Thank goodness, someone is suing the Jewish center JONAH for making false claims to be able to “reverse” homosexuality.
Here is JONAH’s mission statement:
JONAH, Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing, is a non-profit international organization dedicated to educating the world-wide Jewish community about the social, cultural and emotional factors which lead to same-sex attractions. JONAH works directly with those struggling with unwanted same-sex sexual attractions (SSA) and with families whose loved ones are involved in homosexuality.
Our Rabbinical sages explain that because mankind has been endowed by our Creator with a free will, everyone has the capacity to change. Furthermore, the Rabbis emphasize that parents, teachers and counselors have a special responsibility to educate, nurture, and provide an opportunity for those struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions to journey out of homosexuality.
Through psychological and spiritual counseling, peer support, and self-empowerment, JONAH seeks to reunify families, to heal the wounds surrounding homosexuality, and to provide hope.
The story is pretty conventional: former clients find the center uses misleading pretenses. The “treatment,” however, includes this gem:
JONAH therapy options cost a minimum of $100 for weekly individual counseling and $60 for group sessions, it said, and some clients said their instructions included undressing in front of a mirror or group sessions of standing naked in a circle. (Emphasis added)
I imagine y’all will have much better commentary than I can muster on this, but let me say first that I bet Christian centers charge way more money and second … standing naked in a group session.
