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b'Rabbi Kivelevitz welcomes Doctor Sam Juni and Rabbi Shmuel Skaist to discuss the sea of change that has occurred in the greater society at large of the acceptance of a gay lifestyle.The attitudinal shift has been generating a crisis in the Orthodox world for close to two decades as more of its members are "coming out" or confronting the difficulty of living secreted in the midst of a society that condemns their true proclivities.Professor Juni opines on the present state of Conversion Therapy and Sexual Orientation Change Efforts(SOCE) that have been promoted by the Gedolei Yisroel as mandatory options to invoke.Juni indicates his methodological and study design critiques of the papers presented so far that purportedly suggest a strong degree of efficacy for these therapeutic interventions.All of the principals of the episode agree that in the current zeitgeist,even if an effective method could be offered,it would be condemned and demonized.Juni offers insight into Freud\'s view on homosexuality,and Kivelevitz suggests that the idea of gender fluidity can be channeled into forming a greater compassion for those suffering.Rabbi Skaist wonders if the frum veldt is now paying the price for years of marginalizing or ignoring gay young persons,and turning a blind eye to the bullying they were the victims of.Rabbi Kivelevitz asks both his guests if they concur with the view espoused by many intelligent compassionate Rabbis that a gay person needs to redirect their energies into other areas and accept the nature of his persona without acting on it.The panel discusses some of the options offered by progressive Rabbis that have been floated that allow inclusion into the greater religious populace.Rabbi Skaist believes that a positive by-product of this quandary will be more comprehensive teaching of sexual issues to students in the Yeshiva world,instead of absorbing attitudes and information exclusively from the media and secular outlets.Doctor Samuel Juniis one of the foremost research psychologists in the world today.He has published groundbreaking original research in seventy different peer reviewed journals, and is cited continuously with respect by colleagues and experts in the field who have built on his theories and observations.Samuel Juni studied inYeshivas Chaim Berlinunder Rav Yitzchack Hutner, and in Yeshiva University as aTalmidof Rav Joseph Dov Soloveitchick.ProfessorJuni is a prominent member of theAssociation of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, and has regularly presented addresses to captivated audiences.Associated with NYU since 1979,Juni has served as Director of MA and PhD programs, all the while heading teams engaged in important research.Professor Juni\'s scholarship on aberrant behavior across the cultural, ethnic, and religious spectrum is founded onpsychometric methodologyand based on a psycho-dynamicpsychopathologyperspective.He is possibly the world\'s expert inDifferential Diagnostics, with each of his myriad studiesentailing parallel efforts in theory construction and empirical data collection from normative and clinical populations.Professor Juni created and directed NYU\'s Graduate Program in Tel Aviv titledCross-Cultural Group Dynamics in Stressful Environments.Based inYerushalayim, he collaborates with Israeli academic and mental health specialists in the study of dissonant factors and tensions in the Arab-Israeli conflict and those within the Orthodox Jewish community, while exploring personality challenges of second-generation Holocaust survivors.Below is a partial list of the journalsto which Professor Juni has contributed over 120 articles.Many are available on lineJournal of Forensic PsychologyJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma.International Review of VictimologyThe Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseaseInternational Forum of PsychoanalysisJournal of Personality AssessmentJournal of Abnormal PsychologyJournal of Psychoanalytic AnthropologyPsychophysiologyPsychology and Human DevelopmentJournal of Sex ResearchJournal of Psychology and JudaismContemporary Family TherapyAmerican Journal on AddictionsJournal of Criminal PsychologyMental Health, Religion & CultureRabbi Shmuel Skaist is theRosh Yeshivaof the Yeshiva of Newark at IDT in Newark, New Jersey and a licensed therapist,employed by the Jewish Family Service of New Jersey.He holds a Master\\u2019s Degree in Clinical Counseling from Bellevue University.He served as a Senior Lecturer atOhr NaavaWomen\\u2019s Torah Center in Brooklyn, New York for seven years.He was employed as an adjunct professor for teaching women at both Yeshiva University Stern College for Women in New York and in Bar Ilan University inEretz Yisroel.He has been a much sought after Scholar in Residence in venues across the country and delivered the keynote address at many prestigious Torah themed events.Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. 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