If You Tickle Us is a[1] UK Jewish blog and Twitter account run by a Haredi[2] blogger, which mainly covers issues concerning the Haredi communities of Stamford Hill and Golders Green.[3]

Coverage of sexual abuse scandal

Interest in the blog shot up following its report on allegations of sexual abuse cover up

The blog's popularity flourished following allegations of a planned cover-up of sexual abuse committed by one a prominent rabbi in the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations' Beth Din .[4] The blog provided a regular update of the developing scandal, which was used by a number of media sources such as the Jewish Chronicle and the Times of Israel.

If You Tickle Us made headlines again after a high court decided that Google must provide Rabbi Aaron Halpern with the identifying details, such as the IP address, of the blogger behind the blog If You Tickle Us.[5]

References

  1. "British Rabbi Ephraim Padwa Filmed Telling Alleged Sex Abuse Victim Not To Go To Police". Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. "Chief Rabbi 'barred' from Talmud event at Wembley Arena". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. Brown, Mick (2011-02-25). "Inside the private world of London's ultra-Orthodox Jews". Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  4. Rocker, Simon. "Beth Din trying Rabbi Chaim Halpern is 'planning a whitewash'". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  5. Dixon, Hayley (2013-02-08). "Google to reveal name of blogger who called Rabbi a cheat". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2013-02-11. Retrieved 8 March 2013.


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