Subj : FORCED CONVERSION THERAPY ON TEENS SUGGESTED BY LEADING ISRAELI RABBI
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From : Major Queen
Date : Tue May 12 2020 04:30 pm
MAY 12, 2020 SOURCE EXPRESS
One of Israel's leading rabbi believes that gay teens should be forced to
conduct conversion therapy sessions in a bid to "help people be straight
again."
Yigal Levinstein, a co-head of a Zionist pre-military Academy, made the
claims about the dangerous and ineffective practice during a Zoom class.
"It's possible to help people be straight again," Levinstein stated in the
recording, which was aired by Army Radio - a nationwide Israeli radio
network operated by the Israel Defense Forces.
"The earlier you reach out to the child when [he is feeling] dual tendencies,
the easier it is to help."
Rabbi Levinstein who claims that conversion therapy has a 60% to 70% success
rate added that gay teenagers should go through conversion therapy between
the ages of 13 and 15, The Times of Israel reports.
"It depends on when this tendency begins . If you don't treat [this] it won't
pass, if you do treat it, it will pass,"
Despite his fabricated claims being aired on Army Radio, the rabbi (who soon
faced outrage) then claimed he did not know what conversion therapy was but
said his views are "legitimate".
"The quotes are accurate except for the quote about the starting age for
treatment," he said.
In response to the growing outrage, Bnei David (The Academy which Yigal
Levinstein co-leads) told Israel National News that the rabbi actually
opposes conversion therapy and threatened legal action against Army Radio
over their "false" report.
"At no point during the lesson last night or in any other lesson that Rabbi
Yigal Levinstein led during his dozens of years as an educator did the rabbi
say he supports conversion therapy," the academy stated.
"What journalistic negligence! This is another attempt to shut mouths. The
rabbi argues that there are professional psychological therapies that can
sensitively help the youth, just as a variety of professionals claim in other
fields," the organisation added.
