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December 5 • 2013
ost of the 200 members of
a fundamentalist Jewish
group are living in Windsor,
Ontario, and Chatham (about 40 miles
to the east) after leaving Quebec amid a
high-profile child protection investiga-
tion.
The group, called Lev Tahor (mean-
ing "a pure heart"), left their homes in
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, two
weeks ago.
A youth protection official in Quebec
said workers have been actively involved
with the group since August — trying
to help children suffering from poor
hygiene, inadequate housing and unsat-
isfactory schooling.
But in a crowded motel room near
Windsor Airport on Nov. 24, where more
than a dozen group members gathered,
Nachman Helbrans explained they did
not run away, but rather felt it was the
best move for the community because
staying in Quebec would mean compro-
mising their religious beliefs.
"The education system in Quebec
does not comply with our views because
in Quebec it says each child should
receive equivalent education, otherwise,
they will call youth protection services,"
said Helbrans. "We cannot just accept
the curriculum, including evolution and
many other issues we cannot teach our
children7
Helbrans is the oldest son of Lev
Tahor leader Shlomo Helbrans, who
was convicted in 1994 of kidnapping a
teenage boy who had been brought to
his Brooklyn yeshivah for bar mitzvah
instruction. After serving his prison sen-
tence in 2000, Shlomo was deported to
Israel. A year later he arrived in Quebec
on a temporary visa and soon his follow-
ers joined him.
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In 2004, Shlomo Helbrans was granted
refugee status in Canada on the grounds
that he would face persecution in Israel
Women and children of the sect
for his anti-Zionist views.
Nachman Helbrans said critics in
Israel, who he says are enemies to the
group, spread lies and rumors about the
Lev Tahor community because they have
opposing views about the State of Israel.
Helbrans said their community believes
Jewish people should be in exile and not
have power or control in Israel.
Some critics refer to Lev Tahor as the
"Jewish Taliban" because the women
wear black robes like those of some
Islamic women; some critics say the
women are confined to household tasks.
Helbrans said two families are cur-
rently staying in Windsor, while dozens
of other families are staying at motels in
Chatham. Several families are already
renting apartments or leasing houses in
Chatham, which is where the commu-
nity plans to permanently settle, he said.
The two families staying in Windsor
are not with the rest of the group in
Chatham because they needed to be close
to the airport for when they traveled
back to Montreal for court hearings, said
Helbrans. He said the hearings were not
to remove the children from custody, but
rather to ensure continued child-protec-
tion access.
Helbrans said youth protection services
began an in-depth investigation of the
community several months ago, which
he said the community co-operated with
fully.
"We just asked them not to mix up
the issue of education because it is our
religion, and we cannot, and should not,
change our religion," said Helbrans. "The
[Canadian] Charter of Rights promises