Jews ‘forced’ to leave Guatemala village

The Lev Tahor members have been packing their belongings over the last several days

Some 230 members of an Orthodox Jewish group have begun leaving a

village in western Guatemala after a bitter row with the local indigenous Related Stories

community.

The Jewish fear of The Lev Tahor members were asked to leave San Juan La Laguna after intermarriage meetings with elders of the Mayan community. The sacanudheee

ultra-Orthodox Jews The elders accused the Jews of shunning the villagers and imposing their

religion and customs. Guatemala country

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The Lev Tahor had settled in the village six years ago as the group searched for religious freedom.

Somewhere, in the middle of the Central American rainforest a man in a loincloth and face paint is saying “Fucking Jews”. Let that sink in