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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2738455/Ultra-Orthodox-Jews-moved-Canada-Guatamalan-village-religious-freedom-force-leave-locals-don-t-like-them.html Ultra-Orthodox Jews who moved from Canada to Guatemalan village to find 'religious freedom' are forced to leave because the locals don't like them Members of the Lev Tahor sect forced to flee from Guatemalan village Left Canada in March amid allegations of child abuse and forced marriages Elders at the San Juan La Laguna council voted to kick them out More than 230 people were expelled from their homes yesterday Radical strain of Hassidic Judaism was founded in 1980 by Rabbi Helbrans 109 Locations whence Jews have been Expelled since AD250 [/QUOTE]They are religious fundamentalists More from the article: A community of Orthodox Jews have been expelled from their homes in a bitter conflict with hostile villagers. Just a few months after fleeing from Canada amid allegations of child abuse, members of the Lev Tahor community were forced to leave San Juan La Laguna in Guatemala yesterday. The village Elder's Council voted to kick them out because the group refused to greet or have physical contact with the community, according to a member of the council. The village Elder's Council voted to kick them out because of growing tensions with locals Lev Tahor is a radical strain of Hassidic Judaism that believes television and computers are bad and must be avoided. The group rejects the state of Israel because it views the Jews as a people who must remain in exile. Verbal abuse, threats to cut off power and eject them by force were the last straw for the Jews, some of whom have been there for six years. They left Canada amid allegations of child abuse and suspicions they were carrying out underage marriage Misael Santos of the Lev Tahor community said: 'We decided to leave because the Council of Elders does not want us. 'It's sad to leave, and there are people who like us here because when we left there were people who cried.' Around 230 members of the Jewish community were living in the lakeside village, the majority moving over from Canada in March this year. Rabbi Shalom Pelman, who leads the Chabad Lubavitch congregation in Guatemala's capital city, has denounced the move. Verbal abuse, threats to cut off power and eject them by force were the last straw for the Jews He said it is the type of activity that brings to mind the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. 'This is not typical in the world I live in. Even in Iran, Jews are not expelled,' he said. Miguel Vasquez Cholotio, a member of the elders' council, said the villagers decided to expel the group because they refused to greet or have physical contact with the community. 'We felt intimidated by them in the streets. We thought they wanted to change our religion and customs,' he said. Antonio Ixtamer, who lives in the community, said that several members of the group had upset residents because of their 'arrogant' attitude. He said they would go into stores and pay whatever they wanted for the products rather than the marked price and that they bothered tourists. 'On one occasion there was a tourist taking pictures of a hill and the Jews thought he was taking photos of them and they clashed,' Ixtamer said. Lev Tahor means 'Pure Heart' in Hebrew and the group practices an austere form of Judaism and believes that technological trappings such as television and computers must be avoided. It was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans in Israel and flourished after he moved the group to the U.S. in the early 1990s. The community, which believes the Jews must remain in exile, has won the admiration from some for its devoutness but others condemn it to cult-like sect. It flourished and spread after Rabbi Helbrans moved the group to the U.S. in the early 1990s ____________________________________________ wiki Lev Tahor Lev Tahor (Hebrew: לב טהור‎ - pure heart) is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group headed by Shlomo Helbrans (born Erez Shlomo Elbarnes), known to follow an unusually austere form of Jewish practice in addition to being determinedly anti-Zionist. The group generally follows a strict version of halacha, or Orthodox Jewish law, in addition to its own unique practices--such as unusually lengthy prayer sessions, arranged marriages during teenage years, and black, head-to-toe coverings for women.[1] The group has moved frequently, with some of its members most recently being expelled from Guatemala town San Juan La Laguna after fleeing trouble with government authorities in Canada.[2] Lev Tahor group believe that the state of Israel, as it now exists, has no spiritual validity. The group is sometimes called "Jewish Taliban" by the Israeli[11] Jewish[12] and international press [/QB][/QUOTE]
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