Two leaders of an extremist religious sect have been sentenced to 12 years each in federal prison for kidnapping two Sullivan County children and smuggling them into Mexico. The children – a ...

The leaders, Nachman Helbrans and Meyer Rosner, kidnapped a teen girl who had escaped an illegal marriage. Helbrans showed no remorse and plotted to kidnap her again from jail, prosecutors said. Two ...

Another member of an extremist Jewish sect was arrested Tuesday for allegedly plotting – again – to abduct two New York children who last year were rescued in Mexico. Matityau Moshe Malka, a member of ...

(JTA) — The leader of a fringe haredi Orthodox sect suspected of abusing children drowned in a river in Mexico, according to local media. Israeli-born Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans reportedly was found ...

The leader of the controversial ultra-Orthodox sect Lev Tahor may have used false evidence to gain refugee status in Canada, a Canadian documentary reported. Ottawa’s granting of refugee status to ...

(JTA) — The leader of a fringe haredi Orthodox sect suspected of abusing children has drowned in a river in Mexico, local media are reporting. Israeli-born Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans reportedly was found ...