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JONAH ) is an ex-gay organization oriented for Jewish people dedicated to educating Jewish and secular communities about the social, cultural and emotional factors which lead to same-sex attractions.1They accept the Torah 's and Talmud 's prohibition of male homosexual behavior. This position is universally accepted by the Orthodox rabbinate as well as some of the Conservative rabbinate. As such, most of its members are Orthodox Jews . There is a dispute among the rabbis whether homosexual thoughts and fantasies are prohibited. They believe everyone can change, because of free will . and many people have successfully completed their program of gender affirmation. JONAH uses a variety of "psycho-educational" and conversion therapy methods, including live support group meetings, E-mail list-serv groups, networking, therapy referrals, experiential weekend programs. It has an extensive library which includes books, articles, and tapes. It attracts a variety of people of different faiths with same-sex attractions, including those who are engaging themselves in homosexual activities but want to lead a heterosexual life, and those who are already in a heterosexual relationship and/or marriage. It also works directly with spouses, parents, and other friends and relatives. All counseling recommended by JONAH complies with mainstream medical organization practices. JONAH disavows hatred toward homosexuals and a representative has stated "... we have the obligation to promote teshuva and not censure by the family, leaders, and community." JONAH was created in 1999, with its executive offices in Jersey City, New Jersey. Goldberg J.D., C.R.S. who also is president of Positive Alternatives to Homosexuality (PATH) and secretary-treasurer of National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH). He is also the author of Light in the Closet: Torah, Homosexuality and the Power to Change . Co-founder and Co-Director, Elaine Silodor Berk, is also the Treasurer of PATH and the author of numerous articles focused on how to keep families together who are struggling because a member of the family is homosexual and experiencing same-sex attractions. Most support groups for ex-gays remain Christian focussed so Jewish people felt they had nowhere to turn within their own religion. As of 2010 they have membership in the United States, Israel, Canada and Europe. The website for the group is in English, Hebrew and Spanish. A translation function is available for several other languages. In July 2003, it joined with ten organizations that "help people conflicted over unwanted homosexual attractions" to form the PATH organization.2
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JONAH International logo Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing ( JONAH ), formerly Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality , is a Jewish non-profit organization which offers conversion therapy and other regimens that purport to change the sexual orientation of LGBT people.JONAH describes itself as "dedicated to educating the world-wide Jewish community about the social, cultural and emotional factors which lead to same-sex sexual attractions (SSAs)." JONAH's leaders disagree with the consensus of mainstream science and the world's major mental health organizations who say that homosexuality is a matter of genetics and not a disorder.JONAH has been sued under Consumer Fraud legislation.Spitzer, "The diagnostic status of homosexuality in DSM-III: a reformulation of the issues", American Journal of Psychiatry 138 (1981): 210–15."An Instant Cure" , Time ; April 1, 1974.
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JONAH International logo Jewish Institute for Global Awareness (JIFGA), before 2015 known as Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing ( JONAH ), was a Jewish non-profit organization which offered conversion therapy to persons who sought sexual orientation change . JONAH described itself as "dedicated to educating the world-wide Jewish community about the social, cultural and emotional factors which lead to same-sex attractions ". JONAH's leaders disagree with the consensus of mainstream science and the world's major mental health organizations who say that non- heterosexual sexual orientation is not a disorder.In 2015, a landmark trial found that JONAH's claims to be able to change sexual orientation constituted consumer fraud .The organization was ordered to pay restitution to the plaintiffs and shut down within thirty days.Eleven days after the verdict, the founders created a conversion therapy organization called JIFGA using JONAH's assets.In June 2019, a New Jersey judge ordered JIFGA to shut down within thirty days and pay $3.5 million to victims.There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Jewish ex-gay organization For the submarine communication cable, see Bezeq International Optical System . JONAH International logo Jewish Institute for Global Awareness ( JIFGA ), known before 2015 as Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing ( JONAH ), was a Jewish non-profit organization which offered conversion therapy to persons who sought sexual orientation change . JONAH described itself as "dedicated to educating the world-wide Jewish community about the social, cultural and emotional factors which lead to same-sex attractions ". JONAH's leaders disagree with the consensus of mainstream science and the world's major mental health organizations who say that non- heterosexual sexual orientation is not a disorder. In 2015, a landmark trial found that JONAH's claims to be able to change sexual orientation constituted consumer fraud . The organization was ordered to pay restitution to the plaintiffs and shut down within thirty days. Eleven days after the verdict, the founders created a conversion therapy organization called JIFGA using JONAH's assets. In June 2019, a New Jersey judge ordered JIFGA to shut down within thirty days and pay $3.5 million to victims. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Jewish ex-gay organization For the submarine communication cable, see Bezeq International Optical System . JONAH International logo Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing ( JONAH ), previously Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality , was a Jewish non-profit organization which offered conversion therapy to persons who sought sexual orientation change . JONAH stated that it was "dedicated to educating the world-wide Jewish community about the social, cultural and emotional factors which lead to same-sex attractions ". JONAH's leaders disagreed with the consensus of mainstream science and the world's major mental health organizations who say that non- heterosexual sexual orientation is not a disorder. In 2015, a landmark trial found that JONAH's claims to be able to change sexual orientation constituted consumer fraud . The organization was ordered to pay restitution to the plaintiffs and shut down within thirty days. Eleven days after the verdict, the founders created a conversion therapy organization called Jewish Institute for Global Awareness ( JIFGA ) using JONAH's assets. In June 2019, a New Jersey judge ordered JIFGA to shut down within thirty days and pay $3.5 million to victims.
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ex-gay organization oriented for jewish people dedicated to educating jewish and secular communities about the
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american jewish non-profit organization which offered conversion therapy to persons who sought sexual orientati
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