <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-court-rules-south-american-ultra-orthodox-sect-is-a-dangerous-cult/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2014/09/000_Mvd6633532-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A child member of the ultra-Orthodox &#039;Lev Tahor&#039; Jewish sect, looks on at the building where the group was staying in Guatemala City on September 2, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Johan ORDONEZ)" title="A child member of the ultra-Orthodox &#039;Lev Tahor&#039; Jewish sect, looks on at the building where the group was staying in Guatemala City on September 2, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Johan ORDONEZ)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">April 25, 2017, 7:03 pm</div>
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								Israeli court rules Central American ultra-Orthodox sect is a ‘dangerous cult’							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-court-rules-south-american-ultra-orthodox-sect-is-a-dangerous-cult/">Verdict calls on state to take action in order to return children held illegally by Lev Tahor group</a>
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							By <a title="Jacob Magid" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jacob-magid/">Jacob Magid</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-guatemala-mayor-convicted-for-expelling-jewish-group/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2016/09/000_GH38S-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Members of an Orthodox Jewish community put a label from the &quot;International Rescue Committee for Jewish Families of the Lev Tahor Settlement&quot; on the window of a bus in Guatemala city on September 25, 2016.  (AFP PHOTO / JOHAN ORDONEZ)" title="Members of an Orthodox Jewish community put a label from the &quot;International Rescue Committee for Jewish Families of the Lev Tahor Settlement&quot; on the window of a bus in Guatemala city on September 25, 2016.  (AFP PHOTO / JOHAN ORDONEZ)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">April 5, 2017, 2:15 am</div>
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								Former Guatemala mayor jailed for expelling Jewish group							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-guatemala-mayor-convicted-for-expelling-jewish-group/">Rodolfo Perez claimed Lev Tahor members disrespected local traditions, particularly concerning the dead</a>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lev-tahor-sect-in-guatemala-resettles-claiming-harassment/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2016/09/000_GH38S-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Members of an Orthodox Jewish community put a label from the &quot;International Rescue Committee for Jewish Families of the Lev Tahor Settlement&quot; on the window of a bus in Guatemala city on September 25, 2016.  (AFP PHOTO / JOHAN ORDONEZ)" title="Members of an Orthodox Jewish community put a label from the &quot;International Rescue Committee for Jewish Families of the Lev Tahor Settlement&quot; on the window of a bus in Guatemala city on September 25, 2016.  (AFP PHOTO / JOHAN ORDONEZ)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">September 25, 2016, 11:23 pm</div>
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								Lev Tahor sect in Guatemala resettles, claiming harassment							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lev-tahor-sect-in-guatemala-resettles-claiming-harassment/">500-strong group moving to a village in east of country after raids linked to child abuse allegations</a>
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							By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/guatemalan-authorities-raid-secretive-compound-of-jewish-cult/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2016/06/levtahor-e1466376044840-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Members of the Lev Tahor sect leave Guatemalan city San Juan La Laguna after being forced out in August 2014. (Screenshot/YouTube)" title="Members of the Lev Tahor sect leave Guatemalan city San Juan La Laguna after being forced out in August 2014. (Screenshot/YouTube)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">September 14, 2016, 11:35 am</div>
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								Guatemalan authorities raid secretive compound of Jewish cult							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/guatemalan-authorities-raid-secretive-compound-of-jewish-cult/">Lev Tahor members in small tourist town suspected of child abuse; Israeli Foreign Ministry following developments closely</a>
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							By <a title="Sue Surkes" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/sue-surkes/">Sue Surkes</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/guatemalan-ex-mayor-charged-in-expulsion-of-jewish-sect/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2016/06/levtahor-e1466376044840-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Members of the Lev Tahor sect leave Guatemalan city San Juan La Laguna after being forced out in August 2014. (Screenshot/YouTube)" title="Members of the Lev Tahor sect leave Guatemalan city San Juan La Laguna after being forced out in August 2014. (Screenshot/YouTube)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">June 20, 2016, 1:41 am</div>
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								Guatemalan ex-mayor charged in expulsion of Jewish sect							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/guatemalan-ex-mayor-charged-in-expulsion-of-jewish-sect/">Official indicted for abuse of authority, discrimination after 230 members of Lev Tahor forced out of village in 2014 </a>
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							By <a title="JTA" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/jta/">JTA</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/will-israels-first-anti-cult-legislation-harm-religious-freedom/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2016/02/F141028MKFF03-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Goel Ratzon, a polygamist cult leader, seen at the district court room in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2014. (Motti Kimchi/POOL)" title="Goel Ratzon, a polygamist cult leader, seen at the district court room in Tel Aviv on October 28, 2014. (Motti Kimchi/POOL)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">February 22, 2016, 5:09 pm</div>
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								MKs bid to tackle &#8216;harmful cults&#8217; that ensnare 20,000 Israelis. But it&#8217;s not so simple							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/will-israels-first-anti-cult-legislation-harm-religious-freedom/">From polygamous sexual predators to the 'Jewish Taliban,' sects draw in large numbers of susceptible adherents. Will new legislation break the spell? Or does it go too far, threatening religious freedom?</a>
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							By <a title="Marissa Newman" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/marissa-newman/">Marissa Newman</a>						</div>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/quebec-mishandled-child-abuse-at-fringe-jewish-sect-report/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2013/12/Lev-Tahor-girls-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Lev Tahor girls walking in Chatham, Ontario, in December 2013 (screen capture: YouTube)" title="Lev Tahor girls walking in Chatham, Ontario, in December 2013 (screen capture: YouTube)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">July 11, 2015, 6:10 am</div>
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								Quebec mishandled child abuse at fringe Jewish sect &#8212; report							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/quebec-mishandled-child-abuse-at-fringe-jewish-sect-report/">Province's Human Rights Commission says child protection system failed to properly address Lev Tahor community case </a>
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													<div class="date">September 23, 2014, 5:46 pm</div>
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								From quenelle to terror tunnel, a glossary for 5774							</a>
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							By <a title="Julie Wiener" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/julie-wiener/">Julie Wiener</a>						</div>
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													<div class="date">September 12, 2014, 9:30 am</div>
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								Lev Tahor sect said to have trafficked in human cargo							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lev-tahor-sect-said-to-have-trafficked-in-human-cargo/">Members of radical ultra-Orthodox group accused of committing sexual assault, using psychotropic drugs and arranging forced marriages </a>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/extremist-jewish-sect-seeks-new-home-in-guatemala/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2013/12/Lev-Tahor-e1387382009833-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Lev Tahor children study in a hotel room in Ontario (screen capture: YouTube)" title="Lev Tahor children study in a hotel room in Ontario (screen capture: YouTube)" /></a>
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													<div class="date">September 7, 2014, 10:34 am</div>
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								Extremist Jewish sect seeks new home in Guatemala							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/extremist-jewish-sect-seeks-new-home-in-guatemala/">Chased from a local village amid allegations of anti-Semitism, members of the Lev Tahor group still want to remain in the country</a>
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							By <a title="AFP" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/afp/">AFP</a> and <a title="TOI staff" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/times-of-israel-staff/">TOI staff</a>						</div>
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								After tensions with residents, Lev Tahor leave Guatemalan village							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-tensions-with-residents-lev-tahor-leave-guatemalan-village/">Local leaders threaten to cut services to ultra-Orthodox sect after members refused to greet, physically contact outsiders</a>
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								Lev Tahor community has fled Canada to Guatemala							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lev-tahor-community-has-fled-canada-to-guatemala/">Amid allegations of child abuse, extremist Jewish religious sect has slowly moved to South America</a>
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								Lev Tahor members ordered deported to Israel							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/lev-tahor-members-ordered-deported-to-israel/">Three men affiliated with the ultra-Orthodox sect, currently held in Canada, to be sent back to their native country</a>
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								Lev Tahor members may remain in Guatemala, judge rules							</a>
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