Lawsuit Charges Orthodox 'Cure' Center With Fraud
JTA Three plaintiffs are members of JQY, activist group for "young, frum, gay Jews." JONAH, a Jewish center in New Jersey that offers therapy to reverse homosexuality, is being sued for allegedly...
View ArticleAbuse Or Religious Freedom?
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Jewish LGBT groups welcome Christie’s ban on ‘reparative therapy’ for gay youth, while Orthodox ones challenge it. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision this week to sign...
View ArticleJonah: Not Using Our Gifts Is A Self-Imposed Disability
Why is the Book of Jonah the last biblical reading on Yom Kippur? True, it recounts how the nation of Nineveh repented, as we are called upon to do on the Day of Atonement. However, the liturgy could...
View ArticleIslamic Extremists Impose Reign Of Terror On Iraq
RNS Baghdad — Police cars have been repainted to say “Islamic police.” Women are forbidden from wearing bright colors and prints. The homes of Shiites and others have signs stating they are property...
View ArticleAs A New Jersey Court Considers Conversion Therapy, Many Orthodox Jews Have...
RNS For decades, Orthodox LGBT Jews faced a difficult choice: Stifle their sexual identity or leave their religious community.read more
View ArticleGay-Conversion Trial Opens Window On Orthodox Debate
Rachel Delia Benaim Special To The Jewish Week Fraud suit against Jewish group’s homosexuality ‘cure’ puts spotlight on divide over sexual orientation in frum world. Jersey City, N.J. — The only time...
View ArticleGay-To-Straight Conversion Group Committed Consumer Fraud, Jury Finds
Rachel Delia Benaim Religion News Service Awards plaintiffs $72,400 in damages; found that JONAH misrepresented its program as scientifically based. (RNS) A New Jersey jury found a gay-to-straight...
View ArticleChanging Attitudes
Alan Levin Fairlawn, Your various articles regarding the gay pride parade, the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, and the JONAH verdicts prompt the following reaction. read more
View ArticleJonah And The Mission To Nineveh
Fred Ehrman Special To The Jewish Week As the shadows lengthen in the late Yom Kippur afternoon, we sit back in our seats, reading again the fascinating story of the prophet Jonah, one of the greatest...
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