The Jewish Chronicle, 9th January 2012

A Jewish newspaper columnist has robustly defended a controversial piece that she wrote suggesting that homosexuality could be cured.

Doreen Wachmann, who writes for the Jewish Telegraph in Manchester, said last week that she was daring to "put my head above the parapet and write about the forbidden topic" and expressed her "reservations over the contemporary Orthodoxy which dictates that homosexuality is a desirable lifestyle."

Rabbi Mark Solomon, of Manchester Liberal Jewish Community, said the article displayed "a shocking ignorance and malevolence towards gay Jews." Read more