What is "jonah"

Jonah \Jo"nah\, n. The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.

Jonah crab (Zo["o]l.), a large crab ( Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.

masc. proper name, biblical prophet, from Hebrew Yonah, literally "dove, pigeon."

Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), formerly Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality, was a Jewish non-profit organization which offered conversion therapy and other regimens that purported to change the sexual orientation of homosexual people. JONAH described itself as "dedicated to educating the world-wide Jewish community about the social, cultural and emotional factors which lead to same-sex attractions" ("SSA"). JONAH's leaders disagree with the consensus of mainstream science and the world's major mental health organizations who say that homosexuality is a matter of genetics and not a disorder.

On June 25, 2015, in the first-ever trial of conversion therapy in the United States, a New Jersey jury found JONAH guilty of consumer fraud for promising to be able to change its client’s sexual urges and determined its commercial practices to be unconscionable.

On December 18, 2015, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso Jr. granted a permanent injunction after an agreement by both parties requiring JONAH to shut down entirely and prohibiting founder Arthur Goldberg and counselor Alan Downing from engaging in any form of conversion therapy commerce in New Jersey. The jury in the case found unanimously on June 25 that by offering services it claimed could turn gay people straight, JONAH committed consumer fraud and engaged in unconscionable commercial practices. Under the agreed to injunction and settlement, the defendants will pay the full $72,400 in damages awarded by the jury to compensate the plaintiffs for the fees they paid to JONAH and for remedial mental health counseling for one plaintiff. The proposed judgment includes a $3.5 million award of legal fees. The plaintiffs agreed to accept an undisclosed portion of that award, but the defendants will be liable for the full amount if they violate the agreement. JONAH is required to shut down all of its operations within 30 days after the order is entered, and its websites and online listservs must be removed. JONAH also will have to liquidate its assets and permanently dissolve as a corporate entity within six months. As part of the settlement, JONAH will not appeal the jury verdict.

In a seminal pre-trial ruling on Feb. 5, 2015, Judge Bariso excluded several leading conversion therapy proponents, including Joseph Nicolosi and Christopher Doyle, from testifying as defense experts. Ruling that their opinions were based on the false premise that homosexuality is a disorder, Bariso wrote that “the theory that homosexuality is a disorder is not novel but – like the notion that the earth is flat and the sun revolves around it – instead is outdated and refuted.”

Jonah was a British comic strip series, published in the magazine The Beano, drawn by Ken Reid. It first appeared in issue 817, dated 15 March 1958. The title character- a sailor and a skinny, gormless, chinless wonder- was feared by all other mariners because he would (accidentally) sink every ship he sailed on (and often all other vessels in the neighbourhood to boot). His name is a direct reference to the long established sailor's superstition (which is in turn based on the Biblical prophet Jonah whose ship nearly sank in a storm). In one episode he started a war between the nations of Gorgonzolia and Parafinalia and this resulted in the utter destruction of the combined fleets of both countries (a possible reference to the Cold War). The strip ran until issue 1090, dated 8 June 1963, when he unintentionally flooded Sludgeport Museum. Punch and Jimmy took over Jonah's page as from the following week.

In the year the Jonah strip ended a new strip entitled Jinx began this strip also drawn by Ken Reid featured Jonah's sister. This strip was similar to the Jonah strip with the main character being equally clumsy, but this new strip was less nautical. Jinx ended in 1964.

In the early 1980s Jonah also appeared in the short lived Buddy comic.

In the 1980s, Jonah appeared in several Beano Comic Libraries, meeting The Topper's Puss 'n' Boots twice. Ironically, they also joined The Dandy in 1993!

A spin-off strip entitled "Son of Jonah", drawn by Jerry Swaffield, appeared in the Beano in 1992 and lasted until 1993. Jerry Swaffield also drew a one-off Jonah strip entitled "Jonah (The Boy who sank a 1000 ships)" in 1988.

Jonah returned 30 years later in 1993, albeit this time in The Dandy. Here he met the captain of the Ragworm's Revenge, Timmy Fogg (nicknamed 'Thick' Fogg) and accidentally sunk the barge of the last water gypsy, enabling her to retire – in gratitude, she gave him a magic earring, which if pulled would turn him into a monster-like man. The strip continued in The Dandy for a few years afterwards. The revival was drawn by Keith Robson, Ken Reid having died by then.

Jonah recently appeared in a September 2014 issue of the Beano, where it was revealed that he is the uncle of Plug of The Bash Street Kids.

Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses was sometimes referred to as 'Jonah' due to his less than distinguished naval career.

Jonah is a prophet described in the scriptures of Abrahamic religions as having been swallowed by a large fish.

Jonah may also refer to:

• Jonah (given name)

Jonah (ISBN 0436378051) is a book of poems by Peter Porter accompanying reproductions of artwork by Arthur Boyd. It was published by Secker & Warburg on 22 October 1973. 2000 copies were printed, and the retail price was ₤4.75.

Porter had met Boyd at a poetry festival at the Royal Court Theatre in 1965.

The book commences with three pages reproducing an old copy of the Book of Jonah.

Jonah is an Australian television drama series which aired for 20 episodes starting from 15 October 1962 on the Seven Network. Produced during an era when commercial television in Australia produced few dramatic series, Jonah was a period drama, and was inspired by the success of ABC's period drama mini-series like Stormy Petrel. The episodes still exist

Jonah is a 1982 Australian mini series based on the novel by Louis Stone. It is about Jonah, leader of a street gang who goes into business.

The novel was published in 1911.

Jonah (originally titled Jonah Jones) is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by John Romeril and music by Alan John. It is based on the 1911 novel Jonah by Australian writer Louis Stone. Set in the inner suburbs of Sydney in the thirty years prior to World War I, the musical is an ironic story of the capitalist rise of a hunchback shoe repairer from a leader of a local Push to an industrial magnate.

The musical was commissioned by the Sydney Theatre Company and first produced in 1985 after having been in development for six years.

Jonah (1911) is a novel by Australian writer Louis Stone.