Meet Jacob Rosner

"He is the ambassador of Lev Tahor to the United States." - unnamed source to the New York Post.

Jacob Rosner is the brother of Lev Tahor administration member Mayer Rosner. Arrested in December 2018, he was accused of financing a Lev Tahor operation to kidnap two children who had escaped from the cult together with their mother.

According to federal prosecutors, Rosner sent money to the kidnappers every few days, loaned them his van, and advised a cooperating witness to "lie to law enforcement."

In January 2019, Rosner was released on $10 million bail and ordered to home detention with GPS monitoring at his residence in Brooklyn, New York.

On September 7, 2022, Mr. Rosner was sentenced in a New York court. During the sentencing Mr. Rosner spoke passionately to the judge about his remorse and his awakening to the cult's toxic reality. The judge replied with a heartfelt speech about faith and the need for self reflection. Proceeding this, he let Mr. Rosner free on account of his time already served.

Mikveh, clothes and shoes; the abandoned compound of the 'Lev Tahor' sect in Guatemala (photo essay)

For many months, the Guatemalan compound of the Lev Tahor cult has been lying abandoned. Ever since members of the sect containing several hundred people, including men, women and children, fled the country, the compound has been left empty, with nary a soul in sight.

Over the last few months, as the sect has been migrating across Europe in an attempt to find a country that will allow them to settle, only three members of Lev Tahor have stayed behind in their Guatemalan compound. In a small home at the end of the complex is a room in which the three members sit.

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Levy brothers revisit Lev Tahor Buvel complex as part of healing process, are thrown out by security

Yoel and Mendy Levy, who escaped as teens from Lev Tahor's Guatemalan complex in 2016, returned to the site of their trauma yesterday as part of their recovery process.

It was the first time the brothers had returned to the site since leaving the location where the bulk of their trauma took place.

Inside, they found streimels, hats, and other religious items strewn on the ground and ruined by the rain (more info: https://www.levtahorsurvivors.com/post/dozens-of-streimels-discarded-at-lev-tahor-cult-s-guatemala-compound). They also found the demolished and charred remains of every structure including the Synagogue, Matzah bakery, and tents that served as cult members' homes.

They then went to pay respect to their father who was buried near the road in a makeshift cemetery. However, they were spotted on surveillance equipment set up by Lev Tahor's security team - who quickly dispatched an armed guard to the cemetery. The guard ordered the brothers to leave the premises and escorted them out of the complex.

Mendy and Yoel are currently working on rebuilding their lives from scratch - having learned little to no life-skills that an average person takes for granted. They are also working to bring awareness to the plight of their family still trapped in the cult, in the hopes they will be reunited once again - in a healthy environment.

Yoel's story:

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