# Kamoha > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kamoha > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kamoha.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoha > Source revision: 1354939981 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Israeli organization for Orthodox Jewish homosexuals This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Kamoha" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) **Kamoha.org.il** (Hebrew: כמוך, English: 'like you') is an Israeli organization for [Orthodox Jewish](/source/Orthodox_Jewish) [homosexuals](/source/Homosexual). It is aimed primarily at the [Religious Zionist](/source/Religious_Zionist) community, but is also open to those from the [Hareidi](/source/Hareidi) sector. The organization has split from the organization [Havruta](/source/Havruta_(organization)), and chose a much more conservative approach, promoting [conversion therapy](/source/Conversion_therapy) and [marriage of gay men to lesbians](/source/Lavender_marriage). ## Positions ### Promoting conversion therapy Kamoha.org.il promotes [conversion therapy](/source/Conversion_therapy),[1] and offers subsidies to finance it, declaring that some gay men might yet be able to develop opposite sex attraction and live a fulfilling normative heterosexual lifestyle. Yet it states that success is not guaranteed and that these treatments cannot be a sufficient solution for all gay men. ### Pairing gay men with lesbians The organization supports the project *Anachnu* (Hebrew: אנחנו, English: 'us').[2] *Anachnu* is a [matchmaking](/source/Matchmaking) service which pairs gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews.[2][3] This has been criticized by Orthodox lesbian organization [Bat-Kol](/source/Bat_Kol_(organization)), and by Orthodox gay men's organization [Havruta](/source/Havruta_(organization)), which claims that this will create "unhealthy relationships" and is an attempt to "hide [the] existence" of LGBT people, a view supported by Rabbi Aviner.[2][3] ### Opposing pride The organization formally opposes participation in [pride parades](/source/Pride_parade), and does not see having an orientation which presents myriad halachic questions as being something specifically to be proud of. Kamoha, along with [Hod](/source/Hod_(organization)), criticized the participation of [Havruta](/source/Havruta_(organization)) in the Tel-Aviv pride and Jerusalem pride.[4] ## Rabbinical support The organization is backed by Rabbi Areleh Harel, former Rosh Yeshiva of [Yeshivat Hesder Shilo](/source/Yeshivat_Hesder_Shilo), who promotes his match making initiative together with the organization under the brand name *Anachnu* (English: 'us'). The organization declares that it is in contact with Orthodox Rabbis. Among those Rabbis who publicly support the organization are: Rabbi [Menachem Borshtin](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9F), the head of the [Puah Institute](/source/Puah_Institute); Rabbi [Yuval Sherlo](/source/Yuval_Sherlo), the [Rosh Yeshiva](/source/Rosh_Yeshiva) of [Yeshivat Hesder Petah Tikva](/source/Yeshivat_Hesder_Petah_Tikva); and Rabbi Yechiel Paust, former Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Moreshet Yaakov.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## See also - [Lesbian and gay topics and Judaism](/source/Lesbian_and_gay_topics_and_Judaism) - [Havruta religious gays](/source/Havruta_(organization)) - [Bat Kol religious lesbian community in Israel](/source/Bat_Kol_(organization)) - [Hod Gay men](/source/Hod_(organization)) Led by [Rabbi](/source/Rabbi) [Ron Yosef](/source/Ron_Yosef) - [Lavender marriage](/source/Lavender_marriage) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ynet_1-0)** Nahshoni, Kobi (25 February 2011). ["Religious gays offered 'conversion therapy'"](http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4031094,00.html). *Ynetnews*. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-moment_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-moment_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-moment_2-2) ["The Jew With Two "Beards""](http://momentmagazine.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/the-jew-with-two-beards/). *Moment Magazine weblog*. 6 September 2011. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AP_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AP_3-1) Goldenberg, Tia (3 September 2011). ["Meet the rabbi who brings Orthodox lesbians together with gay men so they can have kids"](http://www.today.com/id/44382776/44466139). *Today Show website*. NBC News. Associated Press. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-forward_4-0)** ["Rainbow Flags Aflutter, Orthodox Groups Enter a Float in Gay Pride Parade"](http://forward.com/articles/138719/rainbow-flags-aflutter-orthodox-groups-enter-a-flo/). *The Jewish Daily Forward*. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.kamoha.org.il/) v t e LGBTQ topics and Judaism History Affirming denominations LGBTQ Jews Issues Homosexuality in Conservative Judaism same-sex marriage LGBTQ clergy Transgender people Organizations A Wider Bridge Aleph Melbourne Bat Kol Beit Haverim Dayenu Eshel Havruta Hod JQY Kamoha Keshet Keshet Rabbis Nehirim Shoval LGBTQ synagogues Beit Simchat Torah Bet Mishpachah Beth Chayim Chadashim Or Chadash Related topics Gender and Jewish studies Jewish feminism Judaism and sexuality Mi Shebeirach Tumtum --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kamoha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoha) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamoha?action=history)). 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