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Lev Tahor ((ヘブライ語:לב טהור) - pure heart) is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group headed by Shlomo Helbrans, known to follow an unusually austere form of Jewish practice in addition to being anti-Zionist. The group generally follows a strict version of halacha, or Orthodox Jewish law, in addition to its own unique practices, such as lengthy prayer sessions, arranged marriages between teenagers, and black, head-to-toe coverings for women.〔 The group has moved frequently, with the majority of its members most recently being forced to leave in August 2014 from the Guatemala town San Juan La Laguna after fleeing trouble with government authorities in both the Provinces of Ontario, and Quebec, Canada.〔(Jewish group Lev Tahor expelled from Guatemala sanctuary ) thestar.com Canada, August 29, 2014〕 ==History== The group was formed in the 1980s by Shlomo Helbrans, an Israeli citizen.〔 Helbrans moved to the United States in the early 1990s and settled in Williamsburg, an ultra-orthodox enclave of Brooklyn. While living in Brooklyn, Helbrans was convicted and served time in prison for kidnapping a boy. The boy had been sent to study with him in preparation for his Bar Mitzva but the boy was personally convinced to reject his family therefore he became intensely religious. Helbrans was released after serving two years, reportedly due to pressure from the local Haisidic community. He then ran a yeshiva in Monsey, New York and was eventually deported back to Israel. Soon afterwards he moved to Canada, which allowed him political asylum based on a refugee claim he had made, under Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, that he would be persecuted or killed by Israeli authorities for his anti-Zionist teachings and his teachings about the legitimacy of the State of Israel.〔http://globalnews.ca/news/1161706/under-the-veil-of-lev-tahor-jewish-sect-accused-of-abuse/〕 The group settled in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, but in November 2013, the members of the group without children (Quebec child-protection authorities had been seeking to place the children in the care of Jewish-Quebecer foster-care families) left Quebec for Chatham-Kent, in southwestern Ontario. Quebec authorities have been taking steps to prevent the 127 children from leaving Canada. On March 5, 2014, after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice effectuated a ruling of the Superior Court of Quebec as to the disposition of their children under Quebec child-protection law, nine members of the group, including six children, left for Trinidad and Tobago in an attempt to flee to Guatemala. They were returned to Canada days later. The six children were taken into foster care, four of them were later returned to the group, while the hearing for the other two children is scheduled for May 27, 2014. A majority of members of the group subsequently reconstituted in the tourist town San Juan La Laguna on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The group had refused to send their children to local schools and participate in the community, according to a local resident. In August 2014, a group of elders of the indigenous population issued an edict stating that the group was not welcome to stay, citing a need to protect the local culture, which is protected under the Constitution of Guatemala. A spokesman for the indigenous council said: “We act in self-defence and to respect our rights as indigenous people”.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lev Tahor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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