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EASTERN ILIDJA RISE TO FEET BECAUSE OF THE LEV TAHOR GROUP! Homeowner: That's all nonsense!


Residents of the settlement of Kula, in the municipality of East Ilidža in the territory of the Republika Srpska, fear that dozens of members of the Jewish ultra-orthodox religious group "Lev Tahor" have moved into two houses in their neighborhood, which, as stated, is facing accusations of serious crimes, and which some call a sect and some the Jewish Taliban.


Residents of this settlement asked the competent institutions to investigate this case urgently and as soon as possible, especially because this group is looking for accommodation for another 30 people, Banja Luka's Nezavisne Novine stated.


That group moved to East Ilidža before the New Year.



‘I escaped a Jewish cult that wanted me to marry my 12-year-old cousin’


When Mendy Levy was 15 years old, he had never thrown a baseball, seen a stuffed animal, watched television or held a cellphone.


Born into the extreme fundamentalist Jewish sect of Lev Tahor, he was, he told The Post, raised to distrust outsiders and to believe that Children’s Protective Services wanted to take Jewish children from their families and have them brought up as gentiles.


But the teenager reached his breaking point in September 2018. Lev Tahor’s leader, Nachman Helbrans (whose late father, Shlomo Helbrans, founded the group), allegedly commanded Levy to marry his 12-year-old first cousin.


Escapee from anti-Zionist Jewish cult struggles to save son


A 22-year-old escapee from an ultra-Orthodox, anti-Zionist cult in Guatemala is in the midst of a years-long struggle to retrieve his two-year-old son from the extremist group.


Israel Amir escaped the Lev Tahor cult in Guatemala two years ago, Channel 12 News reported.


Some describe Lev Tahor as the “Jewish Taliban” due to their strict rules of livelihood and extreme views.


Founded in Jerusalem in the 1980s, the group fled to Canada and then to Guatemala in 2014 under intense scrutiny for alleged child abuse and child marriage.


Before leaving the cult, Amir filmed a video during which he described the brutality of the leaders, the lack of food, and extreme conditions.


He sent the video to his cousins in Israel, who then flew to Guatemala to help him escape, according to Channel 12 News.


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