By Zvi Hershcovich
A “Meshulach” going door to door raising money from Balebatim has possibly been identified as a prominent member of the Lev Tahor cult.
Uriel Goldman, who is a member of the Lev Tahor “Hanhala” and serves as their spokesperson, was allegedly recognized by a Crown Heights woman.
The woman had recently watched a documentary on the cult in which Mendy Levy tells the story of him grouping up in Lev Tahor. The video included numerous disturbing statements made by Goldman on a Zoom call.
VIDEO: I Grew up in the Extremist Jewish Cult of Lev Tahor | The Story of Mendy Levy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m95BTIEpvOc
While her sighting is unconfirmed, she felt alarmed enough to warn her followers on Instagram – and she contacted Crown Heights Shomrim.
Goldman has been confirmed to be living in Boro Park over the past few months in an effort to raise funds for the cult. Funds that enable the leadership to hold onto power and continue to hurt those that the donations are supposedly trying to help. This information came to light in recent months by testimony from members that have been able to escape the cult.
Over the last few years, Lev Tahor has experienced several suspicious deaths, horrific child abuse, and brazen kidnapping – abducted two children from their mother at a private home in New York – on Shabbos (along with several other kidnapping attempts.)
Multiple members of their leadership are currently sitting in prison. A large portion of funds collected are for their legal representation. Funds that were donated by well-intended people in the frum community trying to “help yidden with basic necessities.” The court even presented surveillance footage during the kidnapping of cult leaders driving on Shabbos – all excused by the longstanding narrative that the “Zionists” are chasing after them (they are not).
One person (who asked to remain anonymous) revealed that Goldman approached him for donations with an urgency of “pikuach nefesh.” Meanwhile, those funds are reportedly being used to pay for jail bribes and legal representation for those people in the cult leadership that were caught in the kidnapping operation.
Among those incarcerated is the current Lev Tahor leader Nachman Helbrans, who is in a US prison awaiting sentencing on multiple kidnapping-related charges. Three other leaders, the notorious Weingarten brothers, are awaiting extradition from Guatemala to the United States.
While Goldman claims that Lev Tahor lacks money for the bare necessities – such as diapers, clothing, food and water – they reportedly paid for over 70 plane tickets to the middle-east in a dangerous effort to start migrating the cult to Iran.
When giving Tzedakah, double-check the cause and documentation to ensure that your funds are supporting a proper family or organization.
In a recent tweet, @LevTahorSurvivors have asked the public for help: “If you spot Goldman or any Lev Tahor members collecting “tzedakah” in your area, PM us or email [email protected]”
Uriel Goldman has been fundraising in #Brooklyn.
If you spot Goldman or any Lev Tahor members collecting “tzedakah” in your area,
PM us or email [email protected](Your identity will be kept strictly confidential.)
PLEASE SHARE & RT! pic.twitter.com/8QlNOhwFpu
— Lev Tahor Survivors (@LevTsurvivors) February 14, 2022
VIDEO: 2014 documentary by CBC News before Lev Tahor was banned from Canada
Thanks for the heads up
Thank you coll and thank you to the one who notified Shomrim
This is terrifying, because of the torment and suffering of Jewish women and children trapped in the cult
And this is sickening because how can a yid/yidden sink to such horrific and barbaric levels of inhumane cruelty… I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the leaders are not truly Yidden … eirav rav
If you dig a little deeper, not everyone who claims to be a Yid is actually a Yid
But either way, totally sickening
Spot on, just wanted to add a few more thoughts- 1. I’m sure the non-leadership grown men of the cult also suffer immensely. 2. I could not begin to tell you the genealogy of anyone in Lev Tahor, but, for everyone’s safety, remember that you can never assume that a person can’t both be Jewish and do cruel, horrible things.
Are they collecting Money or asking people to join them?
A few weeks ago 2 Average Families from bni brock joined them
Obviously they are not “average”, but sick.
I think he rang my bell yesterday, New York Ave
Such a chilul Hashem !!!! Mamish nazis
Does anyone know if they are soliciting people online or creating emails for fake campaigns?
Have they used any online campaign fundraisers under individual or different names?
Uriel Yosef Goldman, is a liar and a great thief. A dangerous person. His daughter – Leah Sheindel escaped from the cult with her husband, and told about some of the atrocities committed there in the cult. Another of his sons-in-law, Joel Marcus, was expelled from the cult and lived separately from his wife and children. Another of his groomsmen – the one who is with him in Brooklyn, Avraham Moshe Miranda, is a young man who married Goldman’s little house, against the law. He converted to Judaism with his family. His mother and his entire family were expelled from… Read more »
He was in London too! Ppl have no clue about them! Keep a lookout! https://twitter.com/LevTsurvivors/status/1493341726408331270
Lev Tahor is a terrible cult, practicing actions of abuse, neglect, and manipulation. Every day, Jewish young children and families are being abused in every way. Children are being constantly beaten and starved. Uriel Goldman is a sick man who is collecting this money to continue this abuse. Communities in Boro Park and Williamsburg are funding this terrible cult. Once joined, the people in Lev Tahor become brainwashed and manipulated severely. Please continue spreading this information so that this cult will no longer receive funding and so that we can help take them down and save innocent children.
Bh
Years ago rabbi shea hecht helped. He is older today.
Can anyone help these poor cult members leave?
It’s still a small cult. Why not bust it completely before it grows too big.
With their young marriages there must be 3 generations already.
Can anyone save them?