Nachlaot Falsely Accused: April 2015

For the past three and a half years, you have been one of the most vocal "bloggers" that has been informing the world that there is a Pedophile ring operating in Nachlaot.   I notice that you are still actively involved in writing about this subject.   I am writing this letter on my blog for the world to see because you neither had the decency to speak with me when I was falsely accused three and a half years ago and sought out your help, nor to answer any of my or my wife's comments or letters, so that we long ago gave up on writing to you. I have tried to maintain this site as a factual source of information, and your ongoing rantings and ravings of pedophiles everywhere has pushed me to question why your views are so biased.   Not only have your ranting and ravings added to solidify the narrative of a Pedophile Ring in Nachlaot. They have also added to support the hysteria that is currently going on in Sanhedria Murchevet and other areas of Jerusalem. It is a sorry state of affairs when a popular blogger claims as fact things that she only surmises as speculation. In your own words you said in one of your comments, "I, for example, would find it helpful to know if some of the people accused of being pedophiles have criminal records as sex offenders in order to confirm the suspicion about them."
Perhaps it is time to do a reality check and question to yourself whether your world view has not been tainted as a child and as a result you see pedophiles everywhere.    Another quote from your blog. "Secondly, we are staying because my mom is a psychiatrist who has spent several decades treating victims of sexual abuse as well as numerous pedophiles, and she has adamantly told me again and again that we should definitely not leave Nachlaot. "Jenny, believe me, there are perverts EVERYWHERE. At least now, in Nachlaot, you know who they are, more or less."  http://jewishmom.com/2012/06/06/pedophile-patience/

In one of your latest articles http://jewishmom.com/2015/03/23/only-11-days-to-go/ you stated:
"History repeats itself as a child abuse ring targets large numbers of children in Jerusalem’s Sanhedria neighborhood(Read Sandhedria Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchak Berkowitz SHLITA’s comments on this horrific case here."    The link that you gave pointed to a transcript of a speech by Rabbi Yitzchak Berkowitz that had been posted by the Daat Torah website.

Did you fail to read the article on the Daat Torah website that this transcript came with, which strongly questions the reliability of these claims by Rabbi Berkowitz? Or did you conveniently leave out that fact to strengthen your narrative of the existence of a Pedophile Ring operating in Nachlaot?

You claim to maintain a site for sources as to what is going on in Nachlaot. Yet you leave out one of the main articles that was written about this subject, which questions the existence of a pedophile ring in Nachlaot. http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/117839/panic-in-jerusalem Was this a simple oversight on your part or did this article veer too far from your comfort zone of what you believe is truth and therefore you did not even mention it?

You claim that many of your neighbors are pedophiles. Did you ever consider that they may be innocent and are upset with you because you are falsely accusing them? Could you empathize with them if they are being falsely accused or do you believe that any time you hear someone is a pedophile, you immediately accept that as truth?

You are a talented and inspiring blogger who has a large following.   This should come with a degree of responsibility. Isn't it about time you at least start to acknowledge that there is another side to this story?
Perhaps you should read the newest piece on Nachlaot and Sanhedria written in the Tablet to help broaden your perspective or even better, post this piece on your site and start an informative discussion on this topic. You might actually even save lives by doing so.
http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/190311/open-letter-community-in-pain#comments

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